Tourist Cultures

Dr. Stephen Wearing is an Associate Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). His research and projects are in the area of Leisure and Tourism Studies, with a PhD focused on sustainable forms of tourism. Stephen has taught at a variety of universities in his career at UTS, including Wageningen University, Netherlands; Newcastle and Macquarie University, Australia. In 2000, he received an excellence in teaching award (UTS) and in 2008 a National Teaching Award while his teaching of international students at the World Leisure's and Tourism International Centre of Excellence (WICE) and Australian Conservation Training Institute (ACTI) has also been applauded. As Chair, Advisor and Board Member of Youth Challenge Australia (YCA) for over 20 years he has overseen its development into an NGO in the area of volunteer tourism and social development, working with communities in 9 developing countries. His work with range of steering committees including the wildlife steering committee for the CRC Sustainable Tourism, Australia; WICE advisory committee on training, Netherlands and the Australian Conservation Training Institute has given him useful experience in his academic career and service to the community. He is a Fellow and Life Member of Parks and Leisure Australasia and editor of its journal.

1. Introducing The Cultures of Tourism Understanding Tourism From Flaneur to Choraster? Tourism, Experience and Space The Structure of Tourist Cultures PART I: TOURIST SELVES 2. The Tourist Experience Functions and Formulations Typologies of Experience Authenticities and Alternatives 3. Tourism and Identity Time to Escape Identity and the Traveller Self Stories and Narratives 4. Encountering the Other (Inter)Cultural Dominance Hosts and Guests Gender, Sex and Tourism PART II: TOURIST SPACES 5. The Landscapes of Tourism Tourist Cultures, Tourist Space Touring Nature Cityscapes of Travel 6. Global Tourism, Local Cultures Valuing the Local Backpackers and Global Wanderers Hybrid Travel Cultures 7. Tourism, Space and Representation Image, Memory and Imagination Post-tourism and Beyond 'Thirdspace' of the Traveller Self 8. Conclusion

'This book makes an important contribution to understanding the experiences of tourists with places, spaces and peoples. Focusing on the multi-faceted, dynamic nature of host-guest interactions, it offers a trenchant critique of subject-object dualities and opens a dialogue for a sustainability-oriented approach to the travel and tourism encounter' - Tazim Jamal, Associate Professor, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences, Texas A&M University 'This is a timely and easily accessible book that addresses a number of issues that are of central concern to the development of tourism studies. It will also be of interest to those in cultural studies, social geography and social anthropology who are concerned with the relationship between the production and consumption of place' - Kevin Meethan, University of Plymouth