Critical debates in tourism

by Singh, Tejvir

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Title Statements

Full title :Critical debates in tourism / edited by Tej Vir Singh.

Summary

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 climate change, as well as many others. The book brings together the expertise of 35 renowned international scholars of tourism to examine these perplexing issues. Multidisciplinary in its content, it touches upon anthropology, sociology, geography, climatology, biosciences, and planning and development aspects of tourism. The book provides a dialogue for an academic discussion which challenges research conservatism and stereotypes in tourism studies. It will encourage scholars to test the consistency of critical notions whose heuristic value is often taken for granted.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Channel View Publications
Place of Publication:Buffalo
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

Description:xviii, 398 pages ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781845413422, 1845413423, 9781845413415, 1845413415, 9781845413439, 1845413431
oclc:ocn788266643
LC Classification:G155.A1
Dewey Decimal:338.4/791

Foreword / Jafar Jafari -- Preface -- Introduction / Tej Vir Singh -- Mass tourism and sustainability : can the two meet? Towards sustainable mass tourism : paradigm shift or paradigm nudge? / David Weaver ; Is mass tourism serious about sustainability? / Ralf Buckley ; Sustainable mass tourism : more smudge than nudge, the canard continues / Brian Wheeller ; Critical and normative responses to sustainable tourism / Bill Bramwell -- Consumerism and tourism : are they cousins? Does consumerism necessarily promote bad tourism? / Richard Sharpley ; Consumerism, tourism and voluntary simplicity : we all have to consume, but do we really have to travel so much to be happy? / C. Michael Hall ; Not all consumerism has a shady side! / Joan C. Henderson -- Is small tourism beautiful? Tourism : is small beautiful? / David Harrison ; Small can be beautiful, but big can be beautiful too, and complementary : towards mass tourism/alternative tourism synergy / David Weaver ; Small is beautiful, but size can be important / Richard Butler -- Does community participation empower local people? The mantra of 'community participation' in context / Jim Butcher ; Community-based tourism as strategic dea…