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Handbook of Niche Tourism (Hardcover)
Marina Novelli, Joseph M Cheer, Claudia Dolezal, Adam Jones, Claudio Milano
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This Handbook provides a critical analysis of the evolution of the
contemporary niche tourism phenomenon. By framing discussions
around sustainable development thinking, concepts and practical
applications, each chapter provides specific reflections on niche
tourism trends, successes and/or failures, and the challenges and
opportunities that destinations that pursue tourism as a vehicle
for sustainable development face around the world. The Handbook
includes a blend of academic and practitioner contributors
providing a balance of theoretical, conceptual and empirical
elaborations on the topic, with case studies from across the globe.
It covers a broad range of critical thematic areas, including:
nature-based tourism, rural tourism, heritage and culture based
tourism, dark tourism, spiritual, religious and wellness tourism,
and social and inclusive tourism. Chapters also examine the latest
developments in niche tourism, including the impact of Covid-19.
This invigorating and comprehensive study of niche tourism will
benefit sustainable tourism scholars, as well as tourism
researchers and students more broadly. It will also be useful to
policy makers and tourism practitioners seeking a better
understanding of this increasingly important field.
Tourism and Politics aims to disseminate ideas on the critical
discourse of tourism and tourists as they relate to politics,
through a series of case studies from around the world written by
specialists with an emphasis on linking theory to practice. That
tourism is a profoundly important economic sector for most
countries and regions of the world is widely accepted, even if some
of the detail remains controversial. However, as tourism matures as
a subject, the theories underpinning it necessarily need to be more
sophisticated; tourism cannot be simply read as a business
proposition with a series of impacts. Wider questions of politics,
power and identity need to be articulated, investigated and
answered. While the making and consuming of tourism takes place
within complex political milieux with multiple stakeholders
competing for benefit, the implications are not fully understood.
Literature on tourism and politics is surprisingly limited. This
book will make a substantial contribution to the theoretical
framework of tourism.
The making and consuming of tourism takes place within a complex
social milieu, with competing actors drawing into the 'product'
peoples' history, culture and lifestyles. Culture and people thus
become part of the tourism product. The implications are not fully
understood, though the literature ranges the arguments along a
continuum with culture being described on one hand as vulnerable
and fixed, waiting to be 'impacted' by tourism and on the other
being seen as vibrant and perfectly well capable of dealing with
globalization and modernity trends. Some of the answers are likely
to focus around ideas of social identities. The intention of this
book is to make a contribution to the theoretical framework of
tourism through a series of international case studies. The overall
purpose of the edited book is to assemble a series of essays
enabling the dissemination of ideas on the critical discourse of
tourism and tourists as they relate to social and cultural
identities.
Over the last decade, while many scholars have maintained their
interest in the classical debate concerning the impacts of tourism,
some have attempted new conceptualisations, while others have
converged towards critical narratives promoted by a number of
social movements, and have become involved in subsequent
discussions on ‘overtourism’ and ‘tourismphobia’. The terms
'overtourism' and 'tourismphobia' have their genesis in the rapid
unfolding of unsustainable mass tourism practices and the responses
that these have generated amongst academics, practitioners, social
movements and grassroots organizations concerned with the
detrimental use of urban, rural and coastal spaces, among others,
for tourism purposes. The renewed interest in the study of the
adverse impacts of tourism, as implied in the term 'overtourism',
is related to a variety of well-established causes. Travel and
Tourism in the Age of Overtourism builds on existing knowledge and
makes a theoretical and practical contribution the overtourism
debate and the system dynamics underlining it. This collection
suggests ways to address this from a tourism and planning
perspective. It offers critical reflections on the contemporary
evolution of tourism development and the implication of such
processes on people, places and spaces. The chapters in this book
were originally published as a Special Issue of the journal Tourism
Planning & Development.
Niche Tourism examines one of the fastest growing areas within the
tourism sector. This book provides an integrated picture of
speciality/niche tourism as a whole looking at both the 'macro' and
'micro' niche area. It has a comprehensive theoretical framework,
and discusses initiatives, policies and strategies adopted
internationally. With an emphasis on linking theory to practice, it
is underpinned by up-to-date international case studies from around
the world. Divided into 3 parts, it covers a variety of aspects
under the headings of special interest tourism, tradition and
culture base tourism and activity-based tourism.
Over the past 20 years, the perception of tourism as an effective
contributor to socio-economic development in the developing world
has propagated, with many viewing tourism as a provider for poverty
alleviation and towards other UN Millennium Development Goals. Over
the same period, readers have become familiar with the paradoxes,
complexities and inequalities of tourism in relation to
development, wealth creation, growth, redistribution, governance
and 'hosts-guests' relationships. This volume further extends this
critical debate with a much-needed cohesive publication on
Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). In an era of fluctuating tourist arrivals
at global level, the growth of tourism in SSA requires deeper
consideration in terms of its inconsistent and questionable
implications at local level. Taking as a central theme the debate
on whether tourism should be used in development efforts, this book
examines the way in which tourism has controversially become the
way forward to development in several SSA locations and assesses
bottlenecks to sustainable development as well as dilemmas and
challenges faced by those SSA destinations seeking to achieve
development through tourism. It offers an explicit set of chapters
adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, drawing upon tourism
studies, human geography, sociology, anthropology, political
economy, development and environmental studies, and integrates case
studies authored by local African practitioners and academics to
produce a book that gave voice to local experts on local realities.
Combining an overview of key theories, concepts, contemporary
issues and debates as well as practical insights from a wide range
of regions in SSA, this book will be a valuable resource for those
investigating the role of tourism in development.
