Abstract
Responsible tourism' has become an established area of tourism research and practice and is typically understood as a broad set of tourist interactions that engage with and benefit local communities and minimize negative social and environmental impacts. Extant research however has adopted a largely top down approach to understanding responsible tourism that has marginalized the voices of tourists. This study investigates tourists' own accounts of responsible tourism experiences, finding that these intersect with but also deviate substantially away from established conceptions of the phenomenon. We show that tourists' accounts can be delineated according to the extent to which they display inner- versus outer-directed goals, and the degree of involvement in responsible tourism as a cultural identity.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 115-129 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Annals of Tourism Research |
| Volume | 46 |
| Early online date | 12 Apr 2014 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 2014 |
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Keywords
- Consumer narratives
- Responsible tourism
- Tourist identities
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Tourists' accounts of responsible tourism. / Caruana, Robert; Glozer, Sarah; Crane, Andrew; McCabe, Scott.
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T1 - Tourists' accounts of responsible tourism
AU - Caruana, Robert
AU - Glozer, Sarah
AU - Crane, Andrew
AU - McCabe, Scott
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - Responsible tourism' has become an established area of tourism research and practice and is typically understood as a broad set of tourist interactions that engage with and benefit local communities and minimize negative social and environmental impacts. Extant research however has adopted a largely top down approach to understanding responsible tourism that has marginalized the voices of tourists. This study investigates tourists' own accounts of responsible tourism experiences, finding that these intersect with but also deviate substantially away from established conceptions of the phenomenon. We show that tourists' accounts can be delineated according to the extent to which they display inner- versus outer-directed goals, and the degree of involvement in responsible tourism as a cultural identity.
AB - Responsible tourism' has become an established area of tourism research and practice and is typically understood as a broad set of tourist interactions that engage with and benefit local communities and minimize negative social and environmental impacts. Extant research however has adopted a largely top down approach to understanding responsible tourism that has marginalized the voices of tourists. This study investigates tourists' own accounts of responsible tourism experiences, finding that these intersect with but also deviate substantially away from established conceptions of the phenomenon. We show that tourists' accounts can be delineated according to the extent to which they display inner- versus outer-directed goals, and the degree of involvement in responsible tourism as a cultural identity.
KW - Consumer narratives
KW - Responsible tourism
KW - Tourist identities
U2 - 10.1016/j.annals.2014.03.006
DO - 10.1016/j.annals.2014.03.006
M3 - Article
VL - 46
SP - 115
EP - 129
JO - Annals of Tourism Research
JF - Annals of Tourism Research
SN - 0160-7383
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