Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1: Changing Places: The Local and the Global in Tourist Communities -- 1. 'If It Wasn't for the Tourists We Wouldn't Have an Audience': The Case of Tourism and Traditional Music in North Mayo -- 2. Defining the Local: The...

The book explores the multi-faceted nature of the important phenomenon of Irish tourism, drawing on current work in sociology, cultural studies, ethnography, and language studies. It will provide invaluable insights into historical and contemporary tourist representations, practices and impacts...