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...

This book is a contemporary and comprehensive analysis of dark tourism. Drawing on existing literature, numerous examples and introducing new conceptual perspectives, it develops a theoretically informed foundation for examining the demand for and supply of dark tourism experiences.

This text provides detailed coverage of the breadth of issues involved in the management of tourism businesses. It explains and supports fundamental business management aspects whilst examining specific techniques required for the successful management of a variety of tourism businesses

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: Tourism and Development: A Decade of Change -- Part 1: Tourism and Development: Conceptual Perspectives -- 1. Tourism: A Vehicle for Development? / Sharpley, Richard -- 2. The Evolution of Development Theory and Tourism / Telfer, David J....

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part 1: Dark Tourism: Theories and Concepts -- Chapter 1. Shedding Light on Dark Tourism: An Introduction / Sharpley, Richard -- Chapter 2. Making Absent Death Present: Consuming Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society / Stone, Philip R. -- Chapter 3. Dark...

This handbook is the definitive reference text for the study of "dark tourism", the contemporary commodification of death within international visitor economies. Shining a light on dark tourism and visitor sites of death or disaster allows us to better understand issues of global tourism...