Diasporas result from the scattering of populations and cultures across geographical space and time. Transnational in nature and unbounded by space, they cut across the static, territorial boundaries more usually deployed to govern tourism. In a vibrant inter-disciplinary collection of essays from leading scholars in the field, this book introduces the main features and constructs of diasporas, and explores their implications for the consumption, production and practices of tourism. Three sets of mutually reinforcing relationships are explored: experiences of diaspora tourists the settings and spaces of diaspora tourism the production of diaspora tourism. Addressing the relationship between diasporic groups and tourism from both a consumer and producer perspective, examples are drawn from a wide spectrum of diasporic groups including the Chinese, Jewish, Southeast Asian, Croatian, Dutch and Welsh. Until now, there has been no systematic and detailed treatment of the relationships between diasporas, their consumptions and the tourist experience. However, here, Coles and Timothy provide a unique navigation of the nature of these inter-connections which is ideal for students of tourism, sociology, cultural studies.

Front and Back Stage of Tourism Performance situates our travel imaginaries, those dream destinations on our travel bucket lists, as co-constructed by the tourist industry, state development policies, and community negotiations, and as framed by modernity's new global cultural economy. As more people travel for pleasure than ever before, host communities and intermediaries are presented with tourism opportunities that all too often become flashpoints for local contestation and mechanisms for displacement. The ethnographically-grounded chapters describe tourist encounters shaped by geopolitics, complicated by war, and troubled by and enacted within the economic inequities of neocolonialism. The points of contact afford a unique vantage from which to view cultural identity, entrepreneurial strategizing, and natural resource management as global politics and relations of difference. They also illustrate the power of social networks, cultural display, and artistic performance as collective presentation, management apparatus, and structural critique. Drawing on a range of international case studies, this book will appeal to those interested in tourism, anthropology, global studies, environmental issues, microeconomics, and identity studies.

Contents:
Part I - Trends in Caribbean Tourism 1. Trends and circumstances in Caribbean tourism David Timothy Duval 2. Natural hedonism: the invention of Caribbean islands as tropical playgrounds Mimi Sheller 3. Global perspectives of Caribbean tourism Jerome L. McElroy Part II - Tourism Development in the Caribbean 4. Tourism development in the Caribbean: meaning and influences David Timothy Duval and Paul F. Wilkinson 5. Caribbean tourism policy and planning Paul F. Wilkinson 6. Institutional arrangements for tourism in small twin-island states of the Caribbean Leslie-Ann Jordan 7. Tourism and supranationalism in the Caribbean Dallen J. Timothy 8. Historic sites, material culture and tourism in the Caribbean islands William C. Found 9. Global currents: cruise ships in the Caribbean sea Robert E. Wood 10. Manifestations of ecotourism in the Caribbean David B. Weaver 11. Tourism, environmental conservation and management and local agriculture in the Eastern Caribbean: is there an appropriate, sustainable future for them? Dennis Conway 12. Community participation in Caribbean tourism: problems and prospects Simon Milne and Gordon Ewing 13. Tourism businesses in the Caribbean: operating realities K. Michael Haywood and Chandana Jayawardena 14. What makes a resort complex? Reflections on the production of tourism space in a Caribbean resort complex Tim Coles 15. Hucksters and homemakers: gender responses to opportunities in the tourism market in Carriacou, Grenada Beth Mills Part III - Future Prospects 16. Postcolonial markets: new geographic spaces for tourism Janet Henshall Momsen 17. Future prospects for tourism in the Caribbean David Timothy Duval

Sustainable Tourism Practices in the Mediterranean showcases and examines the current and future trends in sustainable tourism in this popular region where tourism is one of the leading determinants of economic development. This volume examines the effects of specific recent events including terrorism, financial crises and various political changes in the Mediterranean region. Looking at a range of destinations, island and mainland, urban and rural, summer and winter and emergent and declining zones, it provides a comprehensive overview of this area. It also draws on a number of wide-ranging themes such as gastronomy, (corporate) social responsibility, entrepreneurship, ethical issues, service quality, health and the slow city, offering an insightful study of the challenges the Mediterranean region faces and the sustainable practices that can be implemented in order to overcome them. Written by leading academics in the field, this book will be of great interest to upper-level students, researchers and academics in Tourism, Development Studies and Geography.

