{"title":"Vulnerabilities in tourism scholarship – scholars’ plea for a viable future","authors":"Shalini Singh","doi":"10.1080/02508281.2023.2222359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2023.2222359","url":null,"abstract":"This special issue of Tourism Recreation Research (TRR) was proposed to celebrate the memory of Tej Vir Singh (Tej Vir), the founding editor of TRR who departed in April 2021. One way, among others, to offer tribute to academics is to celebrate their ideas through discourses and writings. The co-joined themes of vulnerability and viability encapsulate Tej Vir’s life-long attempt to approach the subject of tourism with a level-mindedness – i.e. applying the Goldilocks Principle. He used the principle in his own writings, in fulfilling his editorial responsibilities towards TRR and in his supervisory métier – tempering the yin with the yang and vice versa. In his sagacity, tourism and its ‘fate’ is in our hands – for us to mould and refine according to our ethos and in concurrence with tourism’s critical realities. Hence, his assertion that tourism was much sinned against than sinning – a belief that eventually became the focus of dialogue in Tourism Recreation Research (Research Probe section of Vol. 38(3), 2013) and summarized ahead. From this vantage point, tourism is just as vulnerable as is viable! (Singh, 2015). The vulnerability–viability dichotomy is seen to be reflecting Keith Hollinshead’s perspectives in his (Keith’s) writings on tourism scholarship (on its realities and propositions), for which he was approached to join in this endeavour. My invitation for him to co-walk this path was graciously accepted. Thus, began our preparations and the actualization of this joint project. I have met Keith in his writings though never in person – and feel blessed for having known him albeit so briefly. For a scholar of much prominence and seniority to be so magnanimous in his interactions was an enrichment for me. We started our work with a clear understanding of each other’s forte to ensure efficiency and cheerfulness. Then, suddenly in late September of 2022, the tourism academic community was struck by the news of Keith’s demise. The subsequent stream of condolences and messages was simply numbing. Amidst honouring the memory of one stalwart (Tej Vir), we suffered the anguish of losing yet another (Keith) – the contributors and I felt impoverished mid-way. The effect was numbing, and the work on the theme issue came to a stand-still. Thus, it remained for several weeks, even though the responsibility of taking the special issue to fruition became imperative to honouring my collaboration with Keith. Encouragement and support to resume this task came from the contributors of this issue, whose quiet fortitude, reserve and resolve bespoke of their respect for and commitment to Keith and our collective cause (see ‘remembering Keith Hollinshead’ at the end). The contributors of this special issue of TRR join me in dedicating this outcome to Keith Hollinshead – our friend, colleague, mentor and inspiration... ...Om Shanti.","PeriodicalId":47549,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Recreation Research","volume":"77 1","pages":"513 - 523"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89006974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Community inclusion in tourism development: young people’s social innovation propositions for advancing sustainable tourism","authors":"Mari Partanen, Mari Kettunen, J. Saarinen","doi":"10.1080/02508281.2023.2226040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2023.2226040","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47549,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Recreation Research","volume":"147 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72439784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rethinking or reinventing tourism? Exposing the ontological and epistemological conflicts in tourism studies literature during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"B. Kadri, D. Lapointe, Samira Tacherifet","doi":"10.1080/02508281.2023.2224705","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2023.2224705","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT\u0000 While tourism was halted by the COVID-19 pandemic, scholars published articles reflecting on tourism and what should or would be tourism during and after the pandemic. Situating this corpus of tourism studies scientific discourses within the larger crisis of social science, the paper exposes through discourse analysis two poles of arguments on (re)thinking tourism or (re)inventing tourism. In the continuity of the debate between pro-growth-industry prone and pro social-community prone vision of tourism that was already happening before the pandemic, the debate on tourism during and after the pandemic is challenging the fundamentals of tourism – (re)think; and finds ways to make tourism recover-(re)invent, while not considering the possibility of no tourism. The analysis identified that while there is opposition between those two poles, there is an overlap at the confrontation of (re)think and (re)invent. This overlap doesn't solve opposition and the risk of fragmentations of the field of tourism studies, but show some possibilities of a symbiotic cohabitation.","PeriodicalId":47549,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Recreation Research","volume":"43 1","pages":"535 - 546"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81305050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identifying, selecting and defining research questions: reflections on fifty years of tourism scholarship","authors":"G. Wall","doi":"10.1080/02508281.2023.2226039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2023.2226039","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47549,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Recreation Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76583129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Putu Devi Rosalina, Ying Wang, K. Dupré, I. N. G. Putra, Xining Jin
