1: Introduction PART 1: Responsible Tourism and Responsibilities 2: The Responsible Tourism Debate 3: International Transport and Climate Change: Taking Responsibility Seriously 4: The Consumers of Tourism PART 2: The Central Tenets of Tourism 5: Destination Communities and Responsible Tourism 6: Environmental Performance 7: The Politics of Tourism and Poverty Reduction 8: Governance and Responsible Tourism PART 3: Responsible Tourism in Action? 9: Adventure Tours: Responsible Tourism in Practice? 10: Responsible Wildlife Tourism in Africa 11: Cultural Heritage: World Heritage Sites and Responsible Tourism in Argentina 12: Hospitality Enterprise - a Key Influence 13: Conclusion
A unique title defining the fundamental concepts and theories underpinning responsible tourism
Richard Butler was educated at Nottingham University and the
University of Glasgow (PhD Geography 1973), and spent thirty years
at the University of Western Ontario in Canada as Professor and
Chairman of the Department of Geography, and then the University of
Surrey, where he was Professor of Tourism from 1997 to 2005. He is
currently Emeritus Professor of International Tourism in the
Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He
has published a large number of journal articles, fourteen books on
tourism and many chapters in other books. His fields of interest
are the development process of tourist destinations the impacts of
tourism, carrying capacity and sustainability, and tourism in
remote areas and islands. has retired from his long standing
position as Reader in Tourism at Glasgow Caledonian University,
where he was instrumental in the development of tourism studies
following on from the development of the introduction of the
tourism degree at Leeds Metropolitan University. The recurrent
theme in his scholarly activity and research has been tourism and
the environment, which is manifest in a diverse range of
publications including academic journals, research and consultancy
reports and also serving as a Specialist Witness on tourism at
Public Enquiries, spanning over two decades. Since retiring from
University life, he has continued to be active in the tourism field
with research and writing, most notably his latest book on
Responsible Tourism and spending a semester as Visiting Professor
to the Collaborative Tourism Programme at Chengdu University. Dr
Anna Spenceley is a specialist in sustainable tourism who has
worked for over 20 years in developing countries on assignments
promoting conservation and poverty reduction. Anna is Chair of the
IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Tourism and
Protected Areas Specialist Group (TAPAS Group). She sits on the
board of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), and on the
GSTC's Destination working group. She is also a Senior Research
Fellow with the University of Johannesburg and an Honorary Fellow
of the University of Brighton. Anna has a substantial publication
record on sustainable tourism, including being the lead author of
guidelines for tourism concessions in protected areas published by
both the Convention on Biological Diversity and The World Bank
Group. She has also edited book volumes including Responsible
Tourism: Critical issues for Conservation and Development and
Tourism and poverty reduction: Impacts and principles in developing
countries. Anna sits on the editorial board of the Journal of
Sustainable Tourism, and of Koedoe.
Website: www.anna.spenceley.co.uk
Email: annaspenceley@gmail.com
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