1st Edition
The Moralisation of Tourism Sun, Sand... and Saving the World?
By Jim Butcher
Copyright 2003
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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Tourism is no longer an innocent pleasure. It has been interpreted and reinterpreted as an activity which is ultimately damaging to receiving cultures and the environment. 'New' forms of tourism, such as ecotourism, alternative tourism, community tourism and ethical tourism, have been presented as morally superior alternatives to the package holiday, yet ironically, even advocates of these new,... Read more
Introduction Chapter 1. Mass Tourism Chapter 2. What's new? - Traveller, tourist and the moral debate Chapter 3. The hosts: fragile places, fragile people? Chapter 4. The tourists: too much freedom? Chapter 5. The cultural sensibilities of the New Moral Tourist Chapter 6. Travelling for a change: global culture and the ethical tourist Chapter 7. The moralisation of tourism, the Third World and development, Postscript: Re-presenting tourism
Biography
Jim Butcher
'A welcome and thorough critique of the contemporary debate about tourism.' - Tourism
'A swashbuckling defence of modern mass tourism ... by taking as committed and lively a stance in favour of mass tourism as its critics, Butcher has helped balance the debate.' - Tourism Review International
