Animals and Tourism : Understanding Diverse Relationships / Kevin Markwell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Markwell, Kevin, Editor.

Series:

Aspects of tourism ; 67.

Aspects of Tourism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wildlife-related recreation.

Wildlife-related recreation--Moral and ethical aspects.

Wildlife-related recreation industry.

Wildlife-related recreation industry--Moral and ethical aspects.

Tourism--Moral and ethical aspects.

Tourism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Channel View Publications, [2015]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book critically examines the many ways in which tourism and animals intersect, whether as tourist attractions, wildlife conservation tools, as travel companions or as meat to be eaten. It aims to make a meaningful contribution to the growing body of knowledge concerning the relationships between animals, tourists and the tourism industry. The chapters are organised into three themes: ethics and welfare; conflict, contradiction and contestation; and shifting relationships. Theoretically informed and empirically rich, the chapters examine topics such as whale watching, animal performances, the objectification and commodification of animals and stakeholder conflict among a range of others. It is hoped that the book will help to highlight key research questions and stimulate other researchers and students to reflect critically on the place of animals within tourism spaces, experiences, practices and structures.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

Figures

Tables

Acknowledgements

1. Birds, Beasts and Tourists: Human–Animal Relationships in Tourism

2. The Status of Animal Ethics Research in Tourism: A Review of Theory

3. Animals as Tourism Objects: Ethically Refocusing Relationships Between Tourists and Wildlife

4. The Same Dart Trick: The Exploitation of Animals and Women in Thailand Tourism

5. From Free Willy to SeaWorld: Has Ecotourism Improved the Rights of Whales?

6. Troubled-Shooting: The Ethics of Helicopter-assisted Guided Trophy Hunting by Tourists for Tahr

7. Whales, Tourism and Manifold Capitalist Fixes: New Relationships with the Driving Force of Capitalism

8. Killer Whales, Theme Parks and Controversy: An Exploration of the Evidence

9. Dolphin Tourism and Human Perceptions: Social Considerations to Assessing the Human–Dolphin Interface

10. Young Elephants in Thai Tourism: A Fatal Attraction

11. Drama Over Large Carnivores: Performing Wildlife Tourism in a Controversial Space

12. Conflicts Between Cultural Attitudes, Development and Ecotourism: The Case of Bird Watching Tours in Papua New Guinea

13. ‘Eating the Animals You Come to See’: Tourists’ Meat-eating Discourses in Online Communicative Texts

14. From the Recreational Fringe to Mainstream Leisure: The Evolution and Diversification of Entomotourism

15. From Dinner Plate to T-shirt Logo: The Changing Role of a Flagship Turtle Species in One of Brazil’s Most Popular Tourism Destinations

16. Ambassadors or Attractions? Disentangling the Role of Flagship Species in Wildlife Tourism

17. Pooches on Wheels: Overcoming Pet-related Travel Constraints Through RVing

18. Exploited Elephants and Pampered Pets: Reflecting on Tourism–Animal Relationships

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9781845415068

184541506X

9781845415037

1845415035

OCLC:

1135573020