International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management: Volume 11 Issue 2/3
Table of contents
Wanted: tourists with a social conscience
Eddie D’SaOrdinary Third World people (as opposed to the élites) find tourism in its present form highly exploitative and socially damaging, a new form of imperialism. It is characterised…
Dominant actors in international tourism
David C. CoathupThe expansion of international tourism has meant an expansion in the number of key players. The airlines, tour operators, hotel chains can be called the facilitators ‐ those who…
Searching for a balance in tourism development strategies
Xavier Font, Tor E. AhjemThis article introduces the ethical reasons for tourist destinations to follow market‐led or supply‐oriented strategies when developing tourism as an economic option. Economic…
Ecotourism research and promotion on the Web: experiences and insights
Ron MaderThere is a great need for detailed information about environmental tourism projects in Latin America and many are using the Internet as a library. However, institutional Websites…
Kodachrome icons: photography, place and the theft of identity
Brian HumanPhotography has an ambivalent relationship with tourism. Many destinations visited by tourists have a strong identity and sense of place, which is embodied in the history…
The ethical challenges of managing pilgrimages to the Holy Land
Stephen R. SizerThe pilgrimage and tourist industry, which brings just under two million people from around the world to Israel and the Occupied Territories every year, is both a microcosm and…
Sustainable tourism: learning from Indian religious traditions
Vasanti GuptaReligious pilgrimages have taken place for many hundreds of years without causing the negative environmental, cultural and social impacts associated with tourism. Common features…
Sex tourism in South Asia
Nina RaoSex tourism is the dark side of the global phenomenon of tourism. Every day we read about the benefits of tourism, its income and employment potential, its ability to bridge the…
Ten years later, Goa still uneasy over the impact of tourism
Frederick NoronhaSourced by local newspaper articles, discusses the impact on Goa of the increasing numbers of tourists. Increasing land prices, increasing levels of consumption, violation of…
Sex crimes and tourism in Nepal
Helen BrownSexual offences are committed against women tourists in Nepal by men working in tourism. The authorities do not remove known offenders from positions of trust. Women who speak out…
Management or domination? Planning tourism in the Banda Islands, Eastern Indonesia
Rachel WranghamThe Banda Islands, or Spice Islands, of Indonesia are idyllic, volcanic mountains in the Banda Sea. Tourism in the islands is dominated by one powerful and authoritarian…
Determinants of intra‐firm trust in buyer‐seller relationships in the international travel trade
John C. Crotts, Gregory B. TurnerCreating and sustaining trust in buyer‐seller relationships constitutes a critical strategic skill in the international travel trade. After conceptualizing the importance of trust…
Homes and castles ‐ is private hospitality identification or intrusion?
Iain WhyteDiscusses the dilemmas faced by both host and visitor in “home stay” arrangements. Where there are great cultural and/or economic discrepancies the problems can be more difficult…
The role of community in tourism studies
Kirsty SherlockAn autobiographical discussion of using “community” as a framework to locate the impacts of tourism on a coastal town in Queensland.
Equity in outgoing tourism through tourist certificates
Tanja MihalicˇˇThe author addresses the unequal participation of different nations in outgoing tourism as an ethical question and proposes a tourist certificate trading programme. Today 65 per…
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- Prof Fevzi Okumus