New horizons in tourism: strange experiences and stranger practices

239 Pages·2004·2.685 MB·English

by  Singh, T. V. (Eds.)

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New Horizons in Tourism
Strange Experiences and Stranger Practices
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New Horizons in Tourism
Strange Experiences and Stranger Practices
Edited by
Tej Vir Singh
Centre for Tourism Research and Development
A-965/6 Indira Nagar, Lucknow 226016, India
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New horizons in tourism : strange experiences and stranger practices /
edited by Tej Vir Singh.
p. cm.
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ISBN0-85199-863-1 (alk. paper)
1. Tourism. 2. Adventure and adventurers. 3. Heritage tourism.
I. Singh, Tejvir, 1930– II. Title.
G155.A1N429 2005
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Contents
Contributors vii
About the Contributors ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
PART 1. The Edge of Tourism
1. Tourism Searching for New Horizons: an Overview 1
Tej Vir Singh
2. Vacationing in Space: Tourism Seeks ‘New Skies’ 11
Jennifer Laing and Geoffrey I. Crouch
3. Tourism in the Forbidden Lands: the Antarctica Experience 27
John Splettstoesser, Denise Landau and R.K. Headland
4. Skilled Commercial Adventure: the Edge of Tourism 37
Ralf Buckley
5. Tourism Trespasses on the Himalayan Heritage: the Hermit Village,
Malana 49
Tej Vir Singh, Purnima Chauhan and Shalini Singh
PART 2. The Macabre in Tourism
6. Thanatourism in the Early 21st Century: Moral Panics, Ulterior Motives
and Alterior Desires 63
A.V. Seaton and J.J. Lennon
7. Tourism at the Borders of Conflict and (De)militarized Zones 83
Dallen J. Timothy, Bruce Prideaux and Samuel Seongseop-Kim
8. Tourism and the Heritage of Atrocity: Managing the Heritage of South
African Apartheid for Entertainment 95
G.J. Ashworth
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PART 3. The Unconventional in Tourism
9. Deep Ecotourism: Seeking Theoretical and Practical Reverence 109
David A. Fennell
10. Against the Wind — Impermanence in Wilderness: the Tasmanian
Experience 121
Trevor H.B. Sofield
11. Health Tourism in Kyrgyz Republic: the Soviet Salt Mine Experience 135
Peter Schofield
PART 4. Tourism For the Poor, the Old and Humankind
12. Pro-poor Tourism: Benefiting the Poor 147
Dilys Roe, Harold Goodwin and Caroline Ashley
13. Tourism for the Young-old and Old-old 163
Megan Cleaver Sellick and Thomas E. Muller
14. Volunteer Tourism: New Pilgrimages to the Himalayas 181
Shalini Singh and Tej Vir Singh
PART 5. The Future
15. Will Travel Vanish? Looking Beyond the Horizon 195
Julio R. Aramberri
Index 213
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Contributors
J.R. Aramberri, Department of Hospitality Management, Drexel University, Academic
Building, Office 110, 33rd and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
C. Ashley, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London
SE1 7JD, UK
G.J. Ashworth, Heritage Management and Urban Tourism, Department of Planning, Faculty
of Spatial Science, University of Groningen, Post Box 800, 9700AV Groningen, The
Netherlands
R. Buckley, International Centre for Ecotourism Research, Griffith University, Parklands
Drive, Southport, Australia
P. Chauhan, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Block-1, Set-4, Type V, Richmond Hill,
Shimla – 175001, India
M. Cleaver Sellick, Central Washington University, College of Business, 400 E. 8th Avenue,
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7485, USA
G.I. Crouch, School of Business, Faculty of Law and Management, La Trobe University,
Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia
D.A. Fennell, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Brock University, St
Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada
H. Goodwin, International Centre for Responsible Tourism, University of Greenwich, 6
Preston Malthouse, St Johns Road, Faversham, Kent ME13 8EW, UK
R.K. Headland, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road,
Cambridge CB2 1ER, UK
J. Laing, School of Business, Faculty of Law and Management, La Trobe University,
Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia
D. Landau, International Association of Antarctica Tourism (IAATO), Office of the
Secretariat, IAATO, PO Box 2178, Basalt, CO 81621, USA
J.J. Lennon, Moffat Centre for Travel and Tourism Business Development, Glasgow
Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA, UK
T.E. Muller, Griffith University, PO Box 905, Runaway Bay, Qld 4216, Australia
B. Prideaux, School of Business, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
D. Roe, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 3 Endsleigh Street,
London WC1H 0DD, UK
P. Schofield, Management Research Institute, University of Salford, M6 6PU, UK
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A.V. Seaton, Luton Business School, Department of Tourism and Leisure, University of
Luton, Putteridge Bury, Hitchin Road, Luton, Bedfordshire LU2 8LE, UK
S.S. Seop-Kim, Department of Hotel Management and Tourism, Sejong University,
#98Gunja-Dong, Kwangjin-Gu, 143-150 Seoul, Republic of Korea
S. Singh, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Brock University, 500 Glenridge
Avenue, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S 3A1
T.V. Singh, Centre for Tourism Research and Development, A-965/6 Indira Nagar, Lucknow–
226016, India
T.H.B. Sofield, Tourism Program, University of Tasmania, Locked Bag 1-340G, Launceston
7250, Tasmania, Australia
J. Splettstoesser, PO Box 515, 433 West Fifth Street, Appt 202, Waconia, MN 55387, USA
D.J. Timothy, Department of Recreation Management and Tourism, PO Box 874905,
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4905, USA
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About the Contributors
Julio Aramberri is Professor at the and Regional Studies Institute, University of
Department of Tourism, Drexel University, Groningen, The Netherlands. His research
Philadelphia, USA. Between 1985 and 1999 interests include, heritage, tourism and place
Aramberri worked for the Spanish Tourism marketing within the context of urban man-
Administration in different capacities. He was agement and planning. Recent publications
Director General of the Spanish National include Retrospect and Prospect on the
Tourism Administration (Turespaña) from 1987 Tourist Historic City (2000), European
to 1990. Aramberri has authored or co- Heritage Planning and Management(2000),
authored eight books on different sociological A Geography of Heritage(2001).
subjects, as well as on marketing research, and
has published over 35 articles in different schol- Ralf Buckley is Director of the International
arly magazines. He is a member of the Centre for Ecotourism Research at Griffith
International Academy for the Study of Tourism University, Gold Coast, Australia. He has
and Editor of Annals of Tourism Research. He worked in over 40 countries worldwide and has
also belongs to the Editorial Board of Annals en published over 200 journal articles and a dozen
Español, and of Tourism Recreation Research. books, including five in ecotourism. His most
recent publication is Case Studies in
Caroline Ashley is a Research Fellow at the Ecotourism(2003).
OverseasDevelopment Institute in London and
part of the Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership. Purnima Chauhan is a Ph.D. student at the
Research interests include: pro-poor tourism University of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, India.
strategies; rural livelihoods; diversification and She is Secretary in Ministry of Urban Planning
growth; community-based natural resource and Development, Government of Himachal
management; community–private partner- Pradesh, India. Purnima has published several
ships. Caroline was previously working in papers on resort destination in research jour-
Namibia with the Ministry of Environment and nals and international conference proceedings.
Tourism as a Resource Economist. She partic-
ularly focused on CBNRM issues in Namibia Megan Cleaver Sellick was an Assistant
and elsewhere in southern Africa. Professor of Business Administration, at the
College of Business, Central Washington
Gregory Ashworth is Professor of Heritage University, in the USA. She died in July 2004,
Management and Urban Tourism in the Urban at the age of 29, after battling liver cancer and
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