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Journal Source: Annals of Tourism Research Volume 32 Volume 31 Volume 30 Volume 29 Volume 28 Volume 27 Volume 26 Volume 25 Volume 24 Volume 23 Volume 22 J. Sustainable Tourism Tourism Management  |
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Responsible Tourism Management Annals
of Tourism Research [Volume 32, Issue 1] [Volume 32, Issue 2] [Volume 32, Issue 4]
Sociological impressionism in a hospitality context Pages 527-548 Qualitative research approaches in hospitality are underdeveloped. As a contribution to addressing this shortcoming, sociological impressionism—a form of autobiographical sociology—is described and associated issues are examined. The methodological discussion is contextualized within the homestay sector and historical developments in qualitative research. An overview of previous significant investigations of commercial and private homes is supplied and their research methods are appraised. A synopsis of the principal findings from the current study employing sociological impressionism is provided. Methodological issues considered include selectivity, host-guest matching, and the autonomy of qualitative work. The potential of this research theme in exploring intangible dimensions of hospitality is highlighted. Personal and societal attitudes to disability Pages 549-570 The research addresses theoretical and conceptual frameworks dealing with the formation and change of attitudes, cognitive dissonance, positive and negative prejudice, the concept of “spread”, overt and covert attitudes and their formation, and the nexus between attitudes and behavior toward disability. Two attitude scales—the interaction with disabled persons and the scale of attitudes toward disabled persons—are reviewed and results of two studies are presented. Major findings are that it is easier to change societal attitudes than personal attitudes. Additionally, the use of contact with a person with a disability was more efficacious in changing attitudes than only information provision. Implications for the practice of hospitality and tourism management service provision are discussed. Weather, climate and tourism a geographical perspective Pages 571-591 This paper examines the relationship among climate, weather, and tourism from the perspective of the geography of tourism and climatology. It analyzes the nature of the influence that climate has on tourism and recreation, stressing the need to improve upon the simplistic descriptions traditionally reported in planning projects, which are often unconnected to the requirements of tourism, and revealing the links that atmospheric elements maintain with different facets of this industry. Specifically, the paper considers the influence that climate and weather exert on the geographical space, demand, supply, and market agents of the tourism system. It also shows the significance of this relationship in the context of climate change. Interventions on UK earnings and expenditures overseas Pages 592-609 Intervention analysis is used to measure the impacts of terrorism, war, and the recent foot and mouth epidemic on the expenditures of tourists visiting the United Kingdom and UK tourists going abroad. Results show that the expenditure was robust to such acts in the 80s, rapidly returning to the norm after a crisis. It was less so in relation to the Gulf War, the foot and mouth epidemic, and the disaster of September 11. The latter events contributed significantly to the increasing magnitude and variability of the UK’s deficit balance of payments from tourism. However, the scale of these impacts suggests that tourism may be more robust in the face of disaster than is usually thought. Social adaptation ecotourism in the Lacandon forest Pages 610-627 Social and economic adjustment processes were analyzed in relation to the introduction of ecotourism in a community of the Lacandon rainforest, Mexico. Data collection was achieved utilizing structured and semistructured interviews applied to a sample of members and employees belonging to an ecotourism organization. The establishment of this activity is the result of local and regional economic processes as well as environmental and cultural characteristics. Although it represents an alternative productive activity, it can lead to conflict within a rural community. This study contributes to the understanding of local adjustment processes related to ecotourism and provides evidence of household and community responses to new social and environmental conditions. Tourism and glocalization “Local” Tour Guiding Pages 628-646 In tourism studies globalization and localization are often conceived of as a binary opposition. The ethnography of an Indonesian group of tour guides presented here illustrates how the global and the local are intimately intertwined through what has been described as the process of “glocalization”. The guides studied are remarkable front-runners of glocalization. They fully participate in global popular culture and use new technologies in their private lives. While guiding, however, they skillfully represent the glocalized life around them as a distinctive “local”, adapted to the tastes of different groups of international tourists. It is concluded that tourism offers excellent opportunities to study glocalization, but that more grounded research is needed. The social impacts of tourism: A case study of Bath, UK Pages 647-668 The purpose of this study is to identify and examine the attitudes