Recentering Tourism Geographies in the ‘Asian Century’

Harng Luh Sin, Mary Mostafanezhad (University of Hawaii, USA), Joseph M. Cheer (Monash University, Australia)

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Routledge
29 January 2024

Tourism industry

This book considers what the transition into the Asian Century means for some of the most urgent issues in the world today, such as sustainable development, human rights, gender equality, and environmental change. The book critiques Anglo-Western centrism in tourism theory and calls on tourism scholars to make radical shifts toward more inclusive epistemology and praxis.

From the British Century of the 1800s to the American Century of the 1900s to the contemporary Asian Century, tourism geographies are deeply entangled in broader shifts in geopolitical power. In the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, the significance of shifts in tourism geographies and the themes addressed in this volume are more urgent than ever. That the world faces increasing turmoil is abundantly clear. Yet, amidst the disruption to the everyday, it is hope and compassion, but also political-economic restructuring that is needed to reset the tourism industry in more sustainable, equitable, and ethical directions. In no uncertain terms, the pandemic has forever changed the tourism industry as the world once knew it. This book, therefore, sets out to collectively build on the momentum of the inclusive scholarship that Critical Tourism Studies-Asia Pacific is renowned for, while also asking readers to pause and reflect on the possibilities and challenges of tourism in a post-pandemic Asian Century.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal, Tourism Geographies.

Edited by: Harng Luh Sin, Mary Mostafanezhad (University of Hawaii, USA), Joseph M. Cheer (Monash University, Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032208299
ISBN 10: 1032208295
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 29 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Harng Luh Sin is former Associate Professor at Sun Yat-Sen University and a Visiting Fellow at Singapore Management University. Her work looks at volunteer and responsible tourism, sustainable development, and the critical tourism in Southeast Asia and China. She is the co-founder of the Critical Tourism Studies Asia- Pacific network. Mary Mostafanezhad is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Her scholarship is focused on tourism, development, and socio-environmental change. She is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Tourism Geographies and the Critical Green Engagements Series of the University of Arizona Press. Joseph M. Cheer is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Tourism Geographies. He is Professor at Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University, Japan, and holds adjunct appointments at AUT, New Zealand, UCSI University, Malaysia, and Monash University, Australia. Joseph is also a board member of Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), the region's main industry body.