This chapter examines the interaction between hospitality and culture. More specifically, it is argued that hospitality spaces (hotels, resorts, cruise ships and service spaces within them, including restaurants, bars and cafes) are focal points in the production of tourism culture(s). It is...

This chapter first discusses some problems involved in assessing tourism's social and cultural role in society. It then presents a methodological basis for a conceptual framework to structure an analysis of tourism. It is contended that tourism phenomena can be situated in any one of three levels...

This chapter begins by discussing liminality in the context of ritual and play. It then examines liminality as it unfolds on contemporary wilderness trails. Wilderness as it manifests in mythology is then outlined. From there, an examination of varying sojourns show divergent ways of approaching...

This chapter focuses on tradition and its relationship to tourism. It looks at how tradition is portrayed in 'Not in front of the Tourists', a British TV documentary on Turkey, as highly vulnerable to international capital. 'Authentic' traditional life is replaced by commerce and commoditization,...

This chapter discusses tourism's possible social consequences in less developed countries and relates these to social problems, as perceived by key actors in the continued tension between tradition and modernity. The chapter focuses on economic and social institutions which are exposed, changed or...

This chapter introduces the phenomenon of 'overtourism' and discusses key emergent themes concerning this topic from various perspectives, namely: neoliberalism and urban perspectives; the mobility paradigm; and social movements. The chapters that comprise this book on overtourism are then...

The contributions to this volume make an attempt to grapple with the intricacies, complexities and ambiguities inherent in orphanage tourism and the extent to which this might accord with some semblance of modern slavery practices. The first part of the book sets the scene, examining this issue...

This chapter examines the relationship that Australian travellers have had with Bali, and unpacks the historical and sociopolitical drivers that encourage Australian tourists to support orphanage care models within Bali. This chapter is underpinned by research undertaken for an honours thesis,...

Urry's sociological theory of the 'tourist gaze' is discussed, outlining the nine points on which its analytical foundation is based and highlighting the distinction between the 'romantic' gaze and the 'collective' gaze.

The development of the field of sociology of tourism is discussed, highlighting some important theoretical contributions in this field.