Over the last decade, while many scholars have maintained their
interest in the classical debate concerning the impacts of tourism,
some have attempted new conceptualisations, while others have
converged towards critical narratives promoted by a number of
social movements, and have become involved in subsequent
discussions on 'overtourism' and 'tourismphobia'. The terms
'overtourism' and 'tourismphobia' have their genesis in the rapid
unfolding of unsustainable mass tourism practices and the responses
that these have generated amongst academics, practitioners, social
movements and grassroots organizations concerned with the
detrimental use of urban, rural and coastal spaces, among others,
for tourism purposes. The renewed interest in the study of the
adverse impacts of tourism, as implied in the term 'overtourism',
is related to a variety of well-established causes. Travel and
Tourism in the Age of Overtourism builds on existing knowledge and
makes a theoretical and practical contribution the overtourism
debate and the system dynamics underlining it. This collection
suggests ways to address this from a tourism and planning
perspective. It offers critical reflections on the contemporary
evolution of tourism development and the implication of such
processes on people, places and spaces. The chapters in this book
were originally published as a Special Issue of the journal Tourism
Planning & Development.
Niche Tourism examines one of the fastest growing areas within the
tourism sector. This book provides an integrated picture of
speciality/niche tourism as a whole looking at both the 'macro' and
'micro' niche area. It has a comprehensive theoretical framework,
and discusses initiatives, policies and strategies adopted
internationally. With an emphasis on linking theory to practice, it
is underpinned by up-to-date international case studies from around
the world.Divided into 3 parts, it covers a variety of aspects
under the headings of special interest tourism, tradition and
culture base tourism and activity-based tourism.
This book provides a comprehensive and readable overview of the
critical debates and controversies around tourism in Africa, and
the major factors that are affecting tourism development now and in
the future. Drawing upon research emerging from collaborations
between a growing number of African academics and practitioners
based in the continent and in the African diaspora as well as
international colleagues, the Handbook offers key critical insights
into the issues, challenges and trends that Africa and African
tourism is facing. Part I covers continent-wide issues such as
climate change, ICT, heritage and development. The remaining parts
are organised along geographic lines, with each chapter covering
the development of tourism, current trends and discussion of
critical issues such as community participation, gender,
backpacking, urban tourism, wildlife tourism and conservation.
Combining an overview of key theories, concepts, contemporary
issues and debates, this book will be a valuable resource for
students, academics and practitioners investigating the role of
tourism in Africa.
This book provides a comprehensive and readable overview of the
critical debates and controversies around tourism in Africa, and
the major factors that are affecting tourism development now and in
the future. Drawing upon research emerging from collaborations
between a growing number of African academics and practitioners
based in the continent and in the African diaspora as well as
international colleagues, the Handbook offers key critical insights
into the issues, challenges and trends that Africa and African
tourism is facing. Part I covers continent-wide issues such as
climate change, ICT, heritage and development. The remaining parts
are organised along geographic lines, with each chapter covering
the development of tourism, current trends and discussion of
critical issues such as community participation, gender,
backpacking, urban tourism, wildlife tourism and conservation.
Combining an overview of key theories, concepts, contemporary
issues and debates, this book will be a valuable resource for
students, academics and practitioners investigating the role of
tourism in Africa.
Over the past 20 years, the perception of tourism as an effective
contributor to socio-economic development in the developing world
has propagated, with many viewing tourism as a provider for poverty
alleviation and towards other UN Millennium Development Goals. Over
the same period, readers have become familiar with the paradoxes,
complexities and inequalities of tourism in relation to
development, wealth creation, growth, redistribution, governance
and 'hosts-guests' relationships. This volume further extends this
critical debate with a much-needed cohesive publication on
Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). In an era of fluctuating tourist arrivals
at global level, the growth of tourism in SSA requires deeper
consideration in terms of its inconsistent and questionable
implications at local level. Taking as a central theme the debate
on whether tourism should be used in development efforts, this book
examines the way in which tourism has controversially become the
way forward to development in several SSA locations and assesses
bottlenecks to sustainable development as well as dilemmas and
challenges faced by those SSA destinations seeking to achieve
development through tourism. It offers an explicit set of chapters
adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, drawing upon tourism
studies, human geography, sociology, anthropology, political
economy, development and environmental studies, and integrates case
studies authored by local African practitioners and academics to
produce a book that gave voice to local experts on local realities.
Combining an overview of key theories, concepts, contemporary
issues and debates as well as practical insights from a wide range
of regions in SSA, this book will be a valuable resource for those
investigating the role of tourism in development.
In the current trend of increasing globalization, relationships are
evolving between global and local realities, rich and poor regions
of the world and 'old' and 'new' leisure and tourism patterns. The
tourist has become an active agent in their travel expereinces,
moving between and among multiple localities, in an environment of
transnational, interconnected social networks. In order to
understand the modern tourist, concepts of mobility have begun to
be applied to tourism studies and have questioned whether the word
tourism is any longer sufficient to describe the complex
socio-political milieu of people on the move. Bringing together
theoretical and practical issues, this edited volume analyses
tourism's wider role as an agent for the mobile modern population
of the world. Themes range from post-modern youth and independent
mobility to theoretical texts on hypermobility and citizenship
within global space and mobility, media and citizenship. Offering a
thought-provoking examination of modern tourism, this will be an
important text for students of tourism and human geography as well
as tourism professionals.
This book is a collection of essays from specialist scholars
evaluating tourism as a means of simulating economic growth and
fighting economic inequalities in poor countries. As a tool for
poverty reduction in economically underdeveloped regions, tourism
has been at the forefront of the international development agenda.
This book takes an in-depth look at the successes and failures of
tourism in this role, and considers why tourism as a catalyst for
economic development can be a controversial device.
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