of residents in Bath, United Kingdom, towards tourism development. This paper holds that impact research conducted on hosts’ perceptions is predominantly descriptive and lacking in a consistent approach to measurement. The primary aim here is to establish a benchmark study for the city, enabling future longitudinal and comparative analyses of host attitudes. A sample was secured from the residents, and factor and regression analyses conducted, to ascertain whether there were any underlying dimensions regarding their attitudes toward tourism development, and whether socioeconomic and demographic characteristics were useful predictors of these attitudes. Tourism, Terrorism And Turmoil In Nepal Pages 669-688 Tourism has been embraced as a source of post-industrial employment and foreign currency to promote development. Given Nepal’s geography and state of underdevelopment, its attractive natural scenery has yielded adventure tourism as a viable economic activity to develop remote areas. However, the industry faces many hurdles; the most problematic being the ongoing Maoist war and September 11 impacts, along with its dependency on foreign capital. Additionally, the industry’s uneven growth, monopolistic class character, and neglect of rural impoverishment are all preventing it from taking off. Given this scenario, regionally-based religious pilgrimage, especially oriented towards Asian markets, could be more promising than Western-oriented adventure tourism. Human resources development in China Pages 689-710 This paper discusses China’s changing tourism policy and strategies and their implications for the development of an education and training infrastructure. It argues that human capital has received inadequate attention during the transition from a centrally-planned to a market-oriented economy. The provision of education and training has concentrated primarily on the preparation of hospitality personnel for large enterprises to the relative neglect of the requirements of smaller operators and the stimulation of indigenous entrepreneurship. Furthermore, when human resources development has been considered, it has often had strong ideological underpinnings, and the goal has been to meet international standards which are often at odds with the requirements of a burgeoning domestic market. Destination Stakeholders Exploring Identity and Salience Pages 711-734 This paper applies a stakeholder theory analysis to the empirical study of chief executive officers of tourism destination management organizations. A map reveals a great diversity of varyingly important stakeholders. They are specifically analyzed within a typology according to their potential to threaten and cooperate with the organizations, then prescribing a management strategy specific to each. These strategies are compared to the actual approaches the respondent chief executive officers reported using. The paper concludes with an agenda for future empirical research with specific emphases on the relationship between destination management organizations and their stakeholders. Heritage, local communities and economic development Pages 735-759 For many local communities in developing countries and elsewhere, the existence of large attractions nearby generates both benefits and costs. This paper examines some of the dynamics of the complex, nested relationships among host communities, their local heritage sites, and tourism management structures. Borobudur in Java, Indonesia, is used to illustrate the discussion of power, displacement and control, local participation, and the role of “new tourism” in developing countries. It further offers some reflections on how tourism planning and management might encourage small-scale local tourism enterprises for the benefit of both the host and guest populations. Social change, discourse and volunteer tourism Pages 760-779 Theories of social movements were used to explore possible changes in networks and consciousness-raising among participants in volunteer tourism. Focus group research targeted three US based organizations: Mobility International, WorldPULSE, and The American Jewish World Service. Findings indicate that participation in volunteer tourism had a positive effect on both intended post-trip social movement activities and support for activism. Implications are discussed in the context of the need for coordinating organizations to provide opportunities for the establishment of network ties and/or consciousness-raising experiences both during and after the volunteer tourism experience. Factors affecting bilateral tourism flows Pages 780-801 This paper examines the structure of bilateral tourism and identifies five broad categories of factors that may affect the overall size of tourism flows. Such analysis of tourism is important because diplomacy and trade continues to be conducted on a nation-to-nation basis despite a growing shift towards multilateralism in free trade blocks such as the European Union and the North American Free Trade Agreement. Further, Bilateralism is important because countries have reduced abilities to control tourism imports in an era of growing globalization. A framework that may be employed to analyze problems in bilateral tourism flows is also outlined. Self-construal and pilgrimage travel Pages 802-804 Short Communication. Tourism, CPRs and Environmental Ethics Pages 805-807 Short Communication. Advertising healthcare products Pages 808-811 Short Communication
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