Few would deny that tourism is one of the defining phenomena of our age. It has a significant, and growing, impact on a wide range of issues such as the environment, leisure, and transport, and in fewer than three hundred years tourism has come to be a global service industry of great economic, cultural, and political importance.
Published to critical acclaim, "The Encyclopedia of Tourism"--now available as a Routledge World Reference title--is the definitive one-volume reference source to this challenging multisectoral industry and multi-disciplinary field of study. This book comprises over one thousand entries and has been written by an international team of more than three hundred contributors to provide a comprehensive guide to both the manifest and hidden dimensions of tourism. The encyclopedia explicates and explores the wide range of basic definitions, concepts, perspectives, and institutions embraced by tourism, and consolidates research carried out in the field to date. Reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of academic exploration within tourism, the entries embrace areas of study such as Anthropology, Economics, Education, Geography, History, Management, Marketing, Political Science, and Psychology, among others.

This book draws upon a variety of important philosophical traditions to develop an original perspective on the relations between ethical, economic and aesthetic values in a tourism context. It considers the ethical/political issues arising in many areas of tourism development, including the profound cultural and environmental impacts on tourist destinations; the reciprocity (or lack of) in host-guest relations; the (un)fair distribution of benefits and revenues; and the moral implications of issues like sex tourism, staged authenticity and travel to oppressive regimes. The book concludes with a detailed investigation of the potential and pitfalls of ecotourism, sustainable tourism and community based tourism, as examples of what is sometimes termed 'ethical tourism.'
The authors explain philosophical arguments without the use of excessive jargon. Their interweaving of theory and practise is facilitated by the use of text boxes to explain key terms in ethics, politics, and tourism development and by drawing on contemporary case studies from South Africa, Mexico, Zambia, Honduras, Ethiopia and Madagascar.

Along with basic practical reasons, our practices concerning food and drink are driven by context and environment, belief and convention, aspiration and desire to display - in short, by culture. Similarly, culture guides how tourism is used and operates. This book examines food and drink tourism, as it is now and is likely to develop, through a cultural 'lens'. It asks: what is food and drink tourism, and why have food and drink provisions and information points become tourist destinations in their own right, rather than remaining among a number of tourism features and components? While it offers a range of international examples, the main focus is on food and drink tourism in the UK. What with the current diversification of tourism in rural areas, the increased popularity of this type of tourism in the UK, the series of BSE, vCJD and foot and mouth crises in British food production, and the cultural and ethnic fusion in British towns and cities, it makes a particularly rich place in which to explore this subject. The author concludes that the future of food and drink tourism lies in diversity and distinctiveness. In an era of globalisation, there is a particular desire to enjoy varied, rather than mono-cultural ambiance and experience. She also notes that there is an immediacy of gratification in food and drink consumption which has become a general requirement of contemporary society.

Organization Behaviour for Leisure Services discusses and questions a number of key elements, including: * The individual and the organization * Groups in the organization * Organizational structures and behaviour * Management within the organization * Commercial hospitality, leisure and tourism in a service context Taking the view that leisure services involve an array of industry sectors - they are related, for instance, to work-time spent eating, drinking and staying away from home, as well as the more obvious recreational pursuits - the text uses examples and case studies from a wide range of international businesses such as hotels, restaurants, museums, shopping malls and sports stadia. Specific examples used are from Marriotts, McDonald's, Trafford Centre and many more. With a user-friendly structure and style, the text is an ideal introduction to the fundamental issues invovled - perfect for students and managers alike. * Provides conceptual basis for the study of organizational behaviour in the hospitality, leisure and tourism industry. * Includes special focus on the leisure industry, with material on 'emotional labour', 'empowerment' and 'managing diversity'. * Contains a wide range of international case examples. Using a wide variety of international examples, this book provides the reader with the conceptual tools necessary for analyzing organizational behaviour in the context of hospitality and leisure and tourism provision so that they can take appropriate management action.

Managing Tourist Health is a seminal study which combines a range of state of the art reviews of the issues facing tourism managers and professionals in the fast growing area of tourist health and safety. An international range of contributors, each a specialist in their chosen field, have written papers for this book to explain many of the complex issues affecting tourists, the tourism industry and governments in ensuring tourism is viewed as a safe and enjoyable experience for all.
The contributors have a wealth of interdisciplinary experience ranging from medicine, law, tourism research, safety science, ergonomics, management, consultancy among other cognate areas of study. Future research directions are examined in many of the chapters together with current state of the art knowledge in relation to key studies.
The editors have worked in this area of research since the late 1980s and have accumulated a wide range of academic, professional and consultancy experience for governments and the private sector. The book extends this understanding through a multi-disciplinary perspective combining some of the leading researchers who have published in this area since the emergence of tourist health as a legitimate area of study in the 1970s.

