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1. 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
2. Tourism and Climate Change

   Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation

   By Daniel Scott, C. Michael Hall, Stefan Gossling

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   Climate change is the single most important global environmental and development issue facing the world today and has emerged as a major topic in tourism studies. Climate change is already affecting the tourism industry and is anticipated to have profound implications for tourism in the...

   Published April 11th 2012 by Routledge
3. Liminal Landscapes

   Travel, Experience and Spaces In-between

   Edited by Hazel Andrews, Les Roberts

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   Ideas and concepts of liminality have long shaped debates around the uses and practices of space in constructions of identity, particularly in relation to different forms of travel such as tourism, migration and pilgrimage, and the social, cultural and experiential landscapes associated with these...

   Published April 2nd 2012 by Routledge
4. Actor-Network Theory and Tourism

   Ordering, Materiality and Multiplicity

   Edited by René van der Duim, Carina Ren, Gunnar Thór Jóhannesson

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   The recent surfacing of actor-network theory (ANT) in tourism studies correlates to a rising interest in understanding tourism as emergent thorough relational practice connecting cultures, natures and technologies in multifarious ways. Despite the widespread application of ANT across the social...

   Published March 15th 2012 by Routledge
5. Tourism and Animal Ethics

   By David Fennell

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   There is a long history of the involvement of animals for tourism purposes in circuses, zoos, fairs, ecotourism and wildlife tourism, using animals as the prime focus of their experience. The wave of responsibility and sustainability that currently permeates the tourism field is catalyzing deeper...

   Published December 13th 2011 by Routledge
6. Tourism, Power and Space

   By Andrew Church, Tim Coles

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   This is the first volume to explicitly consider how leisure and tourism acts as a major focus by which power may be understood in a geographical context. Key thinking and major approaches to unravelling the complexities of power are outlined in this collection and their relevance to current and...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
7. China's Outbound Tourism

   By Wolfgang Arlt

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   The People’s Republic of China has changed from a country which actively discouraged tourism into one of the major source markets for the international industry; the 35 million Chinese travelling across the border in 2005 are merely the tip of the iceberg. China’s Outbound Tourism is the first...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
8. Real Tourism

   Practice, Care, and Politics in Contemporary Travel Culture

   Edited by Claudio Minca, Tim Oakes

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   Over the past decade, tourism studies has broken out of its traditional institutional affiliation with business and management programs to take its legitimate place as an interdisciplinary social science field of cutting edge scholarship. The field has emerged as central to ongoing debates in...

   Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge
9. Last Chance Tourism

   Adapting Tourism Opportunities in a Changing World

   Edited by Harvey Lemelin, Jackie Dawson, Emma J. Stewart

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   Concerns over vanishing destinations such as the Great Barrier Reef, Antarctica, and the ice cap on Mt. Kilimanjaro have prompted some travel operators and tour agencies to recommend these destinations to consumers before they disappear. This travel trend has been reported as: ‘disappearing tourism...

   Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge
10. Tourism, Religion and Spiritual Journeys

    Edited by Dallen Timothy, Daniel Olsen

    Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

    Religion and spirituality are still among the most common motivations for travel - many major tourism destinations have developed largely as a result of their connections to sacred people, places and events. Providing a comprehensive assessment of the primary issues and concepts related to this...

    Published November 28th 2011 by Routledge