This article explores how the emerging tourism sector in Johannesburg is intertwined with current processes of urban regeneration and development. Using walking tours as a case study, I illustrate how tour operators navigate insecure urban spaces and contribute to their (re‐)development by performing (in)security, by offering ‘authentic’ experiences and by actively engaging in social and economic activities. I argue that walking tours promote a particular kind of urban development that aims to appeal to a new urban middle class and is in line with the vision pursued by big private investors and new urban entrepreneurs. Similar to other global gentrification processes, this vision draws on Western notions of hip urban lifestyles and aesthetics in order to foster an image of the city as pan‐African and cool. While making new spaces accessible, this approach to urban development also affects and threatens other inner city users, including African migrants living or working in precarious conditions. I contend that these side effects of the currently promoted urban regeneration have so far been overlooked. In order to create a social and sustainable urban development that supersedes apartheid‐era spatial segregation, these effects should be taken into account by the tourism sector, by private investors and policy makers alike.

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在Jozi中漫步：约翰内斯堡内城导览游，不安全感和城市更新

本文探讨了约翰内斯堡新兴的旅游业如何与当前的城市更新和发展过程交织在一起。我以徒步旅行为例，说明旅行社如何在不安全的城市空间中航行，并通过执行（不安全），提供“真实”体验以及积极参与社会和经济活动来为他们的（重新）发展做出贡献。我认为徒步旅行促进了一种特殊的城市发展，旨在吸引新的城市中产阶级，并且符合大型私人投资者和新的城市企业家的愿景。与其他全球高档化过程类似，此构想借鉴了西方关于时髦的城市生活方式和美学的观念，以树立该城市的泛非和酷派形象。在使新空间可用的同时，这种城市发展方式也影响并威胁着其他内城区的使用者，包括生活或在不稳定环境中工作的非洲移民。我认为，到目前为止，目前促进的城市更新的这些副作用已被忽略。为了创造一种社会和可持续的城市发展，以取代种族隔离时代的空间隔离，旅游业，私人投资者和政策制定者都应考虑到这些影响。