Tourism Books

New and Published Books

1. Tourism Policy and Planning

   Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

   By David L. Edgell Sr, Jason Swanson

   The wellspring to the future global growth in tourism is a commitment toward good policy and strategic planning. Governments, the private sector, international organizations, academic institutions, and not-for-profit agencies must be the leaders in developing sustainable tourism policies that...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
2. Green Grabbing: A New Appropriation of Nature

   Edited by James Fairhead, Melissa Leach, Ian Scoones

   Series: Critical Agrarian Studies

   Across the world, ecosystems are for sale. ‘Green grabbing’ – the appropriation of land and resources for environmental ends – is an emerging process of deep and growing significance. A vigorous debate on ‘land grabbing’ already highlights instances where ‘green’ credentials are called...

   Published May 2nd 2013 by Routledge
3. Peace through Tourism

   Promoting Human Security Through International Citizenship

   Edited by Lynda-ann Blanchard, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   Peace through tourism refers to a body of analysis which suggests tourism may contribute to cross-cultural understanding, tolerance and even peace between communities and nations. What has been largely missing to date is a sustained critique of the potential and capacities of tourism to foster...

   Published May 1st 2013 by Routledge
4. Sex, Love and Money in Cambodia

   Professional Girlfriends and Transactional Relationships

   By Heidi Hoefinger

   Series: The Modern Anthropology of Southeast Asia

   Dealing with the complex and discomforting ‘grey ‘area where sex, love and money collide, this book highlights the general materiality of everyday sex that takes place in all relationships. In doing so, it draws attention to and destigmatizes the transactional elements within many ‘normative’...

   Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
5. Routledge Handbook of Leisure Studies

   Edited by Tony Blackshaw

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   This landmark publication brings together some of the most perceptive commentators of the present moment to explore core ideas and cutting edge developments in the field of Leisure Studies. It offers important new insights into the dynamics of the transformation of leisure in contemporary societies...

   Published April 15th 2013 by Routledge
6. Backpacker Tourism and Economic Development

   Perspectives from the Less Developed World

   By Mark P. Hampton

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   There has been a phenomenal growth of backpacker tourism from the overland routes to India in the 1960s, to present-day backpacker tourism across the less developed world. As a result there has been significant economic development impacts of backpacker tourism upon local communities especially in...

   Published April 8th 2013 by Routledge
7. Tourism, Poverty and Development

   By Andrew Holden

   Poverty alleviation is high on the global policy agenda, its importance being emphasised by its place as the first of the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals. As a potentially significant source of economic growth in developing countries, tourism may also play a major role in poverty...

   Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge
8. Tourism in National Capitals and Global Change

   Edited by Robert Maitland

   At a time of increasing city competition, national capitals are at the forefront of efforts to gain competitive advantage for themselves and their nation, to project a distinctive and positive image and to score well in global city league tables. They are frequently their country’s main tourist...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
9. Tourism and the Globalization of Emotions

   The Intimate Economy of Tango

   By Maria Törnqvist

   Series: Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality

   Today, an increasing number of people from all over the world travel to Buenos Aires to dance tango. To accommodate these intimate voyagers, tourist agencies offer travel packages, including classes in tango instruction, dance shoe shopping, and special city maps pointing out the tango clubs in...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
10. Nature's Spectacle

    The World's First National Parks and Protected Places

    By John Sheail

    National parks have always been an emotive and iconic symbol, ever since the first parks of the modern era were created in the mid-nineteenth century. This book, based on original research, delves deeply into their character and significance, and the larger context in which they developed. ...

    Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge