As the tourist industry becomes increasingly important to communities around the world, the need to develop tourism in a sustainable manner has also become a primary concern. This impressive collection of international case studies addresses this crucial issue by asking what local communities can contribute to sustainable tourism, and what sustainability can offer these local communities in return. The role of the community in environmental, cultural and economic sustainability is highlighted in an extraordinary variety of contexts, ranging from inner-city Edinburgh to rural northern...
As the tourist industry becomes increasingly important to communities around the world, the need to develop tourism in a sustainable manner has als...
The concept of welfare is a somewhat neglected area within tourism studies, despite the continued growth of interest in key issues such as ethics, tourist safety, employee's well-being, human rights, ethnocentrism, cultural sensitivity and behavior codes, green consumerism, and the perceptions of management of -sustainability-. This book provides an explanation, definition and a critique of welfare and a welfare approach covering these issues. Chapters cover the welfare of tourists, employees in the tourism industry, residents in tourism destinations, animals as tourist attractions and the...
The concept of welfare is a somewhat neglected area within tourism studies, despite the continued growth of interest in key issues such as ethics, tou...
With 29 contributors from across Europe and beyond, Tourism and Geopolitics represents a unique resource that examines the relationships between tourism and geopolitics, focusing on experiences drawn from Central and Eastern Europe. It begins by assessing the changing nature of 'geopolitics, ' from pejorative associations with Nazism to the more recent critical and feminist geopolitics of social science's 'cultural turn.' The book then addresses the important historical role of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in geopolitical thinking before exemplifying a range of contemporary...
With 29 contributors from across Europe and beyond, Tourism and Geopolitics represents a unique resource that examines the relationships betwee...
