Description
| Product ID: | 9781845418786 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Aspects of Tourism |
| Title: | The Local Turn in Tourism |
| Subtitle: | Empowering Communities |
| Authors: | Author: Bobbie Chew Bigby, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles |
| Page Count: | 328 |
| Subjects: | Social and ethical issues, Social issues & processes, Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries, Hospitality and service industries, Tourism industry, Hospitality industry |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. In a world that is subject to rapid change and cascading crises this book considers the vital importance of local communities to grounded, just and sustainable tourism futures. Embracing local tourism as relational, 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 in tourism. Presenting concepts, case studies and practitioner insights, the chapters explore what putting locals first might mean; the constraints of markets and the promise of alternatives; ‘tours’ and ‘turns’ offering possibilities for circles, cycles and connections; approaches for democratising tourism; and building an ethos of relatedness through a relational imperative to face the future together. |
| Imprint Name: | Channel View Publications |
| Publisher Name: | Channel View Publications Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-11-10 |
