Authors like Tribe (1995) stress that the key contribution that municipalities
make to tourism is the provision of infrastructure that promote tourism and
make areas accessible to tourism. Examples of important infrastructure include:
ablution facilities; safe parking; information kiosks and good roads that allow
easy access to an area. It is a fact that in South Africa the legacy of apartheid
has played a key role in ensuring that even to day, predominantly Black areas do
not have the required levels ofinfrastructure to support certain forms oftourism.
An example is Umgababa area, south of Durban. This area is a Traditional
Authority area that includes some attractive beaches. Residents in the area have
started a home-stay association that aims to attract tourists interested in a
reasonably priced beach holiday. One of the obstacles to the success of the
home-stay association is the lack of ablution facilities.