Handbook of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Tourism
Published on 29. May 2026
Book
Hardback
390 pages
978-1-0353-1133-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Handbook of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Tourism arrives at a time when movements for equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) are increasingly under threat. This essential volume presents the work of scholars and practitioners who advance critical debates on tourism, revealing structural dynamics of injustice, including colonialism, capitalism, patriarchy, and heteronormativity that underpin contemporary tourism practices. It also explores pathways towards more just and equitable futures.
The contributors engage with questions of power, representation, and decolonization, through diverse case studies studying multiple sites around the world and addressing such topics as mobilities, workers' rights, gender justice, and sustainability. Through these critical reflections, this Handbook reimagines tourism as a moral, political, and practical force building greater equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice. Advancing beyond mere representation checklists, this collection provokes radical rethinking of tourism, offering scholars, practitioners, and policymakers essential insights into shaping fairer and more inclusive tourism futures.
The Handbook of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Tourism is a valuable resource for scholars and students of tourism, business and management, geography, development studies, Indigenous studies, and those interested in mobilities. It is also highly beneficial for policymakers and practitioners working in the fields of tourism, EDI, accessibility and human rights.
The contributors engage with questions of power, representation, and decolonization, through diverse case studies studying multiple sites around the world and addressing such topics as mobilities, workers' rights, gender justice, and sustainability. Through these critical reflections, this Handbook reimagines tourism as a moral, political, and practical force building greater equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice. Advancing beyond mere representation checklists, this collection provokes radical rethinking of tourism, offering scholars, practitioners, and policymakers essential insights into shaping fairer and more inclusive tourism futures.
The Handbook of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Tourism is a valuable resource for scholars and students of tourism, business and management, geography, development studies, Indigenous studies, and those interested in mobilities. It is also highly beneficial for policymakers and practitioners working in the fields of tourism, EDI, accessibility and human rights.
Reviews / Votes
'Truly, a Handbook for any critical tourism scholar who recognizes the importance of locating, understanding, and addressing injustices, giving attention to both the conceptual development of JEDI and a collection of cases that demonstrate how tourism actors are challenging, correcting, or reimagining the tourism field in theory and practice.' -- Lauren Duffy, Penn State University, USA 'This compelling book is what critical tourism scholars have been waiting for - a volume that encapsulates justice, equity, diversity and inclusion! From the impressive range of authors to the fascinating case studies (from foreign cleaners in German hotels to Indigenous-led, rights-based tourism), there is much in these pages to stimulate thinking on transformational tourism practices.' -- Regina Scheyvens, Massey University, New ZealandMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0353-1133-0 (9781035311330)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Edited by Pooneh Torabian, Senior Lecturer, Department of Tourism, University of Otago, New Zealand, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Adjunct, Business Unit, Adelaide University, Australia; Visiting Professor, Centre for Research and Innovation in Tourism, Taylor's University of Malaysia, Malaysia and Rasul A. Mowatt, Department Head and Professor, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management and Affiliate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, USA
Content
Contents
Foreword xvii
1 Introduction to the Handbook of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Tourism
Rasul A. Mowatt, Pooneh Torabian and Freya Higgins-Desbiolles
PART I THEORIZING JUSTICE, EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN
TOURISM
2 An anatomy of a charge: 2020 statements in reflection and criticism for
tourism and leisure studies 16
Rasul A. Mowatt
3 Justice, equity, diversity and inclusiveness in tourism: Paradoxes of liberal
values and of tolerance 30
Can-Seng Ooi and Becky Shelley
4 Beyond gender equality: Can tourism contribute to achieving gender
justice? 42
Katherine Dashper
5 Advancing gender justice in tourism: Four feminist analyses in focus 58
Rasul A. Mowatt, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and Pooneh Torabian
6 May the force be with them: Children justice, equity, diversity, and
inclusion (JEDI) in tourism 79
Neil Carr and Heike Schaenzel
PART II CONSIDERATIONS OF PARTICULAR STAKEHOLDERS IN JEDI
7 Gender representation in tourism experiences: Lost stories, lost
opportunities at a heritage museum 90
Mareike Ohl and Rebecca Finkel
8 Beyond commodification: Food sovereignty as a pathway to justice, equity,
diversity and inclusion in Ecuadorian tourism 104
