Tourism and Responsibility

This book discusses the responsibility, or otherwise, of tourism activities in Latin America and the Caribbean. It considers issues such as the reduction of poverty through tourism and the conflict between increasing volumes of air travel spent in our continuing search for pleasure and the resulting contribution to global warming. The authors believe that tourism can only be adequately assessed through a consideration of how it fits into the structure of power. It is also argued that tourism cannot be analyzed without a consideration of its impacts on and links with development. This relationship between tourism, responsibility, power and development is explored in chapters covering both the macro and the micro level of responsibility. The authors look at methods of practising tourism responsibly or irresponsibly at the personal, company, national and international levels.The questions and dilemmas of "placing" responsibility in the tourism industry are examined throughout. Widely illustrating all these themes and issues with examples and case studies from throughout the sub-continent, this book will be of importance to students and academics and to the work of practitioners of development and tourism-related projects run by both governmental and non-governmental aid and development agencies.

ISBN 041542366X   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9780415423663 (What's this?)   Pages 256 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Volumes 001 Imprint Routledge   Weight (grammes) 380 Format Paperback   Published in London Publication date 04 Oct 2007   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress G155   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 338.47918   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		List of tables, boxes and figures
		Foreword
		Acknowledgements
1		Introduction		1
2		Global politics, power and play: the macro level of responsibility		10
3		Local politics, poverty and tourism: the micro level of responsibility		53
4		Tourism and the environment: eco by name, eco by nature?		101
5		Indigenous peoples and tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean		137
6		Urban tourism : the heart of darkness?		171
7		Sexual exploitation through tourism		195
8		Power and responsibility in tourism: know your place		224
Appendix		Websites related to travel and tourism		231
		Bibliography		234
		Index		236

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