This prescient book explores the potential of tourism and hospitality to address social challenges. Featuring theoretical, empirical, and methodological contributions from leading scholars, it reveals how different stakeholders within the tourism and hospitality ecosystem can create value and benefit humanity in diverse ways.
Confronting traditional views of tourism and hospitality as a purely commercial activity, the book shifts attention to its more positive social and environmental outcomes. Chapters examine the role of tourism and hospitality as a path for tackling global and societal issues, from climate change and the refugee crisis to loneliness and ageing populations. They draw on interdisciplinary perspectives across a range of sectors, critically analysing the opportunities and complexities of leveraging tourism and hospitality as a force for good for vulnerable groups including older people, refugees, hospital patients, children and marginalized groups who are suffering from poverty. Ultimately, this incisive book presents an innovative approach to the study and practice of tourism and hospitality, rethinking dominant paradigms and underscoring the transformative power of the industry.
Students and academics in tourism and hospitality will benefit from the cutting-edge insights in this book. It is also a valuable resource for policy makers, educators, and practitioners interested in using tourism and hospitality as a driver of wellbeing and welfare in society.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'Tourism and Hospitality for Humanity is a timely and thought-provoking book that challenges conventional thinking and places human dignity, social justice, and ethical responsibility at the heart of tourism and hospitality studies. Edited by esteemed scholars Zaid Alrawadieh and Levent Altinay, this book brings together a compelling collection of voices that address the critical intersections between tourism, human rights, inclusion, and sustainability. 'This valuable book critically examines the role of tourism and hospitality eco-systems in addressing various contemporary challenges such as climate change, the refugee crisis, and ageing populations. A key feature is the inclusion of perspectives from the Global South.' -- Girish Prayag, University of Canterbury, New Zealand 'This comprehensive and critical edited collection explores innovative approaches to a wide array of current social challenges through the lens of tourism, including social and cultural dynamics, sustainability and ethical considerations. As it also discusses methodological considerations, the book offers a practical resource for researchers in the field of tourism and hospitality.' -- Metin Kozak, Kadir Has University, Turkey
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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978-1-0353-4429-1 (9781035344291)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Edited by Zaid Alrawadieh, Senior Lecturer in Hospitality and Tourism Operations and Levent Altinay, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Oxford Brookes Business School, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Contents
1 Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality for Humanity 1
Zaid Alrawadieh and Levent Altinay
2 Virtual tourism as a potential alternative to travel therapy
for dementia intervention: Interdisciplinary, conceptual, and
methodological innovations 4
Fangli Hu and Jun Wen
3 Creating hospitality through food businesses: Narratives from
New Zealand women with refugee backgrounds 14
Shima Bazrafshan, Cheryl Cockburn-Wootten and Alison McIntosh
4 Combating climate change through responsible tourism and
hospitality practices 32
Serap OEzdemir-Guezel and OEzge IzdeI-TerkoIlu
5 Cultivating a culture of hospitality: Nurturing volunteer
engagement in non-hospitality sectors 58
Geesje Duursma and Rodney Westerlaken
6 The tourism and hospitality industries within the global
economy of romantic loneliness 78
Hugues Seraphin, Omar Abou Hamdan, Tatiana Gladkikh,
Manuela Pilato and Nadezhda Krasteva
7 Female entrepreneurship and women's empowerment in
tourism: Exploring the mediating role of creating shared value 94
Fatemeh Bagheri and Mohanna Nikbin
8 The modes of being, operating, making, knowing, living and
acting in tourism research: A critical examination 115
Atila Yueksel
9 Promoting labour rights and human rights in hospitality:
Striving for a workplace culture that disrupts exploitative
practices 154
Claudia Macaveiu
10 Unveiling the failure of tourism as industry of peace:
Bridging the gap between academic discourse and global
reality and paving the way to post-tourism 174
Fabio Carbone and Sarah Thangadurai
11 Methodological considerations, challenges, and approaches in
research involving children and young people 190
Marko KosIak, Mladen KnezeviI and Tony O'Rourke
12 Empowering communities through ecotourism: A path to
sustainable development in Chalacatepec, Jalisco, Mexico 209
Yasiri Mayeli Flores Monter, Rocio del Carmen Serrano
Barquin andDriselda Patricia Sanchez-Aguirre
13 The interaction of digital nomads with the host community
and its effects on their quality of life: Chiang Mai as a case
study 233
Rami K. Isaac and Jentel Dorrestein
14 Empowering communities through community-based cultural
tourism in southern Africa: Practitioners' reflections 257
Yolisa Ndhlovu, Neil Shaw and Xavier Matteucci
15 Conclusion 275
Zaid Alrawadieh and Levent Altinay
