Tourism and Inequality

Tourism and Inequality

Problems and Prospects

Edited by Stroma Cole and Nigel Morgan
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December 2010
9781845936907
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    CABI
  • Published
    17th December 2010
  • ISBN 9781845936907
  • Language English
  • Pages 256 pp.
  • Size 6.875" x 9.75"
  • Images illus
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December 2010
9781845936624
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  • Publisher
    CABI
  • Published
    17th December 2010
  • ISBN 9781845936624
  • Language English
  • Pages 256 pp.
  • Size 6.875" x 9.75"
  • Images illus
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Providing a synthesis of tourism as a source of injustice and as a means to address inequality throughout the world, this book addresses a wide range of interrelated forms of inequality and routes towards social justice. It includes relations of class, nation, ethnicity, race, gender, disability and age to social justice initiatives such as poverty alleviation, fair trade, ethics and human rights. It is a useful resource for students of tourism and tourism management, as well as industry professionals and policy makers.

"Overall, the volume is very well-written and not only discusses the contribution
of tourism to inequality, but also analyzes how the industry can contribute to
reducing inequality. Secondly, it analyzes tourism induced inequalities from differ-
ent perspectives, providing the reader with a broad and in-depth knowledge on the
subject."

Robin Nunkoo, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - , Annals of Tourism Research

Part I: Inequalities for consumers
1. Tourism, Disability and Mobility
2. Tourism and Visual Impairment
3. Equal Access for All? Regulative Mechanisms, Inequality and Tourism Mobility

Part II: Inequalities for producers
4. Sex Tourism and Inequalities
5. Access and Marginalisation in a Beach Enclave Resort
6. Fair Trade in Tourism - a Marketing Tool for Social Transformation?
7. Tourism and Human Rights

Part III: Prospects for reducing Inequalities
8. Social Tourism for Low-Income Groups: Benefits in a UK and Irish Context
9. Tourism and Welfare: Ethics, Responsibility and Well-being
10. Pro-Poor Tourism - Can Tourism Contribute to Poverty Reduction in Less Economically Developed Countries?
11. Urban Beaches as Social Tourism Installations: Case Studies of Paris Plage and Bristol Urban Beach
12. Justifying Tourism: Justice Through Tourism

Stroma Cole

Stroma Cole is a senior lecturer in Tourism Geography at the University of the West of England. Stroma combines her academic career with action research and consultancy, most recently looking at tourism and water rights in Indonesia. She is a director of Equality in Tourism and was the Chair of Tourism Concern (2006-2012). Stroma is an activist researcher critiquing the consequences of tourism development.

Nigel Morgan

Nigel Morgan is at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UK.