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Tourism impacts on locations in many ways - socially, environmentally, culturally, and economically. This book examines some well established controversies in tourism and some newly emerging controversial aspects associated with tourism as an activity and a business. Controversies involving clashes between visitors and host communities, the rights and wrongs of eco-tourism, the impacts of mega-events, the legitimacy of dark tourism, and the costs and benefits of medical and wildlife tourism are assessed. This book is an interesting and thought provoking work ideal for tourism students, researchers and academics.

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Author:   Jorge Ferraz (Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril, Avenida Condes de Barcelona, , , 2769 - 510 Estoril , , PORTUGAL) ,  Omar Moufakkir (Saxion University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands) ,  Sibel Aykin (Akdeniz University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, Dumlupinar Bulvari, Antalya, , TURKEY) ,  Peter Burns (Director, Institute for Tourism Research (INTOUR), UK)
Publisher:   CABI Publishing
Imprint:   CABI Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.800kg
ISBN:  

9781845938130

ISBN 10:   1845938135
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   15 December 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"I: The Editors and Contributors II: Foreword III: Acknowledgements IV: Introduction 1: Of Ethics, Leisure and Tourism: the 'Serious Fun of Doing Tourism' 2: A Common Tourism Policy for the European Union:A Historical Perspective 3: Authenticity and Commodification: the Selling of Mayan Culture in Mexico's Mayan Riviera 4: Authenticity versus Development: Tourism to the Hill Tribes of Thailand 5: Controversies in Medical Tourism 6: Ethical Issues in Trophy Hunting 7: Ecotourism: A Maturing Discourse with Some Established Controversy 8: Ethnic Panopticon: a Controversy in Aboriginal Tourism 9: Gaming in the USA: Historical Development, Controversies and Current Status 10: Golf Tourism: the Case of Cyprus 11: Residential Tourism or Lifestyle Migration: Social Problems Linked to the non-Definition of the Situation 12: Surrealist Pilgrims, Melting Clocks in Marble Halls: Dark Tourism for a Post-Modern World 13: The Golden Jubilee of Independence and Panafest in Ghana: ""All that Glitters is Not Gold"" 14: The Ideological Role of Intergovernmental Organizations on the Promotion of International Tourism 15: The Paradoxes of Tourism Encounters in the Mass Tourism Spaces of The Gambia 16: Tourism or Conservation? a Controversy in Chitwan National Park, Nepal 17: Volunteer Tourism: Commodified Trend or New Phenomena V: Conclusion VI: Index"

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Dr. Omar Moufakkir is a professor, MA programs course leader at Stenden University in the Netherlands, and the editor of 'The Journal of Tourism and Peace Research'. His current research focuses on tourism and peace and the effects of immigration on destination image and travel propensity. Professor Marina Novelli (PhD) is a globally renowned tourism for sustainable development expert and Professor of Marketing and Tourism at The University of Nottingham Business School (UK). She is known for her contributions to the concept of Niche Tourism, the study of Tourism Development in Sub-Saharan Africa and new critical elaboration of the Overtourism phenomenon. She is Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism, Alternate Member of the UNWTO World Committee on Tourism Ethics (2021-2025) and Member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council for Sustainable Development (2023-2024). She has written and advised in the field of international tourism policy, planning and development in Africa, Europe and Asia for institutions such as the World Bank, the EU, the UN, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, National Ministries and Tourism Boards, Regional Development Agencies, private sector and NGOs. She distinguishes herself as a particularly active member of the global tourism community and for her inclusive research leadership practice and excellence in collaborating with multi-disciplinary, multi-stakeholders and multi-cultural teams. Dr. Nikolaos Boukas holds a PhD in Management Studies from the University of Exeter, UK. He is currently an Associate Professor of Tourism & Hospitality Management and the Director of the Center for Sustainable Management of Tourism, Sport & Events (CESMATSE) of the European University Cyprus. His research interests are focused on tourism marketing, sustainable tourism development, island tourism, niche tourism and innovative tourism product, cultural heritage tourism management, and youth tourism. His work has been published on several peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings.

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