Tourism and hospitality for humanity : moving beyond consumerism / edited by Zaid Alrawadieh (Senior Lecturer in Hospitality and Tourism Operations) and Levent Altinay (Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Oxford Brookes Business School, Oxford Brookes University, UK).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alrawadieh, Zaid, editor.

Altinay, Levent, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Social aspects.

Tourism.

Hospitality--Social aspects.

Hospitality.

Hospitality industry--Social aspects.

Hospitality industry.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"This prescient book explores the potential of tourism and hospitality to address social challenges. Featuring theoretical, empirical, and methodological contributions from leading scholars, it reveals how different stakeholders within the tourism and hospitality ecosystem can create value and benefit humanity in diverse ways. Confronting traditional views of tourism and hospitality as a purely commercial activity, the book shifts attention to its more positive social and environmental outcomes. Chapters examine the role of tourism and hospitality as a path for tackling global and societal issues, from climate change and the refugee crisis to loneliness and ageing populations. They draw on interdisciplinary perspectives across a range of sectors, critically analysing the opportunities and complexities of leveraging tourism and hospitality as a force for good for vulnerable groups including older people, refugees, hospital patients, children and marginalized groups who are suffering from poverty. Ultimately, this incisive book presents an innovative approach to the study and practice of tourism and hospitality, rethinking dominant paradigms and underscoring the transformative power of the industry. Students and academics in tourism and hospitality will benefit from the cutting-edge insights in this book. It is also a valuable resource for policy makers, educators, and practitioners interested in using tourism and hospitality as a driver of wellbeing and welfare in society"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction to tourism and hospitality for humanity / Zaid Alrawadieh and Levent Altinay

2. Virtual tourism as a potential alternative to travel therapy for dementia intervention: Interdisciplinary, conceptual, and methodological innovations / Fangli Hu and Jun Wen

3. Creating hospitality through food businesses: Narratives from new zealand women with refugee backgrounds / Shima Bazrafshan, Cheryl Cockburn-Wootten and Alison McIntosh

4. Combating climate change through responsible tourism and hospitality practices / Serap Özdemir-Güzel and Özge İzdeİ-Terkoİlu

5. Cultivating a culture of hospitality: Nurturing volunteer engagement in non-hospitality sectors / Geesje Duursma and Rodney Westerlaken

6. The tourism and hospitality industries within the global economy of romantic loneliness / Hugues Séraphin, Omar Abou Hamdan, Tatiana Gladkikh, Manuela Pilato and Nadezhda Krasteva

7. Female entrepreneurship and women's empowerment in tourism: Exploring the mediating role of creating shared value / Fatemeh Bagheri and Mohanna Nikbin

8. The modes of being, operating, making, knowing, living and acting in tourism research: A critical examination / Atila Yüksel

9. Promoting labour rights and human rights in hospitality: Striving for a workplace culture that disrupts exploitative practices / Claudia Macaveiu

10. Unveiling the failure of tourism as industry of peace: Bridging the gap between academic discourse and global reality and paving the way to post-tourism / Fabio Carbone and Sarah Thangadurai

11. Methodological considerations, challenges, and approaches in research involving children and young people / Marko Kosİak, Mladen Knezeviİ and Tony O'Rourke

12. Empowering communities through ecotourism: A path to sustainable development in chalacatepec, jalisco, Mexico / Yasiri Mayeli Flores Monter, Rocío del Carmen Serrano Barquín andDriselda Patricia Sánchez-Aguirre

13. The interaction of digital nomads with the host community and its effects on their quality of life: Chiang mai as a case study / Rami K. Isaac and Jentel Dorrestein

14. Empowering communities through community-based cultural tourism in southern Africa: Practitioners' reflections / Yolisa Ndhlovu, Neil Shaw and Xavier Matteucci

15. Conclusion / Zaid Alrawadieh and Levent Altinay.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035344307 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.