Veronica Santafe Troncoso and Yuri Guandinango Vinueza
9 The paradox of empowerment: Adaptive preferences and performative
justice for the cultural self-emancipation of the Indigenous communities in
Nepal 121
Roshis Krishna Shrestha and J. N. Patrick L'Espoir Decosta
10 Justice theories and the tourism workforce: A critical and empirical
perspective 138
Matthias Fuchs and Kai Kronenberg
11 Out of sight, out of mind: Equity, diversity and inclusion struggles for
foreign cleaners in the German hotel industry 154
Jasper Silbernagel and Meghann Ormond
PART III MIGRANTS, MOBILITIES AND DIASPORAS
12 Green integration: Immigrants' societal and environmental belonging
through the outdoors 170
Parisa Setoodegan , Lusine Margaryan and Robert Pettersson
13 Family-free travel for migrant women: A Social justice perspective 186
Zara Zarezadeh
14 'Like cows in a slaughterhouse': Israeli necropolitics at checkpoint/border
crossings 200
Pooneh Torabian
15 'Why are "you" moving around so much?' 214
Animesh Tripathi, Pooneh Torabian and Hazel Tucker
PART IV TOURISM INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTIONS AND COLLABORATIONS
16 RISE Travel Institute: Promoting social justice, equity and inclusion
through travel education 224
Vincie Ho and Aline Moura
17 Indigenous tourism, reconciliation and justice in settler colonial contexts:
A case from Australia 242
Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and Quentin Agius
18 Altering how we share the rights and rewards of tourism: A practitioner
case study on StayAltered, a worldwide hospitality collective 260
Evan Tzeng and Bobbie Chew Bigby
PART V TRANSFORMING PRACTICES AND PEDAGOGIES THROUGH JEDI
19 Relational landscapes: Cultural ecosystems in rural Ireland 275
Enya Moore
20 Accessible adventure tourism: Supply side barriers and opportunities 295
Belinda Harris and Vikki Schaffer
21 Event tourism planning: Addressing diversity, equity, inclusion and justice? 309
Trudie Walters
22 Including Maori worldview in curricula: Perceptions of non-Indigenous
academics 324
Stu Hayes
23 The Walled Off Hotel of Palestine: Paradoxes and tensions in using
tourism for justice 340
Freya Higgins-Desbiolles
Foreword xvii
1 Introduction to the Handbook of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Tourism
Rasul A. Mowatt, Pooneh Torabian and Freya Higgins-Desbiolles
PART I THEORIZING JUSTICE, EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN
TOURISM
2 An anatomy of a charge: 2020 statements in reflection and criticism for
tourism and leisure studies 16
Rasul A. Mowatt
3 Justice, equity, diversity and inclusiveness in tourism: Paradoxes of liberal
values and of tolerance 30
Can-Seng Ooi and Becky Shelley
4 Beyond gender equality: Can tourism contribute to achieving gender
justice? 42
Katherine Dashper
5 Advancing gender justice in tourism: Four feminist analyses in focus 58
Rasul A. Mowatt, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and Pooneh Torabian
6 May the force be with them: Children justice, equity, diversity, and
inclusion (JEDI) in tourism 79
Neil Carr and Heike Schaenzel
PART II CONSIDERATIONS OF PARTICULAR STAKEHOLDERS IN JEDI
7 Gender representation in tourism experiences: Lost stories, lost
opportunities at a heritage museum 90
Mareike Ohl and Rebecca Finkel
8 Beyond commodification: Food sovereignty as a pathway to justice, equity,
diversity and inclusion in Ecuadorian tourism 104
Veronica Santafe Troncoso and Yuri Guandinango Vinueza
9 The paradox of empowerment: Adaptive preferences and performative
justice for the cultural self-emancipation of the Indigenous communities in
Nepal 121
Roshis Krishna Shrestha and J. N. Patrick L'Espoir Decosta
10 Justice theories and the tourism workforce: A critical and empirical
perspective 138
Matthias Fuchs and Kai Kronenberg
11 Out of sight, out of mind: Equity, diversity and inclusion struggles for
foreign cleaners in the German hotel industry 154
Jasper Silbernagel and Meghann Ormond
PART III MIGRANTS, MOBILITIES AND DIASPORAS
12 Green integration: Immigrants' societal and environmental belonging
through the outdoors 170
Parisa Setoodegan , Lusine Margaryan and Robert Pettersson
13 Family-free travel for migrant women: A Social justice perspective 186
Zara Zarezadeh
14 'Like cows in a slaughterhouse': Israeli necropolitics at checkpoint/border
crossings 200
Pooneh Torabian
15 'Why are "you" moving around so much?' 214
Animesh Tripathi, Pooneh Torabian and Hazel Tucker
PART IV TOURISM INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTIONS AND COLLABORATIONS
16 RISE Travel Institute: Promoting social justice, equity and inclusion
through travel education 224
Vincie Ho and Aline Moura
17 Indigenous tourism, reconciliation and justice in settler colonial contexts:
A case from Australia 242
Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and Quentin Agius
18 Altering how we share the rights and rewards of tourism: A practitioner
case study on StayAltered, a worldwide hospitality collective 260
Evan Tzeng and Bobbie Chew Bigby
PART V TRANSFORMING PRACTICES AND PEDAGOGIES THROUGH JEDI
19 Relational landscapes: Cultural ecosystems in rural Ireland 275
Enya Moore
20 Accessible adventure tourism: Supply side barriers and opportunities 295
Belinda Harris and Vikki Schaffer
21 Event tourism planning: Addressing diversity, equity, inclusion and justice? 309
Trudie Walters
22 Including Maori worldview in curricula: Perceptions of non-Indigenous
academics 324
Stu Hayes
23 The Walled Off Hotel of Palestine: Paradoxes and tensions in using
tourism for justice 340
Freya Higgins-Desbiolles