As the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus swept around world in 2020, outpacing public health efforts to contain it, many everyday human mobilities were brought an abrupt halt, while others drastic...

AbstractWith the development of 'dark' and 'toxic' tourism, interest in death, sufferings or disasters has grown significantly there is a need to achieve an depth understanding tourists experiences at such sites. This paper attempt explore understand tour guides interpretations tourist's one most infamous sites dark toxic tourism – Chernobyl exclusion zone. The shows how different types visit Zone times year. It further explores site increasing influence media video games construction...

Increasing numbers of researchers in the field tourism studies are using discourse analysis as a means critical investigation when faced with qualitative or textual forms data, such written documents, visual materials photographs and brochures. Such data is often representative how group people have made sense reflected on their own world that others. However, there many different types ways which has been deployed. This paper reviews attempts scholars so far argues utilized an eclectic...

Abstract Tourism is frequently acclaimed as one of the world's largest and most pervasive industries. Research into tourism has grown rapidly in recent years with many new books journals appearing. In particular, this article notes that perhaps three have marked coming age tourism‐related research, namely, Geographies , Tourist Studies finally Mobilities . While a great deal other research been published indeed started, utilises start these benchmarks for theoretical engagement research....

1. Introduction: Conceptualising and Profiling Backpacker Tourism - Kevin Hannam (University of Sunderland, UK) Irena Ateljevic (Wageningen University Landscape Centre, The Netherlands)CONCEPTUALISING BACKPACKER TOURISM 2. Suspending Reality: An exploration enclaves the backpacker Experience Julie Wilson West England, UK)and Greg Richards (Tourism Research Marketing, Spain) 3. Social Psychological Interface Independent Travel Petri Hottola Joensuu, Finland) 4. Sustainability Studies:...

The freedom of movement and right to travel are intrinsic the growth international tourism. Notwithstanding inchoate nature tourism, entitlement pursue tourism without hindrance is firmly established in advanced capitalist societies. Moreover, has been recently enshrined 2017 United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Framework Convention on Ethics. Tourists' ease mobility contrasts starkly with movements less privileged forms that may be variously constrained by racism, xenophobia...

In February 2020, Macau became one of the first regions where pandemic coronavirus or Covid-19 affected totality social and economic life leading to increased anxieties over movement distance. Although has had very few actual cases virus – 46 in total no deaths from it, government rapidly instituted a lockdown. The aim this article is reflect on how experience being lockdown can provide insights into understanding type condition that we provisionally term 'anxious immobility.' Such...

The mobilities paradigm has, during the last decade, proven its usefulness in investigating how socio-material of modern societies have transformed fundamental aspects social inte...

This paper critically examines the methods of transportation used by independent tourists and how importantly they value mobility throughout their journeys. While are frequently identified as being adventurous highly mobile, relatively few researchers have examined modes transport use or importance play in enhancing fulfilling desired experiences. Indeed, most literature portrays habitual users public opposed to personal transport. In this paper, notion automobility – a combination...