This comprehensive volume was put together in response to the growing amount of research on tourism in Asia and an increasing number of authors from Asian countries. It concentrates on two aspects of Asian Tourism: first, the Asian tourists themselves, and second, economic development and tourism in the Asian region. The first part of the collection focuses on three areas: the motivations of different types of Asian tourist; the characteristics and behaviour of particular Asian tourist segments; and, finally, an analysis of specific research issues. The second part of the book then goes on to explore the governance and organisation of tourism in the Asian region, and the nature of Asian growth and competitiveness as it relates to tourism. The articles in this book were originally published in the journal Current Issues in Tourism.

Using in-depth case studies, this volume shows how the infrastructure of tourism has transformed cities throughout North America. It makes clear that the modern urban environment is being thoroughly altered to emphasize the growing tourism sector in such areas as renovated waterfronts.

Contents:
1. The community; a sustainable concept in tourism development? Greg Richards and Derek Hall
Part 1. Community, Participation and Identity
2. Approaches to sustainable tourism planning and community participation: the case of the Hope Valley Bill Bramwell and Angela Sharman
3. Residents' perceptions of the socio-cultural impacts of tourism at Lake Balaton, Hungary Tamara Rátz
4. Identity, community and sustainability: prospects for rural tourism in Albania Derek Hall
Part 2: Sustainable Tourism and the Community
5. Environmental standards and performance measurement in tourism destination development Brian Goodall and Mike Stabler
6. Developing sustainable tourism in the Trossachs, Scotland Alison Caffyn
7. Establishing the common ground: tourism, neighbourhood and environmental quality in Edinburgh, Scotland Frank Howie
8. Local Agenda 21: reclaiming community ownership in tourism or stalled process? Guy Jackson and Nigel Morpeth
Part 3 : Developing Community Enterprise
9. Fair trade in tourism - community development or marketing tool? Graeme Evans and Robert Cleverdon
10. Tourism, small enterprises and community development Heidi Dahles
11. Gili Trawangan: from desert island to 'marginal' paradise. Local participation, small-scale entrepreneurs and outside investors in an Indonesian tourist destination Theo Kamsma and Karin Bras
12. Tourism in Friesland: a network approach Janine Caalders
13. Understanding community tourism entrepreneurism: some evidence from Texas Khoon Y. Koh
Part 4: Rural Communities and Tourism Development
14. Can sustainble tourism positively influence rural regions? Jan van der Straaten
15. Cultural tourism and the community in rural Ireland Jane Stocks
16. Agritourism - a path to community development? The case of Bangunkerto, Indonesia David Telfer
17. Community and rural development in Northern Portugal Joachim Kappert
18. The market for rural tourism in North and Central Portugal: a Benefit - Segmentation approach Elisabeth Kastenholz
19. Tourism brand attributes of the Alto Minho, Portugal Jonathan Edwards, Carlos Fernandes, Julian Fox and David Vaughan
20. Conclusions. Greg Richards and Derek Hall

With the rise of post-truth and fake news, a thorough examination of authenticity has never been so relevant. This book explores the geography of authenticity, investigating a wide variety of places used by tourists. Not only does it assess what might be described as the more traditional objects for examination - places such as the city, the countryside and the coast - it also includes chapters on art and place, hipster places, gentrification, heritage sites, film locations, photographed places and eventful places. Using a wide-angled lens on places reveals linkages and possibilities, enabling the book to skate across the surface of the geography of authenticity, locating the magically real heritage site, the poignant replica, the authenticated theme park, the unmasked carnival. In focusing on authentic and inauthentic places, this text provides a useful contribution to the understanding of how places are changing, how they are perceived, and how authenticity is embodied and performed within them. Authentic and Inauthentic Places in Tourism is an insightful study and an essential read for those involved in the study of geography, tourism, urban studies, culture and heritage.

-- Illustrates the importance of cultural background in the tourist experience
-- Shows how to understand this background to achieve successful marketing and increased profits
-- Provides statistical and analytical tools and explains how to use them to analyse this vital cross cultural behaviour

Cross-Cultural Behaviour in Tourism: concepts and analysis is unique in that it provides an in-depth insight into the concepts, definitions and measures of the essential cultural components that encourage tourism. It provides a guide to the statistical tools available to be able to analyse cross-cultural behaviour and how to use them to your advantage.

This book is important for those in the following areas of industry:
-- Tourism: illustrates the importance of cultural background in the tourist experience and how it is a major determinant in repeat visitation.
-- Marketing: an understanding of the cultural background of a destination is vital to formulate successful marketing strategies.
-- Management: provides valuable examples on how cultures influence tourist behaviour and decision-making; helping managers to develop cross-cultural skills and dealing with tourists from diverse cultural backgrounds.
-- International business: provides the strategies that today's business professionals need to work effectively within multicultural environments.

