Tourism and Development: Concepts and Issues (Aspects of Tourism, 5) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1873150342 ISBN 13: 9781873150344

Publisher: Channel View Publications, 2002

Synopsis

The development of tourism is frequently justified on the basis of its potential contribution to the broader socio-economic development of destination areas. Indeed, tourism is generally considered an effective vehicle of development, yet the meaning and objectives of ‘development', and the extent to which it can be achieved through tourism, is rarely questioned. Moreover, the relationship between tourism and development remains an under-represented area of study and research.This book addresses this gap in the literature by challenging many of the widelyheld assumptions about tourism's developmental contribution. In the first part, a theoretical link is established between the discrete yet interconnected disciplines of tourism studies and development studies. More specifically, the meaning of development and successive development paradigms are considered within the context of tourism. This provides a conceptual foundation for the second part of the book, which addresses a number of fundamental issues related to tourism's potential contribution to development. These include issues of economic development, regional development, socio-cultural development and environmental development. Finally, the third part focuses upon barriers to tourism-induced development, arguing that a new political economy of tourism, the consumption of tourism and the dominance of the sustainable development paradigm represent significant counterpoints to overly simplistic models of tourism's potential contribution to development.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Sharpley is Reader in Travel and Tourism Management at the University of Northumbria, UK. His principal research interests include rural tourism development, the sociology of tourism, tourism in island micro-states with a particular emphasis on Cyprus, and tourism and international development. He has written a number of books and articles in all of these areas.David J. Telfer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies at Brock University, Canada, and is the Co-ordinator of the Bachelor of Tourism Studies Degree. He teaches in the areas of tourism planning and heritage tourism. He has researched and published in the areas of the relationship between tourism and development theories, economic linkages of tourism with host communities,strategic alliances and rural tourism.

Review

Building on the successful first edition, chapters on such topics as poverty reduction, heritage, climate change and human rights have been added and the result is a well-structured debate within a clear conceptual framework. The ensuing discussion is appropriate, rigorous and comprehensive and demonstrates the global economic and social importance of tourism. This book is now a classic and should be required reading for anyone with a serious interest in international tourism's role in 'development.'

(David Harrison, University of South Pacific, Fiji)

This volume offers a set of authoritative contributions steering through the vast array of tourism and development concepts and cases. This sound collection of critical pieces is a 'must read' not only for undergraduate and postgraduate students, but also for all those interested or involved in tourism and development.

(Marina Novelli, University of Brighton, UK)

The first edition of this book provided an invaluable contribution to the integration of the fields of tourism and development studies. The second edition furthers this legacy to provide an insightful updating of the challenges and opportunities for the use of tourism for economic and social advancement within shifting development paradigms and global change.

(Andrew Holden, University of Bedfordshire, UK)

Edition details

• Publisher: Channel View Publications
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1873150342
• ISBN 13: 9781873150344
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Sharpley Prof. Richard, Telfer Dr. David J.