The Local Turn in Tourism: Empowering Communities

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The Local Turn in Tourism

Empowering Communities

Edited by: Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and Bobbie Chew Bigby

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2023

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Volume 95 | Aspects of Tourism

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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.

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Business and Economics Business Management Industries Tourism, Hospitality, Travel

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Figures and Tables
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Contributors
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Dedication
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Preface
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Foreword
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Helena Norberg-Hodge

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Local Roots
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Vesper Tjukonai

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Introduction
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Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and Bobbie Chew Bigby
Part 1 Theorising Local Communities in Tourism Anew
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1 Place-based Governance in Tourism: Placing Local Communities at the Centre of Tourism
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Bobbie Chew Bigby, Joseph Edgar and Freya Higgins-Desbiolles
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2 Circular Oikonomia, Posthumanism and Local Space to Socialise Tourism
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Lucia Tomassini and Elena Cavagnaro
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3 Travel Boycotts, Ethical Consumption and Destination Communities: Expanding the Morality of Neighbourliness
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Siamak Seyfi and C. Michael Hall
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4 The Local Turn in Tourism: Place-based Realities, Dangers and Opportunities
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Can-Seng Ooi
Part 2 Case Studies of Local Community (Dis)/(Re)/ Empowerment
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5 Unheard Voices: Youth Activism for Social and Environmental Justice
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6 Enhanced Food Security Through Localised Community Cryptocurrency: Experiences of a Costa Rican Tourism Town
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Mary Little
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7 An Ethnographical Study of Community Tourism: Seeking Alternative Tourism Options for Malta Through ‘Meet the Locals’
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Andrew Jones and Julian Zarb
Part 3 Practitioners’ Views and Insights
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8 Localhood
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Signe Jungersted
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9 The Story of Cambodian Children’s Trust: Evolving Development Practice From ‘Doing For’ Communities To ‘Doing With’ Communities
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Tara Winkler
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10 The Neighbourhood Where History, Community, Tourism and Truth-Telling Meet: A Tourism Practitioner Case Study from the Greenwood Cultural Center of Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Bobbie Chew Bigby and Michelle Brown-Burdex
Part 4 Imagining New Futures
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11 Convivial Tourism in Proximity
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Nora Müller, Robert Fletcher and Macià Blázquez-Salom
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12 Towards a ‘More-than-Tourism’ Perspective for Localising Tourism
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Phoebe Everingham and Sinéad Francis-Coan
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13 Reclaiming the City: Social Movements and the Local Impacts of the Global Tourism Industry
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Alexander Araya López
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14 Conclusion: What is to be Done?
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Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and Bobbie Chew Bigby
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Index
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November 10, 2022

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9781845418809

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https://doi.org/10.21832/9781845418809

eBook ISBN: 9781845418809

Keywords for this book

Sustainability; Tourism industry

The Local Turn in Tourism

Overview

About this book

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Contributors

Dedication

Preface

Foreword

Local Roots

Introduction

1 Place-based Governance in Tourism: Placing Local Communities at the Centre of Tourism

2 Circular Oikonomia, Posthumanism and Local Space to Socialise Tourism

3 Travel Boycotts, Ethical Consumption and Destination Communities: Expanding the Morality of Neighbourliness

4 The Local Turn in Tourism: Place-based Realities, Dangers and Opportunities

5 Unheard Voices: Youth Activism for Social and Environmental Justice

6 Enhanced Food Security Through Localised Community Cryptocurrency: Experiences of a Costa Rican Tourism Town

7 An Ethnographical Study of Community Tourism: Seeking Alternative Tourism Options for Malta Through ‘Meet the Locals’

8 Localhood

9 The Story of Cambodian Children’s Trust: Evolving Development Practice From ‘Doing For’ Communities To ‘Doing With’ Communities

10 The Neighbourhood Where History, Community, Tourism and Truth-Telling Meet: A Tourism Practitioner Case Study from the Greenwood Cultural Center of Tulsa, Oklahoma

11 Convivial Tourism in Proximity

12 Towards a ‘More-than-Tourism’ Perspective for Localising Tourism

13 Reclaiming the City: Social Movements and the Local Impacts of the Global Tourism Industry

14 Conclusion: What is to be Done?

Index

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