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Book SynopsisThis Handbook brings together experts from around the world to reflect critically on the relationship between tourism and rural community development. It first orients the reader in the important conceptual and epistemological foundations of the topic, before moving to consider key concepts and the most significant and salient theoretical and methodological developments in the field.
Chapters written by a range of well-established, leading and emerging scholars in the field consider crucial issues facing tourism development in rural communities across different geographical settings. The Handbook represents a variety of traditional and emerging forms of scholarly writing, including theoretically driven chapters, empirical case studies and first-person narratives, to offer a detailed study of the topic. With a forward-looking angle, it studies tourism development in rural areas, including working with rural communities, tourism governance and ethical considerations. Chapters also consider new directions in the field, examining food and tourism, degrowth, landscapes, animals, social impacts and women social entrepreneurs.
This comprehensive and innovative Handbook offers a wealth of empirical and theoretical knowledge on tourism and rural community development, and as such will be a critical resource for tourism, development studies and human geography scholars and students.
Trade Review‘Stretching well beyond the typical examination of rural tourist experiences, the authors of this collected volume set rural places and their communities front and center, driving home the message that there is no such thing as ‘good’ tourism development if it is not good for local lives and livelihoods. Both students and seasoned researchers will appreciate the book’s conceptual and epistemological content—a rarity in a research area that has largely focused on case studies. Particularly noteworthy for its global reach and inclusion of Indigenous and Black voices advocating for decolonization, this book is sure to become the foundational text on rural tourism in the post-Covid rebuild.’ -- Kellee Caton, Thompson Rivers University ne Secwepemcu'lecw, Canada
‘This excellent Handbook is essential reading for anyone concerned with rural development and tourism. It is full of empirical examples and crucial concepts that affect rural communities everywhere. This collection satisfies any inquisitive mind with its balanced treatment of the ups and downs of tourism as a rural development tool.’ -- Dallen J. Timothy, Arizona State University, US
‘In the wake of the recent global pandemic, tourism scholars are contending with what will follow. This work analyses the role of tourism in rural community development, with contributions from leading and emerging tourism scholars. Together, they present critical and even radical insights into the value of tourism that go far beyond its economics. Questioning the purposes of tourism, this volume centres communities and suggests the ways in which tourism can be better shaped for positive rural community futures.’ -- Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, University of South Australia, Australia
Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: understanding rural community development and tourism in challenging times 1 Heather Mair PART I CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS 2 Understanding rural communities 15 Michael Woods 3 Understanding rural tourism 29 Donald G. Reid 4 Understanding rural development 41 Kelly Vodden, Mery Angeles Perez and Brady Reid PART II EPISTEMOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS, PARADIGMS, AND WORLDVIEWS 5 Post-positivism and mixed methods research in rural tourism 62 Girish Prayag 6 Interpretive approaches to research with rural communities: privileging emotion in tourism encounters 76 Meghan Muldoon 7 Decolonial pedagogies as a pathway to transformational learning for rural community and tourism development 88 Christine N. Buzinde 8 Interpreting the social impacts of tourism-led rural regeneration: the case of the Alps to Ocean (A2O) Cycle Trail 99 Michael Mackay, Nick Taylor, Harvey C. Perkins and Tracy Nelson 9 Building rapport à soi: thinking critically about rural community tourism development 113 Keith Hollinshead and Heather Mair 10 Refusing tourism 125 tebrakunna country, Emma Lee and Bryan S.R. Grimwood PART III KEY CONCEPTUALIZATIONS 11 Gender and rural tourism 140 Katherine Dashper 12 Food, tourism, and rural community development: close encounters of the nourishing kind? 153 Jennifer Sumner 13 Heritage, heritage interpretation and rural tourism 166 Bernard Lane 14 Climate change 180 Mark C.J. Stoddart and Yixi Yang 15 Tourism: vulnerability and resiliency in rural regions 194 David W. Marcouiller 16 Degrowing rural tourism development: thinking globally to save the local 205 Alexander Safonov and C. Michael Hall 17 Understanding a multifunctional rural tourism landscape: a case study of the Upper Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia 218 Sinead Francis-Coan and Annæ Buchmann 18 Creatively regenerating St. Jacobs Village 235 Tawsif Dowla and Karla A. Boluk PART IV PROCESSES AND PRACTICES 19 Ethical considerations for rural community tourism 254 Tazim Jamal and Blanca Camargo 20 Sustainable tourism development in rural areas: an alternative paradigm using the appreciative inquiry approach 272 Roslizawati Che Aziz 21 Tourism governance for rural community well-being: challenges and creative opportunities 286 Gianna Moscardo 22 “Salvaging” presence: tourism as regional development strategies for rural communities 301 Dominic Lapointe 23 Rural communities, tourism, and the roles of academics 316 Bernard Lane PART V EMERGING MATTERS AND NEW DIRECTIONS 24 Community events, rural–urban interdependencies, and rural community development 332 Kyle Rich 25 Centering animals within rural tourism 344 Carol Kline 26 Shifting from benefiting to serving community: a case of regenerative tourism and building cultural capital through the Children’s University Tasmania 359 Can-Seng Ooi and Becky Shelley 27 Exploring the regenerative practices of Canadian women tourism social entrepreneurs: a feminist ethic of care 373 Karla A. Boluk, Gaurav Panse, and Sung Eun Jeon 28 Transforming a dogsledding community: the ‘Gafsele Open’ and lifestyle migrants in sparsely populated northern Sweden 386 Marco Eimermann, Doris A. Carson and Linda Lundmark 29 Traveling workers as rural tourists: extending understandings from Tibetan travelers 403 Xiaotao Yang 30 Conclusion: inspiring a radical politics of community-controlled rural tourism 417 Heather Mair Index
