Hospitality & Tourism

Perspectives and Anthropology in Tourism and Hospitality (PATH)

Anthropology of Tourism
Exploring the Social and Cultural Intersection

Editors: Maximiliano E. Korstanje, PhD
Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar, PhD

Anthropology of Tourism

Now on Press
Pub Date: Forthcoming December 2024/January 2025
Hardback Price: see ordering info
Hard ISBN: 9781774917763
E-Book ISBN: 9781003534334
Pages: 232pp w/index
Binding Type: Hardback / ebook
Series: Perspectives and Anthropology in Tourism and Hospitality (PATH)
Notes: 5 color and 1 b/w illustrations

Little has been updated in the field of anthropology and tourism since the first works of Eric Cohen, Valene Smith, or Nelson Graburn. With a special focus on social and cultural aspects of tourism and travel, this new book brings out the latest in anthropology of tourism by laying the foundations of a new understanding of the intersection between tourism and social science. The volume offers an eclectic selection of topics on the study of tourism in our contemporary and ever-changing world.

This new volume, Anthropology of Tourism: Exploring the Social and Cultural Intersection, begins with the editors’ introduction to the nature and evolution of tourism anthropology over decades. It then goes on to offer an author’s autoethnographic account from 13 years of tourism development by taking Lisbon as a case study, looking at how tourism development affects social change. The book considers tourism’s new problems and old solutions after the new normal created by the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on the tourism industry. Chapters discuss the influence of sociodemographic characteristics of local community perceptions toward conservation and tourism; tourism destinations that embrace smart technology; the rights and obligations of tour guides; how human rights affect tourism choices; the impact of borders, biopolitics and, travel bans on tourism; the growth of dark and thana-tourism; and more. One chapter provides a unique exploration of the world of philatelic tourism (the study postage stamps and postal history) in different cultural backgrounds and countries.

Employing a multidisciplinary approach and offering new perspectives on tourism anthropology, this book will be of interest to tourism professors and scholars, industry professionals, as well as students and faculty intrigued by the convergence of tourism and social science.

CONTENTS:
Introduction

1. Autoethnographic Accounts from 13 Years of Tourism Development in Lisbon

Axel Eriksson

2. Philatelic Tourism: The State and the Geo-Visualization and Geo-Boosterism of Places, Landscapes, and Heritage Sites
Stanley Brunn

3. The Future of Tourism Anthropology: New Problems and Old Solutions After the New Normal
Maximiliano E. Korstanje

4. The Influence of Sociodemographic Characteristics on Local Community Perceptions Towards Conservation and Tourism at Tsavo National Park, Voi Sub-County, Kenya
Godfrey Hedga Odinga and Irene Awuor Ogada

5. Smart Tourism Destinations: Branding the Smart Tourism Experience
Aruditya Jasrotia

6. Mobility and Immobility and the Indigenous “Sacralized” Land in Australia: From the Settler Colonial Past to the Decolonial Future of Indigenous Tourism to Uluru
Firenze Leem

7. Examining the Tour Guides‘ Rights and Obligations toward Inequities: The Case of Bali Cultural Tourism Destination
I. Nengah Subadra

8. The Strange Game of Human Rights: Football, Tourists, and Being a Stranger in Buenos Aires
Maximiliano E. Korstanje

9. Borders, Biopolitics, and Travel Bans: Surveying Southern Africa During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Sitinga Kachipande

10. Anthropology of Dark and Thana-Tourism: A State-of-the-Art Analysis
Hugues Seraphin, Babu George, and Maximiliano E. Korstanje


Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Maximiliano E. Korstanje, PhD
Senior Researcher, Department of Economics, University of Palermo, Argentina

Maximiliano E. Korstanje, PhD, is Senior Researcher in the Department of Economics at the University of Palermo, Argentina. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Safety and Security in Tourism and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of the International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism. In addition to this, he is a global affiliate of the Tourism Crisis Management Institute (University of Florida, USA), the Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies (University of Leeds, UK), The Forge (University of Lancaster and University of Leeds, UK), and The International Society for Philosophers. A prolific author, Dr. Korstanje has published more than 1200 published papers and 35 books. His recent works include Strategic Tools and Methods for Promoting Hospitality and Tourism Services; Virtual Traumascapes and Exploring the Roots of Dark Tourism; Research, Practices, and Innovations in Global Risk and Contingency Management; The Rise of Thana-Capitalism and Tourism; Terrorism, Tourism and the End of Hospitality in the ‘West’; among others. He currently co-edits almost 10 specialized journals and takes part in almost 30 journals associated with such themes as human rights, mobility, tourism, and terrorism. Dr. Korstange was nominated for five honorary doctorates for his contributions in the study of the effects of terrorism on tourism. In 2015, he was named as Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds, UK, and the University of La Habanam Cuba. In 2017, he was elected as a foreign faculty member of the Mexican Academy in the Study of Tourism (AMIT), which is one of the most prominent institutions dedicated to tourism research in Mexico. He has vast experience in editorial projects working as advisory member for Elsevier, Routledge, Springer, IGI Global, and Cambridge Scholar Publishing. Dr. Korstange has visited and given seminars at many important universities worldwide.

Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar, PhD
Indian Institute of Management, Sirmaur, India

Vanessa (Gaitree) Gowreesunkar, PhD, is currently affiliated with the Indian Institute of Management, Sirmaur, India. She was formerly Senior Lecturer and the Head of the Tourism and Hospitality Management Department at the University of Africa, Toru Orua, Nigeria. She has been teaching at various local and international institutions, such as the University of Mauritius; the University of Technology, Mauritius; Open University of Mauritius; and the Indian Institute of Travel and Tourism, India. She teaches in the fields of tourism, management, marketing, communications, German, and other related areas. Dr. Gowreesunkar has published and presented a number of papers in international and local platforms and is interested in island tourism research. She is a national representative for the Organisation of Tourism and Hospitality Management (OTHM), United Kingdom, and is the Chairperson and Vice President for the Scientific and Academic Research Committee (SARC) at the Allied Network for Policy Research and Actions for Sustainability.




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