Critical Debates in Tourism

Tej Vir Singh is Professor and founding Director of the Centre for Tourism Research & Development (CTRD), Lucknow, India. He is also Founder Editor of the Centre's international journal Tourism Recreation Research. He has produced many international books and papers on tourism development and impacts. He is a fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism (since 1989) and has consulted for the UNEP. He was awarded lifetime honorary professorship of tourism by Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, India.

A must for those wanting to get to grips with the key tourism debates. This is an unconventional book that covers many of the big policy issues in tourism – climate change, mass tourism, community empowerment, etc. Experts explore these issues providing opinions, exploding myths and highlighting the value-laden nature of tourism.

• PrefaceIntroduction – Tej Vir Singh1. Mass Tourism and Sustainability: Can the Two Meet?1.1 Towards Sustainable Mass Tourism: Paradigm Shift or Paradigm Nudge? – David Weaver1.2 Is Mass Tourism Serious About Sustainability? – Ralf Buckley1.3 Sustainable Mass Tourism: More Smudge than Nudge the Canard Continues – Brian Wheeller1.4 Critical and Normative Responses to Sustainable Tourism – Bill Bramwell2. Consumerism and Tourism: Are They Cousins?2.1 Does Consumerism Necessarily Promote Bad Tourism? – Richard Sharpley2.2 Consumerism, Tourism and Voluntary Simplicity: We all have to Consume, but do we really have to Travel so Much to be Happy? – C. Michael Hall2.3 Not All Consumerism has Shady Side – Joan C. Henderson3. Is Small Tourism Beautiful?3.1 Tourism: Is Small Beautiful? – David Harrison3.2 Small can be Beautiful, but big can be Beautiful too – and Complementary: Towards Mass Tourism/Alternative Tourism Synergy – David Weaver3.3 Small is Beautiful: Size can be Important – Richard Butler4. Does Community Participation Empower Local People?4.1 The Mantra of ‘Community Participation’ in Context – Jim Butcher4.2 Community-based Tourism as Strategic Dead-end – David Weaver4.3 Community Participation – In Need of a Fresh Perspective – Shalini Singh5. Does Tourism Reduce Poverty?5.1 Pro-Poor Tourism: Is There Value Beyond the Rhetoric? – Regina Scheyvens5.2 Pro-Poor Tourism: Is There Actually Much Rhetoric? And, if so, Whose? – Dorothea Meyer5.3 Pro-poor Tourism: Is there Value Beyond ‘Whose’ Rhetoric? – David Harrison5.4 Pro-Poor Tourism: Climate Change and Sustainable Development – Paul Peeters6. Volunteer Tourism: Is it Benign?6.1 Volunteer Tourism: As Good as it Seems – Daniel Guttentag6.2 Volunteer Tourism: May not be as Good as it Seems – Jim Butcher6.3 Volunteer Tourism: Looking Forward – Eliza Raymond7. Tourism and Welfare: Seeking Symbiosis7.1 The Tourism Industry’s Welfare Responsibilities: An Adequate Response? – Derek Hall and Frances Brown7.2 ‘Ethical’ Travel and Well-being: Reposing the Issue – Jim Butcher7.3 Tourism Ethics Needs More Than a Surface Approach – David Fennell7.4 Tourism and Welfare: A Good Idea and a Pious Hope – Carson. L. Jenkins8. Tourism Education: Quo Vadis?8.1 Contemporary Tourism Education: Notes from the Frontline – Chris Cooper8.2 The Cost of Everything and the Value of Nothing – Brian Wheeller8.3 Innovate or Deteriorate – Moving Tourism Education into the 21st Century – Lisa Ruhanen9. Post Colonialism: Academic Responsibility?9.1 ‘Post-colonialism’, Responsibility and Tourism Academics: Where’s the Connection – Derek Hall and Frances Brown9.2 Academic Capitalism, Academic Responsibility and Tourism Academics: or, the Silence of the Lambs? – C. Michael Hall9.3 Towards an Ethics of Responsibility in Tourism Education – Erik Cohen10. The Dilemma of Authenticity and In-authenticity10.1 ‘Authenticity’ in Tourism Studies: Aprés la Lutte – Erik Cohen10.2 Staged Authenticity: A Grande idée? – Kjell Olsen10.3 Persisting with Authenticity: Gleaning Contemporary Insights for Future Tourism Studies – Philip L. Pearce11. Heritage Tourism: Heritage Tourists11.1 Do Tourists Destroy the Heritage They Have Come to Experience? – Gregory J. Ashworth11.2 Heritage Tourists: Responsible, (f)or What? – Brian Wheeller11.3 Tourists and Heritage: All Things Must Come to Pass – C. Michael Hall12. Nature Based Tourism: There is Lot in the Name12.1 What's in a Name? Conceptualizing Natural Resource-Based Tourism – David Fennell12.2 Nature-Based Tourism in Breadth and Depth – Ralf Buckley and Alexandra Coghlan12.3 Ecotourism and Nature-Based Tourism: What’s Beyond the Names and Labels? – Betty Weiler13. Tourism and Climate Change: A Need for Critical Analysis13.1 Tourism and Climate Change: Knowledge Gaps and Issues – C. Michael Hall13.2 Climate Change: Beyond the Hype – Susanne Becken13.3 Climate Change: Tourism Destination Dynamics – Ralf Buckley13.4 Climate Change and Tourism: Time for Critical Reflection – Daniel Scott14. Slow Tourism: Back to Bullock Cart Days!14.1 Are Slow Travel and Slow Tourism Misfits, Compadres or Different Genres? – Dennis Conway and Benjamin F Timms14.2 Advocating and Implementing Slow Tourism – Alison Caffyn14.3 Questioning Slow As Sustainable – Rachel DoddsConclusion – Tej Vir Singh