Tourism Paradoxes Contradictions, Controversies and Challenges - Tourism and Cultural Change

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.

ISBN:	9781845418113
Publisher:	Channel View Publications
Imprint:	Channel View Publications
Published date:	15 Jan 2021
DEWEY:	306.4819
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xvi, 170
Weight:	310g
Height:	156mm
Width:	233mm
Spine width:	18mm

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