Tourism ethics

This book remains the most in-depth large-scale introductory text on ethics as applied to tourism. This new edition has been reworked and updated to take into account important works published since the first edition, including new references on ethics and tourism ethics, and to engage more with 20th century theorists in philosophy

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Boxes, Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Human Nature -- 3. The Basis of Ethical Discourse -- 4. Applications of Ethics -- 5. The Nature of Politics and Economics -- 6. The Business Side of Ethics -- 7. Ethics and the Natural World -- 8. Broad-based Concepts and Issues in Tourism -- 9. Codes of Ethics -- 10. Models and Methods of Moral Reasoning -- 11. Case Study Analyses -- 12. A Moral Tourism Industry? -- Appendix: WTO Global Code of Ethics for Tourism -- References -- Index

Argues for a closer relationship between history and tourism studies. Written by a team of international contributors, this book explores the relationships between tourism, representations, environments and identities in settings ranging from the Roman Empire to the twentieth century, and from Frinton to the 'Far East'