In a world that is subject to rapid change and cascading crises this book considers the vital importance of local communities to grounded, just and sustainable tourism futures. Embracing local tourism as relational, the contributors examine how tourism can be reoriented to better connect people, place and planet. This local turn starts by centring local communities at the heart of tourism and identifies ways to ensure local community rights and benefits in tourism. Presenting concepts, case studies and practitioner insights, the chapters explore what putting locals first might mean; the constraints of markets and the promise of alternatives; 'tours' and 'turns' offering possibilities for circles, cycles and connections; approaches for democratising tourism; and building an ethos of relatedness through a relational imperative to face the future together.
The introduction and Chapter 1 are free to download as open access publications. You can access them here:
Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and Bobbie Chew Bigby: Introduction: Embracing the Local Turn in Tourism to Empower Communities: https://zenodo.org/record/7234710#.Y1Kd8nbMLcs
Chapter 1. Bobbie Chew Bigby, Joseph Edgar and Freya Higgins-Desbiolles: Place-based Governance in Tourism: Placing Local Communities at the Centre of Tourism: https://zenodo.org/record/7234717#.Y1KpinbMLcs

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Bobbie Chew Bigby; Macià Blázquez-Salom; Michelle Brown-Burdex; Elena Cavagnaro; Joseph Edgar; Phoebe Everingham; Robert Fletcher; Sinéad Francis-Coan; C. Michael Hall; Freya Higgins-Desbiolles

Higgins-Desbiolles, Freya; Bigby, Bobbie Chew

Multilingual Matters

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Aspects of Tourism, 2023

degruyter.com

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Contents 5
Figures and Tables 11
Contributors 15
Dedication 21
Preface 23
Foreword 27
Local Roots 31
Introduction 39
Part 1 Theorising Local Communities in Tourism Anew 69
1 Place-based Governance in Tourism: Placing Local Communities at the Centre of Tourism 69
2 Circular Oikonomia, Posthumanism and Local Space to Socialise Tourism 92
3 Travel Boycotts, Ethical Consumption and Destination Communities: Expanding the Morality of Neighbourliness 107
4 The Local Turn in Tourism: Place-based Realities, Dangers and Opportunities 120
Part 2 Case Studies of Local Community (Dis)/(Re)/ Empowerment 141
5 Unheard Voices: Youth Activism for Social and Environmental Justice 141
6 Enhanced Food Security Through Localised Community Cryptocurrency: Experiences of a Costa Rican Tourism Town 154
7 An Ethnographical Study of Community Tourism: Seeking Alternative Tourism Options for Malta Through ‘Meet the Locals’ 171
Part 3 Practitioners’ Views and Insights 193
8 Localhood 193
9 The Story of Cambodian Children’s Trust: Evolving Development Practice From ‘Doing For’ Communities To ‘Doing With’ Communities 207
10 The Neighbourhood Where History, Community, Tourism and Truth-Telling Meet: A Tourism Practitioner Case Study from the Greenwood Cultural Center of Tulsa, Oklahoma 232
Part 4 Imagining New Futures 253
11 Convivial Tourism in Proximity 253
12 Towards a ‘More-than-Tourism’ Perspective for Localising Tourism 270
13 Reclaiming the City: Social Movements and the Local Impacts of the Global Tourism Industry 288
14 Conclusion: What is to be Done? 307
Index 318

2023-08-23