Animals and Tourism : : Understanding Diverse Relationships / / ed. by Kevin Markwell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Bone, Jane,; Bone, Kate,; Burns, Georgette Leah,; Cohen, Erik,; Fennell, David A.,; Gretzel, Ulrike,; Hardy, Anne,; Higham, James,; Jett, John,; Jobberns, Chantelle,; Lemelin, R. Harvey,; Lovelock, Brent,; Markwell, Kevin,; Mkono, Muchazondida,; Neves, Katja,; Newsome, David,; Peltola, Taru,; Ratamäki, Outi,; Skibins, Jeffrey C.,; Vasconcellos Pegas, Fernanda de,; Ventre, Jeffrey,; Wearing, Stephen,; Wiener, Carlie S.,
• HerausgeberIn: Markwell, Kevin,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Aspects of Tourism ; 67
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)

This book critically examines the many ways in which tourism and animals intersect, whether as tourist attractions, wildlife conservation tools, as travel companions or as meat to be eaten. It aims to make a meaningful contribution to the growing body of knowledge concerning the relationships between animals, tourists and the tourism industry. The chapters are organised into three themes: ethics and welfare; conflict, contradiction and contestation; and shifting relationships. Theoretically informed and empirically rich, the chapters examine topics such as whale watching, animal performances, the objectification and commodification of animals and stakeholder conflict among a range of others. It is hoped that the book will help to highlight key research questions and stimulate other researchers and students to reflect critically on the place of animals within tourism spaces, experiences, practices and structures.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Birds, Beasts and Tourists: Human-Animal Relationships in Tourism -- Part 1: Ethics and Animal Welfare -- 2. The Status of Animal Ethics Research in Tourism: A Review of Theory -- 3. Animals as Tourism Objects: Ethically Refocusing Relationships Between Tourists and Wildlife -- 4. The Same Dart Trick: The Exploitation of Animals and Women in Thailand Tourism -- 5. From Free Willy to SeaWorld: Has Ecotourism Improved the Rights of Whales? -- 6. Troubled-Shooting: The Ethics of Helicopter-assisted Guided Trophy Hunting by Tourists for Tahr -- Part 2: Conflict, Contradiction and Contestation -- 7. Whales, Tourism and Manifold Capitalist Fixes: New Relationships with the Driving Force of Capitalism -- 8. Killer Whales, Theme Parks and Controversy: An Exploration of the Evidence -- 9. Dolphin Tourism and Human Perceptions: Social Considerations to Assessing the Human-Dolphin Interface -- 10. Young Elephants in Thai Tourism: A Fatal Attraction -- 11. Drama Over Large Carnivores: Performing Wildlife Tourism in a Controversial Space -- 12. Conflicts Between Cultural Attitudes, Development and Ecotourism: The Case of Bird Watching Tours in Papua New Guinea -- 13. 'Eating the Animals You Come to See': Tourists' Meat-eating Discourses in Online Communicative Texts -- Part 3: Shifting Relationships -- 14. From the Recreational Fringe to Mainstream Leisure: The Evolution and Diversification of Entomotourism -- 15. From Dinner Plate to T-shirt Logo: The Changing Role of a Flagship Turtle Species in One of Brazil's Most Popular Tourism Destinations -- 16. Ambassadors or Attractions? Disentangling the Role of Flagship Species in Wildlife Tourism -- 17. Pooches on Wheels: Overcoming Pet-related Travel Constraints Through RVing -- 18. Exploited Elephants and Pampered Pets: Reflecting on Tourism-Animal Relationships -- Index