Controversies in tourism / edited by Omar Moufakkir and Peter M. Burns.

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9781845938130

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Moufakkir, Omar

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Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, c2012.

Physical Description:

viii, 266 p. ; 25 cm.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Of Ethics, Leisure and Tourism: The `Serious Fun of Doing Tourism' / O. Moufakkir -- 2.A Common Tourism Policy for the European Union: A Historical Perspective / S. Mehter Aykin -- 3.Authenticity and Commodification: The Selling of Mayan Culture in Mexico's Mayan Riviera / A.E. Papanicolaou -- 4.Authenticity Versus Development: Tourism to the Hill Tribes of Thailand / A. Tisch-Rottensteiner -- 5.Controversies in Medical Tourism / B. Ipock -- 6.Ethical Issues in Trophy Hunting / J. Dobson -- 7.Ecotourism: A Maturing Discourse with Some Established Controversy / S.W. Boyd -- 8.Ethnic Panopticon: A Controversy in Aboriginal Tourism / P.F. Xie -- 9.Gaming in the USA: Historical Development, Controversies and Current Status / D.F. Holecek -- 10.Golf Tourism: The Case of Cyprus / A. Sinka -- 11.Residential Tourism or Lifestyle Migration: Social Problems Linked to the Non-Definition of the Situation / A. Mantecon --

Contents note continued: 12.Surrealist Pilgrims, Melting Clocks in Marble Halls: Dark Tourism for a Postmodern World / C. Thompson -- 13.The Golden Jubilee of Independence and Panafest in Ghana: `All that Glitters is not Gold' / E. Addo -- 14.The Ideological Role of Intergovernmental Organizations in the Promotion of International Tourism / J. Ferraz -- 15.The Paradoxes of Tourism Encounters in the Mass Tourism Spaces of the Gambia / H. Pattison -- 16.Tourism or Conservation? A Controversy in Chitwan National Park, Nepal / K. Bhandari -- 17.Volunteer Tourism: Commodified Trend or New Phenomenon? / S. Wearing.

Subject Term:

Tourism.

Tourism -- Social aspects.

Added Author:

Moufakkir, Omar

Burns, Peter (Peter M.)

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Books

Publication Date:

2012

Publication Information:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, c2012.

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Tourism impacts on locations in many ways - socially, environmentally, culturally, and economically. This book examines some well established controversies in tourism and some newly emerging controversial aspects associated with tourism as an activity and a business. Controversies involving clashes between visitors and host communities, the rights and wrongs of eco-tourism, the impacts of mega-events, the legitimacy of dark tourism, and the costs and benefits of medical and wildlife tourism are assessed. This book is an interesting and thought provoking work ideal for tourism students, researchers and academics.

O. Moufakkir and P.M. BurnsO. MoufakkirS. Mehter AykinA.E. PapanicolaouM. Novelli and A. Tisch-RottensteinerD.G. Vequist IV and M. Guiry and B. IpockJ. DobsonS.W. BoydP.F. XieO. Moufakkir and D.F. HolecekN. Boukas and G. Boustras and A. SinkaR. Huete and A. MantecónD. Craig and C. ThompsonE. AddoJ. FerrazH. PattisonK. BhandariA.M. Benson and S. Wearing

Contributors	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
1 Of Ethics, Leisure and Tourism: The 'Serious Fun of Doing Tourism'	p. 7
2 A Common Tourism Policy for the European Union: A Historical Perspective	p. 23
3 Authenticity and Commodification: The Selling of Mayan Culture in Mexico's Mayan Riviera	p. 41
4 Authenticity Versus Development: Tourism to the Hill Tribes of Thailand	p. 54
5 Controversies in Medical Tourism	p. 73
6 Ethical Issues in Trophy Hunting	p. 86\|
7 Ecotourism: A Maturing Discourse with Some Established Controversy	p. 99
8 Ethnic Panopticon: A Controversy in Aboriginal Tourism	p. 115
9 Gaming in the USA: Historical Development, Controversies and Current Status	p. 125
10 Golf Tourism: The Case of Cyprus	p. 144
11 Residential Tourism or Lifestyle Migration: Social Problems Linked to the Non-Definition of the Situation	p. 160
12 Surrealist Pilgrims, Melting Clocks in Marble Halls: Dark Tourism for a Postmodern World	p. 174
13 The Golden Jubilee of Independence and Panafest in Ghana: 'All that Glitters is not Gold'	p. 186
14 The Ideological Role of Intergovernmental Organizations in the Promotion of International Tourism	p. 201
15 The Paradoxes of Tourism Encounters in the Mass Tourism Spaces of the Gambia	p. 216
16 Tourism or Conservation? A Controversy in Chitwan National Park, Nepal	p. 229
17 Volunteer Tourism: Commodified Trend or New Phenomenon?	p. 242
Conclusion	p. 255
Index	p. 259

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