The local turn in tourism : empowering communities / edited by Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and Bobbie Chew Bigby.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Higgins-Desbiolles, Freya, editor.

Chew Bigby, Bobbie, editor.

Series:

Aspects of tourism.

Aspects of Tourism ; v.95

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable tourism.

Tourism--Social aspects.

Tourism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : Channel View Publications, 2022.

Summary:

This book considers the vital importance of local communities to just and sustainable tourism futures. The contributors examine how tourism can be reoriented to better connect people, place and planet. This local turn starts by centring local communities at the heart of tourism and identifies ways to ensure local community rights and benefits.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Contributors

Dedication

Preface

Foreword

Local Roots

Introduction

Part 1 Theorising Local Communities in Tourism Anew

1 Place-based Governance in Tourism: Placing Local Communities at the Centre of Tourism

2 Circular Oikonomia, Posthumanism and Local Space to Socialise Tourism

3 Travel Boycotts, Ethical Consumption and Destination Communities: Expanding the Morality of Neighbourliness

4 The Local Turn in Tourism: Place-based Realities, Dangers and Opportunities

Part 2 Case Studies of Local Community (Dis)/(Re)/ Empowerment

5 Unheard Voices: Youth Activism for Social and Environmental Justice

6 Enhanced Food Security Through Localised Community Cryptocurrency: Experiences of a Costa Rican Tourism Town

7 An Ethnographical Study of Community Tourism: Seeking Alternative Tourism Options for Malta Through ‘Meet the Locals’

Part 3 Practitioners’ Views and Insights

8 Localhood

9 The Story of Cambodian Children’s Trust: Evolving Development Practice From ‘Doing For’ Communities To ‘Doing With’ Communities

10 The Neighbourhood Where History, Community, Tourism and Truth-Telling Meet: A Tourism Practitioner Case Study from the Greenwood Cultural Center of Tulsa, Oklahoma

Part 4 Imagining New Futures

11 Convivial Tourism in Proximity

12 Towards a ‘More-than-Tourism’ Perspective for Localising Tourism

13 Reclaiming the City: Social Movements and the Local Impacts of the Global Tourism Industry

14 Conclusion: What is to be Done?

Index

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ISBN:

9781845418809

1845418808

9781845418816

1845418816

OCLC:

1347434107