Slow Tourism - Experiences and Mobilities

This book examines the emerging phenomenon of slow tourism, addressing growing consumer concerns with quality leisure time, environmental and cultural sustainability, as well as the embodied experience of place. Drawing on a range of case studies, it explores how slow tourism encapsulates a range of lifestyle practices, mobilities and ethics.

About the author

Simone Fullagar is an interdisciplinary sociologist who has published widely across the areas of health, leisure and tourism, using post-structuralist and feminist perspectives. She is Associate Professor in the Department of Tourism, Leisure, Hotel and Sport Management at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.
Kevin Markwell is Associate Professor at the School of Business and Tourism, Southern Cross University, Australia. His research focuses on human-animal studies, tourist-nature relationships, wildlife tourism and gay tourism.
Erica Wilson is Senior Lecturer in the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management at Southern Cross University. Erica teaches in the areas of sustainable tourism and special interest tourism, and her research publications reflect her scholarly interests in women's travel and adventure, work-life balance, sustainable tourism and critical approaches to tourism research.

Summary

This book examines the emerging phenomenon of slow tourism, addressing growing consumer concerns with quality leisure time, environmental and cultural sustainability, as well as the embodied experience of place. Drawing on a range of case studies, it explores how slow tourism encapsulates a range of lifestyle practices, mobilities and ethics.

Product details

• Assisted by: Simone Fullagar (Editor), Kevin Markwell (Editor), Kevin W. Markwell (Editor), Erica Wilson (Editor)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.03.2012
• EAN: 9781845412814
• ISBN: 978-1-84541-281-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 529 g
• Series: Aspects of Tourism; Aspects of Tourism (Hardcover); Aspects of Tourism; Aspects of Tourism (Hardcover)
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches