Social Tourism at the Crossroads

ISBN-13: 9780367258177 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 130 str.

Anya Diekmann; Scott McCabe; Carlos Cardoso Ferreira

Opis

This comprehensive volume reflects recent shifts in social tourism research by focusing on target groups and the benefits or constraints of these groups in holiday participation. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events.

Spis treści

1. Social tourism: research advances, but stasis in policy. Bridging the divide Anya Diekmann, Scott McCabe and Carlos Cardoso Ferreira 2. Social tourism as a modest, yet sustainable, development strategy: policy recommendations for Greece Konstantinos I. Kakoudakis and Scott McCabe 3. ‘Not on my vacation’: service encounters between able-bodied and disabled consumers – the case of high-contact service Anat Tchetchik, Victoria Eichhorn and Avital Biran 4. The holiday-related predictors of wellbeing in seniors Marlène Mélon, Stefan Agrigoroaei, Anya Diekmann and Olivier Luminet 5. Accessible tourism and its benefits for coping with stress Andreia Filipa Antunes Moura, Elisabeth Kastenholz and Anabela Maria Sousa Pereira 6. Accessible tourism experiences: the voice of people with visual disabilities Eugenia Devile and Elisabeth Kastenholz 7. Social tourism & older people: the IMSERSO initiative Diane Sedgley, Claire Haven-Tang and Pilar Espeso-Molinero