Using a host of international examples Butcher examines what the advocates of 'new tourism' see as being wrong with mass tourism, looks critically at the claims made for the new alternatives and makes a case for guilt-free holidays.

Novelist Sarah Moss's compelling account of living in Iceland with two small children, in the wake of the financial crisis and in the year the volcano erupted

Are contemporary art theorists and critics speaking a language that has lost its meaning? This book takes a linguistic approach to the key issues and shows that what have been considered problems of aesthetics and artistic justification often have their source in underlying linguistic assumptions.

From the most luxurious and historic - aboard the Orient Express - to the most futuristic - on the driverless trains of London's Docklands Light Railway - this title celebrates the treasures of Britain's railway heritage.

A revised and updated new edition includes new content, a revised structure and all-new international case studies.

From the popular Telegraph column, a characterful guide to Britain's best boozers

The years have seen an explosive growth in the phenomenon of people visiting locations from popular novels, films or television series. This title presents an analysis of this form of media tourism, exploring the question of how best to explain the increasing popularity of media tourism within contemporary culture.

This book investigates the way localities are shaped and negotiated through tourism, and explores the emerging success of local peer-produced hospitality and tourism services which are transforming the tourist experience. It examines the rapidly developing field of peer-to-peer tourism and the way it is changing tourist destinations.

An illustrated companion to Ann Cleeves' bestselling series of crime novels, which draw their inspiration from the place in which they take place: Shetland. The Shetland series, featuring Detective Jimmy Perez, is now a major BBC television series.

There is abundant evidence of the quasi-total domination of the sociology and anthropology of tourism by academics from the English-speaking world. This title familiarises readers in the US, UK, Australia and the English speaking regions of Africa and Asia with such evolutionary thinking.

Inspired by a temple astrologer (who had accurately predicted his marriage and the birth of his two daughters), the author travelled on a magical journey through south-east India. This title is a mixture of history and travelogue, and a portrait of India - past, present and future.

Presents the story of what happens when a rather silly man tries to walk all the way across a very large country, with a very large animal who doesn't really want to.

This foundational textbook investigates the economic, environmental, and social sustainability issues facing the hospitality industry today, and explores ideas, solutions, strategies of how to manage operations in a sustainable way.

'Brave and brilliant' GEORGE MONBIOT 'Urgent and essential ... should be required reading' CAROLINE LUCAS

`Argued with a real verve, it makes a plea to rethink the role of tourism in modernity seeing it not as a fleeting and marginal element, but as something enduring, emblematic and constitutive of contemporary society. Tourism is seen as a key element of modern life, not an escape from it' - Mike Crang, Department of Geography, University of Durham Tourism: equips students with a critical perspective of the central processes of tourism and the relationship between tourism and culture; places tourism at the heart of modern life rather than as a peripheral feature added on after work; illuminates the relationship between tourism and nation formation, citizenship, consumerism and globalization; and reveals the ritual, performative and embodied dimensions of the tourist experience.

The book provides a comprehensive discussion of the latest knowledge in the field of tourism and climate change. It is aimed at tourism practitioners and those with an academic interest in the fields of tourism management and climate change mitigation, adaptation and policy.

Points out the health dimensions of travel and tourism, and calls for awareness and practical collaboration from those in the industry and in the social and health sciences. This study encompasses a wide range of issues, with historical, political and economic ramifications.

The book focuses on the theoretical, policy and practice linkages and disjunctures between tourism and creative industry sectors.

This work examines key concepts and emphasises primary themes of tourism planning. It examines the forces which drive planning, and how tourism is integrated into existing social, economic, natural, business and political environments.