The Moralisation of Tourism

Research Perspectives on Responsible Tourism

“…This context encourages more people to focus on their own individual actions at the level of their everyday consumption in order to Downloaded by [186.190.38.239] at 01:35 17 August 2015 express their beliefs and aspirations for social change. He sees this 'lifestyle politics' as potentially making a difference on the ground; he also asserts that the focus on individuality and consumption, rather than on collective responses and production, has limitations and weaknesses as a political strategy (Butcher, 2003). This perhaps helps to explain why some tourism researchers are becoming interested in the 'new social movements' arguing for sustainable tourism.…”

Tourists and turtles: Searching for a balance in Tortuguero, Costa Rica

“…• an exclusive industry focused primarily on affl uent tourists from the global North; and • a form of 'tourism as colonialism' that does little to change larger systemic conservation and development issues, especially in isolated areas of the global South (Butcher 2003;Meletis & Campbell 2007;Campbell et al 2008;Mowforth & Munt 2008). This questioning includes investigating exaggerated claims about ecotourism, and interrogating assumptions made about ecotourists (Shepherd 2002;Butcher 2003;Grossberg et al 2003).…”

“…This questioning includes investigating exaggerated claims about ecotourism, and interrogating assumptions made about ecotourists (Shepherd 2002;Butcher 2003;Grossberg et al 2003). There is also a greater realisation that ecotourists are complex individuals who often defy tourist typologies, and have various motivations and interests, and are of different behaviour types (McMinn & Cater 1998).…”

“…Since then, scholars have argued that the lines between tourism categories are increasingly blurry; they have deconstructed and questioned ecotourism 'in theory' through the use of case studies (Weaver 1999;Butcher 2003;Mowforth & Munt 1998). Regarding Tortuguero, we use the term ecotourism because tourism in the area is marketed as such (we provide examples of this).…”

What meaning for sustainability? The politics of ‘good development’

“…My own view is that there is a pervasive pessimism with regard to economic growth, tourism included, in much of the literature (Butcher, 2003). All too ofte s all is eautiful inspired ecotourism or some other community based label is passed off as a solution (albeit partial and problematic) to an exaggerated problem of what one commentator called the spectre of mass tourism (Croall, 1995).…”