Purpose-Driven Tourism
The Intersection of Cultural Cuisine, Gender Equality, and Sustainable Community Building
1st Edition
Published on 18. November 2025
Book
Hardback
212 pages
978-1-998511-64-8 (ISBN)
Description
By bringing together stories from around the world, this new volume explores the confluence
of tourism, cuisine, gender equality, and community development in tourism, presenting an
engrossing investigation in a world characterized by fast urbanization, growing globalization,
and the critical requirement for sustainable practices.
An inclusive and balanced approach to travel is highlighted, with tales of women in tourism
from around the world and how their participation encourages the tourism sector to contribute
to gender parity. An essential part of purpose-driven tourism is sustainable community
building, which also takes center stage in the volume. The book investigates the significance of
conservation initiatives, responsible tourism practices, and community participation that
highlight comprehensive strategies that can lead to the prosperity of host communities and the
protection of their natural resources while simultaneously benefiting tourists.
Emphasizing the diversity of cultural cuisines, the book delves into the complex relationships
between gender, sustainable community building, and gastronomy, offering engrossing studies
of gastronomy and cultural tourism, including beer and cultural heritage tourism in Germany,
the lure of coffee tourism in Colombia, how recreational fishing in Mexico leads to sustainable
development opportunities, the impact of gastronomy on social entrepreneurship, gastronomic
tourism in Peru, Indonesia, Mexico, and more.
of tourism, cuisine, gender equality, and community development in tourism, presenting an
engrossing investigation in a world characterized by fast urbanization, growing globalization,
and the critical requirement for sustainable practices.
An inclusive and balanced approach to travel is highlighted, with tales of women in tourism
from around the world and how their participation encourages the tourism sector to contribute
to gender parity. An essential part of purpose-driven tourism is sustainable community
building, which also takes center stage in the volume. The book investigates the significance of
conservation initiatives, responsible tourism practices, and community participation that
highlight comprehensive strategies that can lead to the prosperity of host communities and the
protection of their natural resources while simultaneously benefiting tourists.
Emphasizing the diversity of cultural cuisines, the book delves into the complex relationships
between gender, sustainable community building, and gastronomy, offering engrossing studies
of gastronomy and cultural tourism, including beer and cultural heritage tourism in Germany,
the lure of coffee tourism in Colombia, how recreational fishing in Mexico leads to sustainable
development opportunities, the impact of gastronomy on social entrepreneurship, gastronomic
tourism in Peru, Indonesia, Mexico, and more.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oakville
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Postgraduate
Illustrations
4 s/w Zeichnungen, 7 farbige Zeichnungen, 13 s/w Tabellen, 6 s/w Abbildungen, 18 farbige Abbildungen, 2 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 11 Farbfotos bzw. farbige Rasterbilder
13 Tables, black and white; 7 Line drawings, color; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Halftones, color; 2 Halftones, black and white; 18 Illustrations, color; 6 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
504 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-998511-64-8 (9781998511648)
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Additional editions
Andrea Edurne Jimenez Ruiz | Shivam Bhartiya
Purpose-Driven Tourism
The Intersection of Cultural Cuisine, Gender Equality, and Sustainable Community Building
E-Book
11/2025
Apple Academic Press Inc.
€198.99
Available for download
Andrea Edurne Jimenez Ruiz | Shivam Bhartiya
Purpose-Driven Tourism
The Intersection of Cultural Cuisine, Gender Equality, and Sustainable Community Building
E-Book
11/2025
Apple Academic Press Inc.
€198.99
Available for download
Persons
Andrea Edurne Jimenez Ruiz, PhD, is a Research Professor of Tourism and Gastronomy at
UAEM Tenancingo University Centre, Mexico. She also develops research projects on rural
tourism, sustainable tourism, and agroalimentary tourism. She has published articles
nationally and internationally and is a speaker at national and international congresses related
to rural and sustainable tourism. She is a member of the National System of Researchers of
the National Council of Humanities and Technological Sciences, Mexico. She has worked as a
manager and trainer at companies and associations related to tourism.
Shivam Bhartiya, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Tourism in the Department of Commerce
and Management at Jain University, India. His research focuses on data analysis, research and
development, problem solving, administration, and teaching. He has published research
papers in journals as well as several books. A sought-after speaker, he gives lectures at
universities and organizations and participates in scientific committees throughout the world.
UAEM Tenancingo University Centre, Mexico. She also develops research projects on rural
tourism, sustainable tourism, and agroalimentary tourism. She has published articles
nationally and internationally and is a speaker at national and international congresses related
to rural and sustainable tourism. She is a member of the National System of Researchers of
the National Council of Humanities and Technological Sciences, Mexico. She has worked as a
manager and trainer at companies and associations related to tourism.
Shivam Bhartiya, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Tourism in the Department of Commerce
and Management at Jain University, India. His research focuses on data analysis, research and
development, problem solving, administration, and teaching. He has published research
papers in journals as well as several books. A sought-after speaker, he gives lectures at
universities and organizations and participates in scientific committees throughout the world.
Content
Introduction 1. Exploring Value Creation Fields of Social Entrepreneurship Through Gastronomy Tourism in Destinations 2. Recreational Fishing and Sustainable Development Opportunities in Coastal Communities of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico 3. Beer and Cultural Heritage: The Case of Munich, Germany 4. Eco-Gastronomy and Sustainability 5. Peruvian Gastronomy, Cultural Heritage, and Tourist Attraction of the Destination Peru 6. Tourism, Gastronomy, and Gender: Contribution of Wild Edible Plants to the Beypazari Female Community 7. Implications of Revitalizing Artisanal Foods from Gastronomy: A Look from the Cotija Cheese Region of Origin 8. Socio-Spatial Dynamics of Culinary Nostalgia in the Preservation of Cultural and Food Identity: The Case of Mazahua Migrants 9. Integration of Gastronomic Periphery into the Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia for Territorial Tourism Development 10. Accessibility and Inclusiveness as Driving Forces for Emerging Destinations 11. Men Tempeh: Women Empowerment in Gastronomic Tourism in Jembrana, the Western Region of Bali