1. Introduction: Neoliberalism and the Political Economy of Tourism: Projects, Discourses and Practices
Jan Mosedale
2. Contingent Neoliberalism and Urban Tourism in the United States
Dimitri Ioannides and Evangelia Petridou
3. Mega-events as Neoliberal Projects: ‘realistic if we want Dunedin to prosper’ or ‘the biggest civic disgrace … in living memory’?
C. Michael Hall and Sandra Wilson
4. The Changing Role of the State: Neoliberalism and Regional Tourism Development in New Zealand
Michael C. Shone
5. Developing Markets – the Neoliberalization of Tourism Structures in Jordan: The Example of Aqaba Special Economic Zone
Nicolai Scherle and Markus Pillmayer
6. Ecotourism as the Focus of the Neoliberal Tourism Project in India
Kevin Hannam and Maharaj Vijay Reddy
7. The Changing Nature of National Parks under Neoliberalisation
Dzingai K. Nyahunzvi
8. Social tourism: From redistribution to neoliberal aspiration development
Lynn Minnaert
9. Enacting Neoliberal Discourses through Heritage Tourism in Ghana
Francis Offeh and Kevin Hannam
10: Decommodifying Grass Roots Struggle Against a Neoliberal Tourism Agenda: Imagining a Local, Just and Sustainable Eco-tourism.
Stephen Wearing and Michael Wearing
11: Conclusion: Tourism and Neoliberalism: States, the Economy and Society
Biography
Jan Mosedale is Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Tourism and Leisure of the University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur, Switzerland.
