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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964922303321

Autore

Lovelock Brent

Titolo

The ethics of tourism : critical and applied perspectives / / Brent Lovelock and Kirsten M. Lovelock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2013

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-99123-9

0-415-57558-3

0-203-85453-5

1-136-99124-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 368 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

LovelockKirsten

Disciplina

174/.991

Soggetti

Tourism - Moral and ethical aspects

Social ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Tourism : ethical concepts and principles -- 3. Mobility, borders and security -- 4. Human rights -- 5. Medical tourism -- 6. Sex tourism -- 7. Tourism and indigenous peoples -- 8. Tourism and disability -- 9. Nature-based tourism -- 10. Animals and tourism -- 11. Climate change -- 12. Hospitality and marketing ethics -- 13. Labour -- 14. Codes of ethics -- 15. Conclusion : ethical futures?

Sommario/riassunto

There are increasingly strident calls from many sectors of society for the tourism industry, the world's largest industry, to adopt a more ethical approach to the way it does business. In particular there has been an emphasis placed on the need for a more ethical approach to the way the tourism industry interacts with consumers, the environment, with indigenous peoples, those in poverty, and those in destinations suffering human rights abuses. This book introduces students to the important topic of tourism ethics and illustrates how ethical principles and theory can be applied to address contemporary tourism industry issues. A critical role of the book is to highlight the ethical challenges in the tourism industry and to situate tourism ethics



within wider contemporary discussions of ethics in general. Integrating theory and practice the book analyses a broad range of topical and relevant tourism ethical issues from the urgent 'big-picture' problems facing the industry as a whole (e.g. air travel and global warming) to more micro-scale everyday issues that may face individual tourism operators, or indeed, individual tourists. The book applies relevant ethical frameworks to each issue, addressing a range of ethical approaches to provide the reader with a firm grounding of applied ethics, from first principles. International case studies with reflective questions at the end are integrated throughout to provide readers with valuable insight into real world ethical dilemmas, encouraging critical analysis of tourism ethical issues as well as ethically determined decisions. Discussion questions and annotated further reading are included to aid further understanding. The Ethics of Tourism: Critical and Applied Perspectives is essential reading for all Tourism students globally.