Tourism and welfare : ethics, responsibility and sustained well-being /

• Main Authors: Hall, Derek R., (Author), Brown, Frances, 1956- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
• Subjects: Tourism > Social aspects.; Tourism.; Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000); Labour and Employment.; Animal Welfare.; Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000); Tourism and Travel.; Accountability.; Animal welfare.; Cultural values.; Environmental protection.; Ethics.; Host guest relations.; Human rights.; Safety.; Social welfare.; Sustainability.; Tourist industry.; Tourists.; Welfare economics.; Working conditions.; Electronic books.
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This book provides an explanation, definition and critique of welfare in tourism with regard to issues such as ethics, tourist safety, human rights, ethnocentrism, cultural sensitivity, behaviour codes, green consumerism and perceptions of sustainability. Chapters cover the welfare of tourists, empl...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and Context
• Access and Participation
• The Welfare of Tourists : Dimensions, Responsibilities and Implications
• Living and Working in Tourism Destinations
• Pro-poor Tourism?
• The Land Ethic? Tourism's Non-human Actors
• The Tourism Industry : Responses and Responsibilities
• Summary and Conclusions : Beyond Tourism.