School of Hospitality and Tourism Professor Adam Weaver is among international leading thinkers who have contributed to a new book published by one of the most prestigious publishers of professional and academic books in the world: Routledge Handbook of Borders and Tourism (2023).
Edited by Dallen J. Timothy – one of the most prominent figures in the field of tourism research – and Alon Gelbman, the new book offers theoretical frameworks for understanding borders and tourism and empirical examples from borderlands throughout the world.
Weaver has written Chapter 10 for the book, “Enclave Tourism: Bounded Spaces and Social Exclusion.”
“This book chapter was an invited contribution,” said Weaver. “My past publications in the area of cruise-ship tourism (and the notion that ships are mobile vacation enclaves) prompted the approach made by the book’s editors.”
He noted that, for the past few years, Routledge has issued a serious of handbooks related to various broad themes in the field of tourism and hospitality studies.
This is Weaver’s third contribution to a volume in Routledge’s collection. He previously contributed to the Routledge Handbook on Tourism in Asia (2022) by writing a chapter on “Transport and Infrastructure issues in Asian tourism” with a co-author, David Duval. He also contributed to The Routledge Handbook of Consumer Behaviour in Hospitality and Tourism (2017) with his chapter, “Tourism Industry Adaptation to a Changing Consumer Market: a Case Study of New Zealand.”
The Routledge volumes and others in the series, he noted, are designed to be ‘one-stop shops’ for those seeking a resource that addresses a broad topic area related to tourism and hospitality.
“This most recent chapter is not totally removed from my activities in the classroom,” said Weaver. “In particular, some of the commentary about tourism enclaves – their merits and drawbacks – make their way into my first-year tourism-focused course.”
Weaver said that he enjoys sharing some of the ideas with newer students who are starting out their studies.
“Students should come to appreciate the complexity of tourism and hospitality: the benefits they offer but also the challenges,” he said.
“Similar to other scholarly works, this current volume will, one hopes, drive future scholarship and practice that helps spur prosperity but also a more just society.”
The book is also available at Taylor and Francis eBooks.
