The sustainability of tourism is increasingly under question given the
challenges of overtourism, COVID-19 and the contribution of tourism to
climate and environmental change. Degrowth and Tourism provides an
original response to the central problem of growth in tourism, an
imperative that has been intrinsic within tourism practice, and directs
the reader to rethink the impacts of tourism and possible alternatives
beyond the sustainable growth discourse.
Using a multi-scaled approach to investigate degrowth's macro effects
and micro indications in tourism, this book frames degrowth in tourism
in terms of business, destination and policy initiatives. It uses a
combination of empirical research, case studies and theory to offer new
perspectives and approaches to analyse issues related to overtourism,
COVID-19, small-scale tourism operations and entrepreneurship, mobility
and climate change in tourism. Interdisciplinary chapters provide
studies on animal-based tourism, nature-based tourism, domestic tourism,
developing community-centric tourism and many other areas, within the
paradigm of degrowth.
This book offers significant insight on both the implications of
degrowth paradigm in tourism studies and practices, as well as tourism's
potential contributions to the degrowth paradigm, and will be essential
reading for all those interested in sustainable tourism and
transformations through tourism.