Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

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1. Peace through Tourism

   Promoting Human Security Through International Citizenship

   Edited by Lynda-ann Blanchard, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   Peace through tourism refers to a body of analysis which suggests tourism may contribute to cross-cultural understanding, tolerance and even peace between communities and nations. What has been largely missing to date is a sustained critique of the potential and capacities of tourism to foster...

   Published May 1st 2013 by Routledge
2. Backpacker Tourism and Economic Development

   Perspectives from the Less Developed World

   By Mark P. Hampton

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   There has been a phenomenal growth of backpacker tourism from the overland routes to India in the 1960s, to present-day backpacker tourism across the less developed world. As a result there has been significant economic development impacts of backpacker tourism upon local communities especially in...

   Published April 8th 2013 by Routledge
3. Dark Tourism and Place Identity

   Managing and Interpreting Dark Places

   Edited by Leanne White, Elspeth Frew

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   Dark Tourism, including visitation to places such as murder sites, battlefields and cemeteries is a growing phenomenon, as well as an emergent area of scholarly interest. Despite this interest, the intersecting domains of dark tourism and place identity have been largely overlooked in the academic...

   Published March 6th 2013 by Routledge
4. Adventure Tourism

   Meanings, experience and learning

   Edited by Steve Taylor, Peter Varley, Tony Johnston

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   Adventure tourism is an increasingly widespread phenomenon, appealing to an expanding proportion of the population who seek new destinations and new experiences. This timely, edited volume offers new theoretical perspectives of this emerging subset of Tourism. it uses philosophical and cutting...

   Published January 22nd 2013 by Routledge
5. Sexuality, Women, and Tourism

   Cross-border desires through contemporary travel

   By Susan E. Frohlick

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   This book is the first to focus on why and how foreign Western women engage in cross-border sexual and intimate relations as tourists travelling, or temporarily dwelling, in a Central American country. As an in-depth ethnographic account, the book traces the experiences of heterosexual North...

   Published September 9th 2012 by Routledge
6. Tourism and War

   Edited by Richard Butler, Wantanee Suntikul

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   This is the first volume to fully explore the complex relationship between war and tourism by considering its full range of dynamics; including political, psychological, economic and ideological factors at different levels, in different political and geographical locations. Issues of peace and...

   Published August 19th 2012 by Routledge
7. Medical Tourism

   The Ethics, Regulation, and Marketing of Health Mobility

   Edited by C. Michael Hall

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   Medical and health tourism is a significant area of growth in the export of medical, health and tourism services. Although spas and improved well-being have long been part of the tourist experience, health tourism now includes travel for medical purposes ranging from cosmetic and dental surgery...

   Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge
8. Tourism, Ethnic Diversity and the City

   Edited by Jan Rath

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   Tourism, Ethnic Diversity and the City fills a gap in existing research in terms of how immigration relates to urban tourism and investigates the new theoretical insights and challenges for empirical research using informative case studies drawn from several advanced economies in Europe, North...

   Published June 21st 2012 by Routledge
9. Tourism in Brazil

   Environment, Management and Segments

   Edited by Gui Lohmann, Dianne Dredge

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   Since the 1990s, tourism has become a major driver of economic activity and community development in Brazil. New policies and approaches, growing expertise and investment in tourism have brought significant transformation in tourism products, destination development and community involvement. In...

   Published May 31st 2012 by Routledge
10. Slum Tourism

    Poverty, Power and Ethics

    Edited by Fabian Frenzel, Ko Koens, Malte Steinbrink

    Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

    Slum tourism is a globalizing trend and a controversial form of tourism. Impoverished urban areas have always enticed the popular imagination, considered to be places of ‘otherness’, ‘moral decay’, ‘deviant liberty’ or ‘authenticity’. ‘Slumming’ has a long tradition in the Global North, for example...

    Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge