| Description |
1 online resource (276 pages) |
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Routledge Critical Studies in Tourism, Business and Management |
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Routledge critical studies in tourism, business and management.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: managing ethical consumption in tourism -- compromises and tensions; PART I Debates on ethical consumption in tourism; 2 What does it mean to be good in tourism?; 3 You can check out anytime you like but you can never leave: can ethical consumption in tourism ever be sustainable?; 4 Slow tourism: ethics, aesthetics and consumptive values; 5 The evolution of environmental ethics: reflections on tourism consumption |
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PART II Situating the self in ethical consumption6 A fresh look into tourist consumption: is there hope for sustainability? An empirical study of Swedish tourists; 7 Tourism's relationship with ethical food systems: fertile ground for research; 8 Travelling goods: global (self) development on sale; 9 Exploring the ethical discourses presented by volunteer tourists; 10 Ethical tourism: the role of emotion; PART III Helping consumers make ethical decisions; 11 Tread lightly through this Lonely Planet: examining ethical information in travel guidebooks |
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12 Business travel and the environment: the strains of travelling for work and the impact on travellers' pro-environmental in situ behaviour13 Medical tourism: consumptive practice, ethics and healthcare -- the importance of subjective proximity; 14 Marketing responsible tourism; 15 Concluding remarks; Index |
| Summary |
Neither the tourism industry nor the tourist has responded convincingly to calls for more responsibility in tourism. Ethical consumption places pressure on travellers to manage a large number of decisions at a time when hedonic motivations threaten to override other priorities. Unsurprisingly, tensions occur and compromises are made. This book offers new insight into the motivations that influence tourists and their decision-making. It explores how consumers navigate the responsible tourism market place and provide a rich understanding of the challenges facing those seeking to encourage tra |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Tourism -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Tourism -- Management
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Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Tourism -- Management
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Boluk, Karla
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| ISBN |
9781317999690 |
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131799969X |
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