At a time when COVID-19 is transforming the tourism industry, this book presents a collection of some of the many contemporary contradictions and inconsistencies apparent in tourism contexts and tourism studies. Increasingly, tourism is regarded as an agent of social and cultural change, in ways which inevitably throw up new and inescapable paradoxes. The chapters draw attention to paradoxes (such as Anglo-Western-centrism/Non-Western imperatives, continued colonisation/decolonisation, political apparatus/people’s empowerment, global standards/local dynamics) and their prominence in the tourism field as well as in other disciplines. The volume offers a reconsideration of what may be needed, conceptually and methodologically, in order to equip researchers and practitioners in tourism and related social science fields to better interpret and manage the future of tourism.
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At a time when COVID-19 is transforming the tourism industry, this book presents many contemporary inconsistencies and paradoxes in tourism contexts and studies. It offers a reconsideration of what may be needed in order to equip researchers and practitioners in tourism and related fields to better interpret and manage the future of tourism.
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Figures and Tables Contributors Acknowledgements Foreword by Erik Cohen Chapter 1. Erdinç Çakmak, Hazel Tucker and Keith Hollinshead: Introduction: Tourism Paradoxes – Contradictions, Controversies and Challenges Chapter 2. Evi Eftychiou: The Paradox of Modernity: Power, Identity and Tourism in Rural Cyprus Chapter 3. Emmanuelle Peyvel:  Go West! Overcoming the Paradoxes of Kinh Tourism in Vietnamese Mountains: A Postcolonial Geography Chapter 4. Keith Kay Hin Tan and Paolo Mura: The 'Logical Paradox' of Preservation via Change: The Touristic Potential of Malaysia's Catholic Mission Schools Chapter 5. Nan Chen, Kevin Burns and Jing Wang: Empowering Package Tour Travellers by Disempowering Tourism Operators? – Assessing the Effectiveness of the Tourism Law of China Chapter 6. Man Tat Cheng: Cross-cultural Encounter: Sustaining Racial Prejudice or Prompting Reflection? Chapter 7. Rose de Vrieze-McBean: Contemporary Polemics of Chinese Outbound Tourism to Europe: Paradoxes, Inconsistencies and Contradictions Chapter 8: Vincent Platenkamp: International Tourism Academia: A Paradoxical Challenge Chapter 9. Keith Hollinshead, Rukeya Suleman, Sisi Wang, Bipi Nair and Alfred Vellah: The Call for ‘Dynamic Genesis’ (after Deleuze) in Tourism Studies Chapter 10. Erdinç Çakmak, Keith Hollinshead and Hazel Tucker: Afterword: Reflections on Paradoxes in Understanding, Culture, Mobility, and Tourism Index
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This innovative, timely text is essential reading for students and researchers seeking to comprehend the controversial, complex and messy nature of tourism. The editors deserve high praise for their courage and foresight in bringing together a diverse range of knowledgeable contributors to produce this valuable, thought-provoking, and erudite volume.
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Helps readers better understand the often contradictory and conflicting ways in which the tourism industry operates

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781845418120
Publisert
2021-01-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Channel View Publications
Vekt
434 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
192

Om bidragsyterne

Erdinç Çakmak is a Senior Fellow at the Academy of Tourism, Breda University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. His research interests include informal economies, tourism sociology, power relations in tourism, conflict-ridden destinations.

Hazel Tucker is a Professor in the Department of Tourism, University of Otago, New Zealand. Her research interests include the advancement of critical interpretative methodologies and theory regarding tourism’s influence on sociocultural identities, relationships and change.

Keith Hollinshead is a Distinguished Professor for the International Tourism Studies Association. His research interests include soft science and advanced qualitative research methods, transdisciplinary studies, public culture and cultural heritage.