Living with Tourism redefines the 'community' that is of interest when considering the effects that tourism has on culture, by providing an ethnographic account of both the toured and touring community in Göreme, central Turkey.
It presents an in-depth analysis of the interactions between tourists, the local community and place. It demonstrates the implications that community ownership and participation in tourism have for the politics of representation and identity, and also for the nature of the tourist experience. It is shown how, together with host communities, tourists themselves are continuously negotiating their own identities and experiences in interaction with the people and places they meet.
This book develops a dynamic notion of culture and tourism sustainability, and therefore provides new insights not only for scholars of tourism, but also for those in the areas of anthropology, geography and social studies who wish to gain a deeper understanding of this global phenomenon in the contemporary world.

The hospitality and tourism sector is an increasingly significant contributor to GDP worldwide, as well as a key source of employment in developing regions. Drawing on contemporary research, this Handbook provides a provocative review of the major human resource challenges facing the hospitality and tourism sector today. Leading international scholars examine how hospitality and tourism businesses succeed through a consistently high level of service, particularly through the attitudes and behaviours of front-line employees to positively impact upon guest satisfaction and improve intention to return. Against this background, chapters analyse the myriad of reasons the industry struggles to attract and retain quality employees, including long and unsocial hours, non-competitive pay and unsophisticated management practices. Offering a thorough review of these human resource challenges through employee focus groups, in-depth interviews and surveys, this Handbook offers evidence-informed recommendations for their resolution. These include; strategies and tactics associated with brand internalisation, talent management, engagement, high-performance practices, learning and leadership development. Practical and engaging, this Handbook will be of interest to students and scholars researching hospitality and tourism from a business management perspective. Senior hospitality leaders will also benefit from the ideas herein, gaining competitive advantage by creating and supporting highly engaged and effective employees. Contriibutors include: T. Baum, M.-H. Budworth, R.J. Burke, C. Cheung, J. Christensen-Hughes, A. Jenkins, C.E. Kapoor, D. Kara, L. Lee, J.M. Madera, S. Mann, S. Mooney, W.C. Murray, A. Ogle, W. Pallett, T.-W. Tang, Y.-Y. Tang, M. Uysal, M.C.-H. Wang, T.C. Wang

Whilst qualitative approaches are beginning to be more commonly used and accepted in tourism, discussions of research methods have rarely moved beyond practical considerations. Limited attention given to the underlying philosophical and theoretical underpinnings that influence the research process. This book links the theory with research practice, to offer a more holistic account of how qualitative research can be used in tourism. This book focuses solely upon qualitative research in tourism and combines discussions of the philosophies underpinning qualitative research with chapters written in a reflexive style that demonstrate the ways in which the techniques can be used. It is based on a range of empirical tourism studies set in the context of theoretical discussion. It demonstrates the benefits of using a range of qualitative approaches to research tourism and the text explores the ways in which a number of techniques, including participants observation, memory work, biographical diaries, focus groups and visual exercises, have been adopted by researchers from a range of disciplinary backgrounds to undertake empirical research in tourism. The book provides a range of case studi

Tourism is an astonishingly complex phenomenon that is becoming an ever-greater part of life in today's global world. This clear and engaging text introduces students to this vast and diverse subject through the lens of geography, the only field with the breadth to consider all of the aspects, activities, and perspectives that constitute tourism.

Using in-depth case studies, this volume shows how the infrastructure of tourism has transformed cities throughout North America. It makes clear that the modern urban environment is being thoroughly altered to emphasize the growing tourism sector in such areas as renovated waterfronts.

In recent years, a growing emphasis has been placed on tourism experiences and attractions related to food. In many cases eating out while on holiday includes the 'consumption' of a local heritage, comparable to what is experienced when visiting historical sites and museums.
Despite this increasing attention, however, systematic research on the subject has been nearly absent. Tourism and Gastronomy addresses this by drawing together a group of international experts in order to develop a better understanding of the role, development and future of gastronomy and culinary heritage in tourism.
Students and researchers in the areas of tourism, heritage, hospitality, hotel management and catering will find this book an extremely valuable source of information.

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This book examines the connections between natural resources, tourism and community livelihood practices in Southern Africa, highlighting the successes and constraints experienced over the last 50 years.

Questioning how natural resources, tourism and community livelihoods relations can positively contribute towards development efforts, this book adopts an interdisciplinary approach to understand socio-ecological systems that characterize the dynamics for sustainable development. It explores the history of conservation and natural resource management in Southern Africa and traces the development and growth of nature-based tourism. Boasting a wide range of tourism landscapes, including national parks, wetlands, forests and oceans, the book draws on case studies from a variety of Southern African countries, including Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, and considers the political challenges for implementing policies and practices. Furthermore, it analyses broader issues such as the impact of climate change, human–wildlife co-existence and resulting conflicts, poor access to funding and poverty in local communities. The book argues that the links between conservation and livelihoods can be best understood by considering the different approaches to reconciling the demands of conservation and livelihoods that have evolved over the past decades.

