Critical Inclusive Tourism Empowering Marginalized Groups

Introduction - Empowering marginalised groups for inclusive tourism: a call for critical studies

Prachi Thakur, Paolo Mura, Jess Sanggeyong Je, Catheryn Khoo and Mona Ji Hyun Yang

1. Tourism memories – a collaborative reflection on inclusion and exclusion

Eva Maria Jernsand, Helena Kraff, Sayaka Osanami Törngren, Caroline Adolfsson, Emma Björner, Lillian Omondi, Thomas Pederson and Sofia Ulver

2. Where are the Indigenous and First Nations people in sport event volunteering? Can you be what you can’t see?

Tracey J. Dickson, Stirling Sharpe and Simon Darcy

3. Multicultural food events – opportunities for intercultural exchange and risks of stereotypification

Helena Kraff and Eva Maria Jernsand

4. Making cultural and tourist attractions accessible and inclusive for people with disability through value co-creation amidst COVID-19: a critical discourse analysis

Monica Cerdan Chiscano and Simon Darcy

5. The growth of Aboriginal tourism in remote Australia: Indigenist method for an operator perspective

Skye Akbar and Anne Sharp

6. The empowerment of street food vendors: a marginalised community within the hospitality industry

Taufik Abdullah, Neil Carr and Craig Lee

7. Beyond marginalisation: cultivating care by leaning into the voices of young advocates

Karla A. Boluk, Antonia Canosa and Sandro Carnicelli

8. ‘What is your name, where do you come from, what is your grade?’ Using art-based interviews to highlight the experience of children hosting school tours in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe

Kathleen Smithers

9. The role of gender equality in Iranian female tourism entrepreneurs’ success

Zahed Ghaderi, Rokhshad Tavakoli, Fatemeh Bagheri and Saeedeh Pavee

10. Empowering people with visual disabilities through rural tourism: the benefits of nature activities and how the various travel constraints can be overcome

Ana Gomes and Celeste Eusébio

11. Inclusive tourism: the experiences and expectations of Indonesian wheelchair tourists in nature tourism

Rosliyana Perangin-Angin, Rokhshad Tavakoli and Camelia Kusumo

12. Transgender men in tourism: marginalisation, constraints and inclusion opportunities

Carlos Monterrubio, Sheilla L. Rodríguez Madera and Javier Pérez

13. Understanding senior citizens’ intentions to use virtual reality for religious tourism in India: a behavioural reasoning theory perspective

Sahil Raj, Brinda Sampat, Abhishek Behl and Kokil Jain

14. Tourism and final wish making: the discourse of terminal illness and travel

G. B. Willson, A. J. McIntosh and C. Cockburn-Wootten

15. An investigation of factors affecting solo travel intention among marginalized groups: a case of Indian Muslim Women

Sujood, Samiha Siddiqui and Naseem Bano

16. Envisioning an inclusive tourism for an equitable future

Prachi Thakur, Catheryn Khoo, Paolo Mura, Jess Sanggeyong Je and Mona Ji Hyun Yang

Biography

Catheryn Khoo is Professor at Torrens University Australia and the CEO of www.thefirstclass.co. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Tourism Management Perspectives and Series Editor for the "Perspectives on Asian Tourism”. She has appeared in, and been cited by, international media including TV, radio, and newspapers. She has consulted for the UNWTO, UNESCO and Asian Development Bank.

Prachi Thakur is a Tourism and Gender Researcher who examines how structural changes can lead to more inclusion of traditionally marginalized groups. She is a two-time TEDx speaker and diversity strategist who co-wrote the regional report for Asia and the Pacific on Women in Tourism for UNWTO in 2022.

Paolo Mura is Professor at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE. His research areas explore tourist experiences and behavior, including gendered experiences and representations, traveling subcultures, and critical and qualitative approaches to research. He is also the series editor “Perspectives on Asian Tourism”, and one of the managing editors of Tourism Management Perspectives.

Jess Sanggeyong is a Feminist Scholar who examines inclusive workplace in the tourism and hospitality industry. She helps organisations remove gendered employment issues by identifying gaps between policy and practice.

Mona Jihyun Yang’s research interest is on responsible tourism with a focus on children’s rights in tourism, particularly from an Asian perspective. She has published on the topic in Tourism Management and Journal of Travel Research.