Chapter 1 Communities and pilgrimage in tourism research- Chapter 2 Sacred Spaces and the ‘Other’: Social Distance …, Functional Distance, and Two Pilgrimage Sites in Asia -- Chapter 3 Development of Tourism Governance for Religious Tourism: A New … Form of Local Community in Najaf, Iraq -- Chapter 4 Tourism visitors, pilgrimage and contested spaces: community, heritage …

Tourism was booming until 2019 when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Since then, tourism and related industries have suffered … from negative economic impacts. This book examines current challenges and opportunities in the tourism industry using case … studies from different parts of the world. It also examines the challenges and obstacles faced by the tourism sector due to …

Foreword / Carson Jenkins -- Reflections on 50 years of tourism and development / Carson Jenkins -- Section 1. Tourism … as a development option -- Section 2. Policies and planning for tourism development -- Section 3. Innovation in tourism …: rethinking the destination -- Section 4. Educational futures in tourism -- Section 5. Emerging challenges in international …

Developed Countries: is Tourism the Best Alternative? -- 2 The Myth of Agency Through Community Participation in Ecotourism -- 3 …A collection of essays from scholars evaluating tourism as a means of simulating economic growth and fighting economic … inequalities in poor countries. It takes a look at the successes and failures of tourism in this role, and considers why tourism as …