Growing the significance of events in changing tourism geographies
AbstractEvents have long been occasions to bring people together, with this congregative function contributing to their potential to shape and define place and space over time. Events are uniquely abl...
22 Dec 202320min
The myth of African American under-representation in nature tourism
AbstractAlthough nature-based recreation areas are among the most popular tourism destinations in the U.S., African Americans are far less likely to visit them compared to White Americans. This paper ...
15 Dec 202322min
TripAdvisor as a ‘geo-pastoral technology
AbstractIf you possess a smartphone and use applications that are functionally bound to location, you are familiar with locative media. This genre of digital platform enables navigation and wayfinding...
8 Dec 202329min
Becoming Airbnbeings: on datafication and the quantified Self in tourism
AbstractProvocatively drawing inspiration from an episode of the Netflix series Black Mirror and China’s Social Credit System this article critically examines the politics and practices of dataficatio...
1 Dec 202329min
“A nation built on coal”: transcalar memory work at the Big Pit
AbstractWelsh and coal heritage may seem synonymous in the context of Welsh identities. One of seven national museums, Big Pit and its associated memory work reflect and shape the intertwined dynamic ...
24 Nov 202325min
Policing freedom campers: the place, class, and xenophobic dynamics of overtourism in Aotearoa New Zealand
AbstractThe concept of ‘overtourism’ has boomed in the past five years as the latest term to refer to anti-tourist sentiment in tourist hotspots. News media’s widespread use of the term suffers from c...
17 Nov 202328min
Labour precarity in the visitor economy and decisions to move out
AbstractThis article examines social disadvantage in tourist sites through the lens of labour geography by focusing on the residential trajectories of a sample of workers in Barcelona (N = 8,651) over...
10 Nov 202328min
Backpacking Culture and Mobilities: Independent and Nomadic Travel
This book presents fresh contributions from various disciplines, capturing the diversity of backpacker contexts, types and form. It aims to make sense of current research in order to understand backpa...
3 Nov 202313min
