The tourism industry and the tourists it serves can exert major
influences on host communities at a number of levels. On the one
hand, tourism can preserve cultures, resurrect forgotten traditions
and prevent cultural stagnation. On the other hand, tourism can
challenge existing values, social norms, traditions and behaviour,
and this can lead to situations of conflict. In extreme cases,
resistance or violence can be the result. For the majority of the
time, it would seem that as long as tourism delivers the economic
and social benefits it frequently promises, problems are often
tolerated and some measure of conflict is accepted. However,
whenever tourism brings cultures together, whether freely or
forced, a range of complex issues are invoked such as the nature of
cultural identity, social and economic power relations, legal and
moral rights and management responsibilities. This book examines
the changing relationships between tourism and host cultures and
explores the reasons why and how conflicts emerge, in a series of
detailed case studies from many parts of the globe including the
United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Nepal,
Tunisia, Spain, Peru, and Greece. Initiatives and good practices
are highlighted whereby conflict can be replaced by consensus and
situations improved through effective management. This book is
essential reading for tourism industry professionals and students
and researchers in anthropology, sociology and geography.
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