Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and Tables xi
4. Contributors xv
5. Dedication xxi
6. Preface xxiii
7. Foreword xxvii
8. Local Roots xxxi
9. Introduction 1
10. Part 1 Theorising Local Communities in Tourism Anew
11. 1 Place-based Governance in Tourism: Placing Local Communities at the Centre of Tourism 31
12. 2 Circular Oikonomia, Posthumanism and Local Space to Socialise Tourism 54
13. 3 Travel Boycotts, Ethical Consumption and Destination Communities: Expanding the Morality of Neighbourliness 69
14. 4 The Local Turn in Tourism: Place-based Realities, Dangers and Opportunities 82
15. Part 2 Case Studies of Local Community (Dis)/(Re)/ Empowerment
16. 5 Unheard Voices: Youth Activism for Social and Environmental Justice 103
17. 6 Enhanced Food Security Through Localised Community Cryptocurrency: Experiences of a Costa Rican Tourism Town 116
18. 7 An Ethnographical Study of Community Tourism: Seeking Alternative Tourism Options for Malta Through ‘Meet the Locals’ 133
19. Part 3 Practitioners’ Views and Insights
20. 8 Localhood 155
21. 9 The Story of Cambodian Children’s Trust: Evolving Development Practice From ‘Doing For’ Communities To ‘Doing With’ Communities 169
22. 10 The Neighbourhood Where History, Community, Tourism and Truth-Telling Meet: A Tourism Practitioner Case Study from the Greenwood Cultural Center of Tulsa, Oklahoma 194
23. Part 4 Imagining New Futures
24. 11 Convivial Tourism in Proximity 215
25. 12 Towards a ‘More-than-Tourism’ Perspective for Localising Tourism 232
26. 13 Reclaiming the City: Social Movements and the Local Impacts of the Global Tourism Industry 250
27. 14 Conclusion: What is to be Done? 269
28. Index 280