1st Edition
Overtourism and Cruise Tourism in Emerging Destinations on the Arabian Peninsula
List of figures
List of tables
Foreword by (Prof. Dr.) Dallen J. Timothy
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction: Framing overtourism within time, space and society
Chapter 2. Exploring concepts
Chapter 3. The research setting
Chapter 4. Methods
Chapter 5. Results: Oriental imaginaries, tourist experiences and the local quality of life
Chapter 6. The local community and their silent resistance: Tourist behaviours, culture clashes and the ethics of tourism
Chapter 7. Fast and slow experiences in the desert and an oasis
Chapter 8. Management and planning implications: Rethinking tourism: Towards more community and an ethics of care
Chapter 9. Conclusions
Biography
Manuela Gutberlet is a critical tourism geographer. She is passionate about social and action research within communities. She is currently a Research Associate, University of Johannesburg, Department of Tourism and Hospitality, South Africa and an Assistant Professor / Lecturer at Breda University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. Moreover, she has taught sustainable tourism and tourism planning in Germany. Manuela has earnt a degree in Business and Arabic and did her PhD in Cultural Geography at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Her research was presented at numerous scientific conferences and was published in ranked journals. Her research interests include the impacts of globalisation on communities and their sociocultural environments. She has gained over twenty-five years of work experiences in the Middle East working in public relations, journalism, higher education and in tourism research.
