This volume analyzes tourism by focusing on tourism in terms of consumption, commodification, and the political and cultural economy. The relationships between tourism, globalization, people and place are explored in an empirically grounded but theoretically informed analysis.[...]
'We are all tourists now', or so it would seem, and tourism is often blamed for destroying other cultures by turning them into mere spectacles for tourist consumption, leading to the erosion of authentic ways of life. Tourism in Global Society sets out to challenge assumptions such as these, which [...]