Challenges in Tourism Research

In this volume leading experts from different disciplines and diverse geographic regions discuss fundamental, often controversial topics in the field of tourism studies. The book attempts to understand, identify and analyse some of the perennial problems and challenges encountered by tourism researchers. The debates include topics such as the concept of the ‘tourist’, the long-term sustainability of tourism development, the growth of volunteer tourism and the vulnerability of tourism. Bringing together the collective wisdom of 37 renowned tourism scholars in a unique format, this is an important text for undergraduate and postgraduate students, tourism researchers and industry professionals.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contributors
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Foreword
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- By Erik Cohen
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Preface
pp xvii-xviii
- By Tej Vir Singh
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Introduction
pp 1-15
- By Tej Vir Singh
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Chapter 1 - I Am a Traveller, You Are a Visitor, They Are Tourists But Who Are Post-Tourists?
pp 17-43
- By Scott Mccabe, David Dunn, Natan Uriely
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Chapter 2 - Is Tourist a Secular Pilgrim or a Hedonist in Search of Pleasure?
pp 45-69
- By Dan Knox, Kevin Hannam, Peter JanMargry, Noel B. Salazar
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Chapter 3 - Do Tourists Travel for the Discovery of ‘Self’ or to Search for the ‘Other’?
pp 71-96
- By Gianna Moscardo, Graham Dann, Bob Mckercher
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Chapter 4 - Is Volunteerism a New Avatar of Travelism?
pp 97-134
- By Stephen L. Wearing, Simone GrabowskiAnd Jennie Small, Kevin D. Lyons, Daniel Guttentag, Alexandra Coghlan
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Chapter 5 - Tourism’s Invulnerability: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
pp 135-159
- By Julio Aramberri, Richard Sharpley, Carson L. Jenkins
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Chapter 6 - Vanishing Peripheries: Does Tourism Consume Places?
pp 161-191
- By C. Michael Hall, David Harrison, DavidWeaver, Geoffrey Wall
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Chapter 8 - Is the Concept of Sustainability Utopian? Ideally Perfect but Hard to Practice
pp 223-265
- By Stephen Mccool, Richard Butler, Ralf Buckley, David Weaver, Brian Wheeller
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Chapter 9 - What is Wrong with the Concept of Carrying Capacity?
pp 267-308
- By Ralf Buckley, Sagar Singh, GeneBrothers, Simon Mcarthur
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Chapter 10 - Knowledge Management in Tourism: Are the Stakeholders Research-Averse?
pp 309-337
- By Chris Cooper, Lisa Ruhanen, NoelScott
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Chapter 11 - Tourism for Whom: The Unmet Challenge
pp 339-366
- By Richard Butler, C. Michael Hall, GeoffreyWall, John Swarbrooke
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Index
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vii

Contributors
pp viii-xiv

Foreword
pp xv-xvi

Preface
pp xvii-xviii

Introduction
pp 1-15

Chapter 1 - I Am a Traveller, You Are a Visitor, They Are Tourists But Who Are Post-Tourists?
pp 17-43

Chapter 2 - Is Tourist a Secular Pilgrim or a Hedonist in Search of Pleasure?
pp 45-69

Chapter 3 - Do Tourists Travel for the Discovery of ‘Self’ or to Search for the ‘Other’?
pp 71-96

Chapter 4 - Is Volunteerism a New Avatar of Travelism?
pp 97-134

Chapter 5 - Tourism’s Invulnerability: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
pp 135-159

Chapter 6 - Vanishing Peripheries: Does Tourism Consume Places?
pp 161-191

Chapter 8 - Is the Concept of Sustainability Utopian? Ideally Perfect but Hard to Practice
pp 223-265

Chapter 9 - What is Wrong with the Concept of Carrying Capacity?
pp 267-308

Chapter 10 - Knowledge Management in Tourism: Are the Stakeholders Research-Averse?
pp 309-337

Chapter 11 - Tourism for Whom: The Unmet Challenge
pp 339-366

Index
pp 367-373

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