Science Fiction, Disruption and Tourism

Edited by Ian Yeoman, Una McMahon-Beattie, Dr. Marianna Sigala

Publication date:

20 December 2021

Publisher

Channel View Publications

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781845418670

This book examines science fiction’s theoretical and ontological backgrounds and how science fiction applies to the future of tourism. It recreates and invents the future of tourism in a creative and disruptive manner, reconceptualising tourism through alternative and quantum leap thinking that go beyond the normative or accepted view of tourism. The chapters, focusing on areas such as disruption, sustainability and technology, draw readers into the unknown future of tourism – a future that may be disruptive, dystopian or utopian. The book brings a new theoretical paradigm to the study of tourism in a post COVID-19 world and can be used to explore, frame and even form the future of tourism. It will capture the imagination and inspire readers to address tourism’s challenges of tomorrow.

Figures and Table
Contributors
Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1. Ian Yeoman, Una McMahon-Beattie and Marianna Sigala: Science Fiction: A Theoretical Lens and Methodological Approach for Re-Imagining Tourism Futures

Part 1: Ontological Approaches

Chapter 2. Ian Yeoman and Una McMahon-Beattie: Science Fiction and the Future of Tourism

Chapter 3. Felicity Picken: The Future, the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Chapter 4. Peter Robinson: Prosuming Existential Authenticity in Dystopian Spaces

Chapter 5. Annette Toivonen: Space Tourism – Science Fiction Becoming a Reality

Part 2: Science Fiction

Chapter 6. Leon Gurevitch: A Life Without Limits: Design, Technology and Tourism Futures in Westworld

Chapter 7. Ina Reichenberger: Harry Potter and the Future of Tourism

Chapter 8. Giovanna Bertella: Wildlife Tourism in 2150: Uplifted Animals, Virtual and Augmented Reality and Everything In-between

Chapter 9. Peter Bolan: Tears in the Rain: Tourism in the World of Blade Runner and Total Recall

Chapter 10. Mairead McEntee, Ruairi McEntee, Una McMahon-Beattie and Ian Yeoman: Destination of the Dead: The Future for Tourism?

Part 3: Disruption

Chapter 11. Stephan Bingemer: Holidays with Inspector Maigret: Mixed Reality Adventures as Value Drivers in Future Tourism

Chapter 12. Daniel Guttentag: Digital Destinations and Avatar Tourists: A Futuristic Look at Virtual Reality Tourism and Its Real-World Impacts

Chapter 13. Cecilia de Bernardi: The 'Safety Bubble' and the Future of Enclave Tourism

Part 4: Dystopia

Chapter 14. Stuart Reid and Richard Ek: The Coming of the Fugue and the Blind Tourist?

Chapter 15. Jane Lovell and Sam Hitchmough: Technological Frontiers: From the Wild West Myth to the Dystopia of the Westworld’s Post-human Theme Park

Chapter 16. Daniel Wright: The Future of Music Concerts and Tourism in Dystopian Times

Chapter 17. Magdalena Banaszkiewicz and Jonathan Skinner: Exclusion Tourism: Sci-Fi Stalkers and Subjunctive Plays in Apocalyptic Destinations from Chernobyl to Plymouth, Montserrat

Chapter 18. Martin Gren and Emily Höckert: Hotel Anthropocene

Part 5: Concluding Thoughts

Chapter 19. Ian Yeoman, Una McMahon-Beattie and Marianna Sigala: Developing a Theoretical Framework of Science Fiction and the Future of Tourism: A Cognitive Mapping Perspective

Index

This unique volume is an easy and enjoyable read that inspires tourism researchers and professionals alike to think outside conventional knowledge paradigms and approaches to invent and shape tourism futures. This is a must-read book, given the COVID-19 induced transformations and the overdue imperatives for a tourism reset.