Critical Debates in Tourism /

Critical Debates in Tourism / / ed. by Tej Vir Singh.

In this volume tourism experts collectively discuss and debate some intriguing questions that the tourism industry poses, such as the relevance of mass tourism, the dilemma of authenticity, whether small tourism is beautiful, whether volunteer tourism is benign, whether tourism contributes to climat...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Ashworth, Gregory,
Becken, Susanne,
Bramwell, Bill,
Brown, Frances,
Buckley, Ralf,
Butcher, Jim,
Butler, Richard,
Caffyn, Alison,
Coghlan, Alexandra,
Cohen, Erik,
Conway, Dennis,
Cooper, Chris,
Dodds, Rachel,
Fennell, David,
Guttentag, Daniel,
Hall, C. Michael,
Hall, Derek,
Harrison, David,
Henderson, Joan C.,
Jenkins, Carson L.,
Meyer, Dorothea,
Olsen, Kjell,
Pearce, Philip L.,
Peeters, Paul,
Raymond, Eliza,
Ruhanen, Lisa,
Scheyvens, Regina,
Scott, Daniel,
Sharpley, Richard,
Singh, Shalini,
Singh, Tej Vir,
Timms, Benjamin F.,
Weaver, David,
Weiler, Betty,
Wheeller, Brian,
HerausgeberIn:
Singh, Tej Vir,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Aspects of Tourism ; 57
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Mass Tourism and Sustainability: Can the Two Meet?
  • Chapter 2. Consumerism and Tourism: Are They Cousins?
  • Chapter 3. Is Small Tourism Beautiful?
  • Chapter 4. Does Community Participation Empower Local People?
  • Chapter 5. Does Tourism Reduce Poverty?
  • Chapter 6. Volunteer Tourism: Is it Benign?
  • Chapter 7. Tourism and Welfare: Seeking Symbiosis
  • Chapter 8. Tourism Education: Quo Vadis?
  • Chapter 9. Post-Colonialism: Academic Responsibility?
  • Chapter 10. The Dilemma of Authenticity and Inauthenticity
  • Chapter 11. Heritage Tourism: Heritage Tourists
  • Chapter 12. Nature-Based Tourism: There's a Lot in a Name
  • Chapter 13. Tourism and Climate Change: A Need for Critical Analysis
  • Chapter 14. Slow Tourism: Back to Bullock Cart Days!
  • Conclusion
  • Index

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