The Local Turn in Tourism

Empowering Communities

Edited by Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Bobbie Chew Bigby

Publication date:

10 November 2022

Publisher

Channel View Publications

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781845418793

In a world that is subject to rapid change and cascading crises this book considers the vital importance of local communities to grounded, just and sustainable tourism futures. Embracing local tourism as relational, the contributors examine how tourism can be reoriented to better connect people, place and planet. This local turn starts by centring local communities at the heart of tourism and identifies ways to ensure local community rights and benefits in tourism. Presenting concepts, case studies and practitioner insights, the chapters explore what putting locals first might mean; the constraints of markets and the promise of alternatives; ‘tours’ and ‘turns’ offering possibilities for circles, cycles and connections; approaches for democratising tourism; and building an ethos of relatedness through a relational imperative to face the future together.

The introduction and Chapter 1 are free to download as open access publications. You can access them here:
Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and Bobbie Chew Bigby: Introduction: Embracing the Local Turn in Tourism to Empower Communities: https://zenodo.org/record/7234710#.Y1Kd8nbMLcs
Chapter 1. Bobbie Chew Bigby, Joseph Edgar and Freya Higgins-Desbiolles: Place-based Governance in Tourism: Placing Local Communities at the Centre of Tourism: https://zenodo.org/record/7234717#.Y1KpinbMLcs

Figures and Tables
Contributors
Dedication
Preface

Helena Norberg-Hodge: Foreword

vesper tjukonai: Local Roots

Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and Bobbie Chew Bigby: Introduction

Part 1: Theorising Local Communities in Tourism Anew

Chapter 1. Bobbie Chew Bigby, Joseph Edgar and Freya Higgins-Desbiolles: Place-based Governance in Tourism: Placing Local Communities at the Centre of Tourism

Chapter 2. Lucia Tomassini and Elena Cavagnaro: Circular Oikonomia, Posthumanism and Local Space to Socialise Tourism

Chapter 3. Siamak Seyfi and C. Michael Hall: Travel Boycotts, Ethical Consumption and Destination Communities: Expanding the Morality of Neighbourliness

Chapter 4. Can-Seng Ooi: The Local Turn in Tourism: Place-based Realities, Dangers and Opportunities

Part 2: Case Studies of Local Community (Dis)/(Re)/Empowerment

Chapter 5. Antonia Canosa: Unheard Voices: Youth Activism for Social and Environmental Justice

Chapter 6. Mary Little: Enhanced Food Security Through Localised Community Cryptocurrency: Experiences of a Costa Rican Tourism Town

Chapter 7. Andrew Jones and Julian Zarb: An Ethnographical Study of Community Tourism: Seeking Alternative Tourism Options for Malta through 'Meet the Locals'

Part 3: Practitioners’ Views and Insights

Chapter 8. Signe Jungersted: Localhood

Case Study: Transforming Relations Between DMOs and Communities

Chapter 9. Tara Winkler: The Story of Cambodian Children’s Trust: Evolving Development Practice From ‘Doing For’ Communities To ‘Doing With’ Communities

Case Study in Practice of Working with Communities

Chapter 10. Bobbie Chew Bigby and Michelle Brown-Burdex: The Neighbourhood where History, Community, Tourism and Truth-Telling Meet: A Tourism Practitioner Case Study from the Greenwood Cultural Center of Tulsa, Oklahoma

Part 4: Imagining New Futures

Chapter 11. Nora Müller, Robert Fletcher and Macià Blázquez-Salom: Convivial Tourism in Proximity

Chapter 12. Phoebe Everingham and Sinéad Francis-Coan: Towards a 'More-than-Tourism' Perspective for Localising Tourism

Chapter 13. Alexander Araya López: Reclaiming the City: Social Movements and the Local Impacts of the Global Tourism Industry

Chapter 14. Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and Bobbie Chew Bigby: Conclusion: What is to be Done?

Index

This revolutionary text provokes us to a critical and necessarily urgent refocusing of tourism that foregrounds the local in all its forms (humans, more than humans, and the ecology). Replete with counter-narratives, alternative visions, and practical actions, this book is a triumph in its unapologetic advocacy for tourism futures that are more just and inclusive.