1st Edition

Inclusive Tourism Development

Edited By Regina Scheyvens, Robin Biddulph Copyright 2021
148 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

This comprehensive volume seeks out ways in which those who are typically marginalized by, or excluded from, tourism can be brought into the industry in ways that directly benefit them. It addresses the central questions asked by an inclusive tourism approach: Who is included? On what terms? With what significance? Tourism is often understood and experienced as an exclusive activity, accessible... Read more

1. Introducing inclusive tourism

Robin Biddulph and Regina Scheyvens

2. Understanding inclusive tourism development

Regina Scheyvens and Robin Biddulph

3. Tour operators and corporate social responsibility: Can they promote more inclusive tourism?

María José Zapata Campos, C. Michael Hall and Sandra Backlund

4. Social enterprise and inclusive tourism. Five cases in Siem Reap, Cambodia

Robin Biddulph

5. Too precarious to be inclusive? Hotel maid employment in Spain

Ernest Cañada

6. Challenges to inclusive tourism experiences for wheelchair users at historic sites

Ayşe Nilay Evcil

7. Stakeholder collaboration in the development of accessible tourism: A framework for Inclusion

Julie Nyanjom, Kathy Boxall and Janine Slaven

Biography

Regina Scheyvens is Professor of Development Studies at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Her research probes ways in which tourism in small island states can be more sustainable, inclusive and empowering for local populations.

Robin Biddulph is Associate Professor of Human Geography at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His recent research projects include analyses of tourism livelihoods in the rural areas around Siem Reap, Cambodia, land reform in Mozambique and Tanzania, and social enterprises in Scandinavia and Southeast Asia.