Containing contributions from natural and social sciences the book provides guidance for practitioners and policymakers to continue to shape policies and practices that are in line with the key tenets of sustainable development. It will also be of great interest to students and scholars researching Southern Africa, sustainable tourism and conservation.

Table of Contents

Contextualizing and conceptualizing relationships in natural resources, tourism, and community livelihoods: An overview

Naomi N. Moswete, Monkgogi Lenao and Moren T. Stone

Part I Natural Resources Management and Conservation in Southern Africa: History and Trajectories

Historical evolution of conservation and tourism in southern Africa: the case of Botswana

Bongani Glorious Gumbo

Nature Tourism, Wildlife Resources and Community Based Conservation: Case of Malawi

James Malitoni Chilembwe

The Context and Future of Tourism in Africa’s National Parks: Could Privatization within Protected Areas be the Panacea?

Cleopas Njerekai

A review of community social upliftment practices by tourism multinational companies in Botswana

Wame L Hambira

Navigating community conservancies and institutional complexities in Namibia

Paul Hebinck, Richard Dimba Kiaka and Rodgers Lubilo

Fourteen Years of Tourism and Climate Change Research in southern Africa: Lessons on Sustainability under Conditions of Global Change

Gijsbert Hoogendoorn and Jennifer M. Fitchett

Part II Natural Resource-Based Tourism Development and Growth In Southern Africa: Policy Issues, Challenges and Practices

The Analysis of Conflict and Coexistence of Traditional and Contemporary Land Uses

Patricia K. Mogomotsi, Melville Saayman and Andrea Saayman

Local people’s perspectives on wildlife conservation, ecotourism and community livelihoods: A case study of Lusaka National Park

Vincent R. Nyirenda, Castro Milimo and Ngawo Namukonde

Tourism and Poverty Alleviation in the Global South: Emerging Corporate Social Responsibility in the Namibian Nature-based Tourism Industry

Mary Ellen Kimaro and Jarkko Saarinen

Revisiting Devolution in Community-Based Natural Resources Management in Zimbabwe: towards an inclusive governance approaches

Jones Mudimu Muzirambi, Regis Musavengane and Kevin Mearns

Part III Conservation and Tourism Development Debates in Southern Africa: Origins, Narratives and Progress

The Economics and Governance of the Wildlife Economy in Drylands in southern Africa

Brian A. Child

Role of Forest Resources in Local community Livelihoods: Implications for conservation of Chobe Forest Reserve, Botswana

Joyce Lepetu and Hesekia Garekae

An assessment of Supply side factors and Ecotourism in Mauritius

Seetanah Boopen. And Sannassee R.V

Investigating sustainable development goals, livelihoods and tourism development in a rural protected area: the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa

Felicite A Fairer-Wessels

Part IV Southern Africa in the World: Cases, and Lessons

Natural Resources, Sustainable Tourism Development and Community Livelihoods Relationships: A comparison between Botswana and the USA

Moren T. Stone , Gyan P. Nyaupane , Dallen Timothy and Lesego S. Stone

Economic Assessment of Tourism based Livelihoods for Sustainable Development: A Case of Handicrafts in Southern and Eastern Africa

Gagoitseope Mmopelwa and Lesego Mackenzie

Comparison evaluation of visitors ‘perception of park characteristics in southern Africa

Brijesh Thapa

Part V Conclusion

Synthesis and conclusions derived from chapter outcomes

Monkgogi Lenao, Naomi Moswete and Moren Stone/

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This book is an examination of the politics and policies of cultural tourism as they were played out under the Indonesian New Order government whose policy to encourage mainly 'high-quality' tourism revolved around carefully constructed and controlled tourist experiences provided by the Jakarta-based industry, under government control.

Most people live for their leisure, recreation and travel opportunities. Managing Environments for Leisure and Recreation seeks to bring together the different strands of thought that inform the management of settings, for leisure and recreation. The text shows how a positive difference can be made to such activities, by taking a balanced approach in managing for the environment and for people, both now and into the future.

While governments and society drive hard to get increasing numbers of young people into higher education, HE institutions are faced with the issue of keeping them there. This book looks at the issues surrounding student drop-outs and presents a practical how-to guide to identifying problems and developing practical solutions to the problem of retaining students.