{"title":"Rural tourism in Bali: towards a conflict-based tourism resource typology and management","authors":"Putu Devi Rosalina, Ying Wang, K. Dupré, I. N. G. Putra, Xining Jin","doi":"10.1080/02508281.2023.2223076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2023.2223076","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47549,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Recreation Research","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79517335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Free time as a central issue of tourism studies: a genealogy of leisure/idleness based on the indigenous cosmovisions of Latin America","authors":"Mozart Fazito, S. Vargas","doi":"10.1080/02508281.2023.2223472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2023.2223472","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The dominance of the neoliberal ideology over tourism praxis in the last decades have undermined the possibilities for tourism to be seen as a social transformative force. This article considers that the richest part of the tourist experience belongs to the realm of ‘free time’. There is evidence of the importance of free time and leisure in indigenous societies, and to justify that the common-sense view of leisure activities should be confronted. Most literature on indigenous voices in tourism studies identifies the potential of indigenous ideas to contribute to Western/European values of resilience, sustainability and environmental justice. However, such values are employed in the name of modernization and neoliberalism which are taken for granted as values of civilization, but are not so in reality. Thus, this article explores anthropological and indigenous bibliographic productions from Latin America and interviews with indigenous people located in Northeast Brazil to produce a genealogy of leisure, based on 'cultural anthropophagy'. Violence, racism and fear emerged as structural elements of the Western development choice. Tourism studies could further examine leisure as a means to inform contemporary development policies and contribute toward a better life in society, relatively free from such structural ills.","PeriodicalId":47549,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Recreation Research","volume":"34 1","pages":"547 - 557"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77699861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Empowering people with visual disabilities through rural tourism: the benefits of nature activities and how the various travel constraints can be overcome","authors":"Ana Gomes, C. Eusébio","doi":"10.1080/02508281.2023.2221071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2023.2221071","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to identify the main constraints faced by people with visual disabilities (PwVD) when visiting a rural destination, as well as the benefits sought through their participation in rural tourism. Furthermore, this study also intends to identify the main strategies used by PwVD to overcome the barriers encountered in rural destinations. A triangulation of qualitative methods was used to collect and analyse data, comprising various online forums and blogs posts related to the tourism experiences of PwVD, together with fifteen semi-structured interviews conducted with Portuguese PwVD. The results reveal that PwVD find rural destinations compelling and that they look for sensorial stimuli in nature as a means for self-development and relaxation, while the lack of public transport and accessible information dissuades PwVD from seeking rural tourism experiences. These constraints are often overcome with the use of various smartphone apps, the aid of travel companions, or the help of residents. Based on the results obtained in this study, a set of guidelines is proposed to improve the level of accessibility of rural tourism destinations, contributing to the empowerment of PwVD.","PeriodicalId":47549,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Recreation Research","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77272688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The relationship between accommodation type and tourists’ in-destination behaviour","authors":"B. Mckercher, B. Prideaux, Michelle Thompson","doi":"10.1080/02508281.2023.2221070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2023.2221070","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47549,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Recreation Research","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80434011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rosliyana Perangin-Angin, Rokhshad Tavakoli, C. Kusumo
{"title":"Inclusive tourism: the experiences and expectations of Indonesian wheelchair tourists in nature tourism","authors":"Rosliyana Perangin-Angin, Rokhshad Tavakoli, C. Kusumo","doi":"10.1080/02508281.2023.2221092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2023.2221092","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study sought to understand the travel experiences and expectations of wheelchair tourists. The increasing demand for wheelchair tourists to visit natural destinations, the barriers while travelling, and the inclusivity of tourism are the main motivations of this study. While previous studies have investigated accessibility in tourism, they have rarely focused on inclusive tourism, especially from wheelchair tourists’ perspective. Driven by social constructivism theory, this research presents the results of the experiences of Indonesian wheelchair tourists in natural destinations by utilising the exclusion-inclusion and critical theory. In this emancipatory disability research, snowball sampling was employed to conduct semi-structured interviews with ten wheelchair users, and the empirical materials were thematically analysed. The findings revealed that participants were excited about travelling, but the barriers made wheelchair tourists more selective in choosing natural destinations. Inclusivity was perceived to be an issue that required the achievement of a cultural shift. While accessibility was deemed necessary, service and concern from tourism providers and other tourists were crucial at the lower experience level during travel. A ‘friend in tourism’ was reported as necessary to push toward inclusivity and equality in the tourism industry to ensure a better future.","PeriodicalId":47549,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Recreation Research","volume":"206 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80415789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}