Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Philosophical Issues in Tourism - John Tribe Truth: Reality, Knowledge, and Disciplines 2. Who is a Tourist? Conceptual and theoretical developments - Scott McCabe 3. What is Tourism? Definitions, theoretical phases and principles - Alexandre Netto 4. Epistemology, Ontology and Tourism - Maureen Ayikoru 5. Post-disciplinary Tourism - Tim Coles, Michael Hall and David Duval 6. The End of Tourism? Nomadology and the mobilities paradigm - Kevin Hannam Beauty: Well-being, Aesthetics and Art 7. Tourism and Restoration - Balvinder Kaur Kler 8. Aesthetic Pleasures: Contemplating spiritual tourism - Shalini Singh and Tej Vir Singh 9. Nature, Beauty and Tourism - Cain Todd 10. Tourism and the Aesthetics of the Built Environment - Robert Maitland and Andrew Smith 11. Tourism and the Arts - Brian Wheeller Virtue: Ethics, Values and The Good Life 12. Ethics and Tourism - David Fennell 13. Good Actions in Tourism - Tazim Jamal and Chris Menzel 14. Against 'Ethical Tourism' - Jim Butcher 15. Development and its Discontents: Ego-tripping without ethics or idea(l)s? - Mick Smith 16. Trans-modernity: remaking our (tourism) world? - Irena Ateljevic

About the Author

John Tribe is Professor of Tourism at the University of Surrey, UK. He is Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Tourism Research and Co-Chair of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation Education and Science Council. Previous works in this field include The Art of Tourism, The Truth about Tourism, The Philosophic Practitioner, The Indiscipline of Tourism, Education for Responsible Tourism Action, The Concept of Tourism and Tourism: a critical business.

Reviews

The book is an excellent and wide-ranging addition to the scarce literature on philosophical aspects of tourism. It will be a valuable source of insights for both working scholars as well as students. The writing of the papers is of uniformly high quality and the technical production of the book is excellent.Krzysztof Przec?awski, University of Warsaw, in Annals of Tourism Research 36(4)It is immensely refreshing to see tourism's potential to nourish values such as truth, beauty and virtue addressed in this fine book. The Chapters are theoretically sound and inspiring, and raise important issues of tourism's future role in societal development. The changes in global consciousness discussed in this timely book suggest that tourism's successful trajectory must be re-visioned - with values such as ethics, aesthetics and knowledge as critical components. This philosophical book is at once uplifting, provocative and informative.Professor Pauline Sheldon, Professor of Tourism, University of Hawaii.