A brief overview is presented of the issues concerning tourism and inequalities, before outlining the structure of the book.

This book seeks to make a contribution to the tourism and inequality debate, not only through its investigation of how and why tourism contributes to and reflects social inequality, but also through its exploration of the ways in which tourism can be a means to reduce social inequality or alleviate ...

This chapter critically analyses the potential of a Fair Trade Tourism label to address issues of inequality and injustice in international tourism in less economically developed countries (LEDCs). It starts by presenting the backdrop of unfair, unequal, neocolonial exchange that has given rise to...

This chapter focuses on those who are relatively immobile because of the economic and other structural and regulative mechanisms, such as class, race, gender and religion, which affect the economic and social capital of individuals in society and therefore their life chances, with respect to...

After briefly examining tourism and injustice and how the discrepancies in wealth, power and status are particularly apparent in tourism encounters, this chapter assesses the potential for justice through tourism. An overview is presented of some examples of tourism being harnessed for justice in...