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Most tourism theories have been developed from the tourists' perspective, including the seminal work by John Urry, The Tourist Gaze, which is now a classic text. The Host Gaze in Global Tourism is a unique book for researchers and students as it is the first to look at the gaze from within the host community. It discusses how the gaze is constructed, how it has developed, how it varies between countries and how the tourism industry can affect it. By looking at the gazes of both Western and non-Western hosts, this book analyzes the dynamics of a host destination and consequences...

Tourism impacts on locations in many ways - socially, environmentally, culturally, and economically. This book examines controversial aspects associated with tourism as an activity and a business. It is suitable for tourism students, researchers and academics.

There is an ever-growing importance of events in modern society and until now existing literature on events has been dominated by the economic perspective. This book addresses the social and cultural side of events and explores the role they have in fostering change and community development. It examines the transformative function of events in the context of development studies--as phenomena that can promote and facilitate human development, including social, societal and individual change. This book provides vital and timely exploration and encourages the study of more diverse themes within...