Product Description
by Freya Higgins-Desbiolles (Editor), Bobbie Chew Bigby (Editor)
In a world that is subject to rapid change and cascading crises this book considers the vital importance of local communities to grounded, just and sustainable tourism futures. Embracing local tourism as relational, the contributors examine how tourism can be reoriented to better connect people, place and planet. This local turn starts by centring local communities at the heart of tourism and identifies ways to ensure local community rights and benefits in tourism. Presenting concepts, case studies and practitioner insights, the chapters explore what putting locals first might mean; the constraints of markets and the promise of alternatives; 'tours' and 'turns' offering possibilities for circles, cycles and connections; approaches for democratising tourism; and building an ethos of relatedness through a relational imperative to face the future together.
The introduction and Chapter 1 are free to download as open access publications under a CC BY NC ND licence. You can access them here:
Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and Bobbie Chew Bigby: Introduction: Embracing the Local Turn in Tourism to Empower Communities: https: //zenodo.org/record/7234710#.Y1Kd8nbMLcs
Chapter 1. Bobbie Chew Bigby, Joseph Edgar and Freya Higgins-Desbiolles: Place-based Governance in Tourism: Placing Local Communities at the Centre of Tourism: https: //zenodo.org/record/7234717#.Y1KpinbMLcs
Author Biography
Freya Higgins-Desbiolles is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at UniSA Business, University of South Australia. Her research interests are justice, human rights and sustainability in tourism, and her specific research focus includes tourism politics, Indigenous tourism and tourism planning.
Bobbie Chew Bigby is a PhD scholar at the Nulungu Research Institute in Broome, University of Notre Dame Australia. Her research interests include Indigenous-led tourism, Indigenous resurgence, culture and language revitalisation and peace studies.
