Author Tips for ‘Tourism Geographies’
A helpful tip for submitting color images & tables to our ‘Tourism Geographies’ academic journal.
These tips are for authors who submit color photos, charts, or figures with their papers to the Tourism Geographies journal. Most of the guidelines also apply to Tables.
See here for details on how to include PHOTOGRAPHS, CHARTS, FIGURES & TABLES in Tourism Geographies. I am not going to cover those very important details here.
Instead, I am simply giving instructions on how to change your Color Figures to Black & White Figures. This is required if you have color figures and tables, and you do not want to pay US$400 per image to print them in color.
These guidelines…
Academic Insights on Tourism from “The Conversation”
Even certified “ecotourism” resorts fail badly in providing more than lip service to accommodating the disabled.
by Brian Garrod
As restrictions are gradually lifted, travelling abroad will be a high priority for many people. But for a disabled person, getting away on holiday can seem like a distant dream — with or without a pandemic.
People with disabilities are still subjected to systematic discrimination when it comes to travel. They face barriers that non-disabled people do not, which can prevent them from going on holiday — or at least drastically limit their choice about where to go and what to do.
Even before COVID-19, one survey found that 52% of adults with a disability in the…
Tourism Impacts
Tourism & Airbnb are forcing Barcelona residents out of popular neighborhoods.
by Soledad Morales-Perez, Lluıs Garay & Julie Wilson
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, tourism had already crossed into mainstream political debates in many cities. Overtourism, in particular, had created a stage for resistance and social conflict.
Short-term tourism rentals (such as Airbnb) brought conflicts and growing inequalities. These issues are being debated even more since the pandemic. Barcelona is a case in point.
Barcelona is one of the most popular tourist cities in Spain. It is also among the top ten cities worldwide for Airbnb rentals. (See our recent article in Tourism Geographies.)
Heritage Tourism
Coal museums in South Wales debate the legacy and potential of their defining resource.
By William R. Price and Mark Alan Rhodes II
COAL helped pave the way for the Industrial Revolution. But the benefits of coal did not come without a cost; scientists recognize it as a main contributor to human caused climate change.
Environmentalists and scientists have called for an end to the use of coal in energy production. Yet, for those connected with coal mining, the resource is sometimes a symbol of prosperity.
Few places embody the latter view as much as South Wales, once the largest global producer of coal. Coal created income, infrastructure, and a sense of collective identity…
TG News
This table was shared by a friend in China. Tourism Geographies is #10 in the latest 2020IF rankings.
“IF” is the Clarivate SSCI “Impact Factor”. Tourism Geographies ranks #13 on the Clarivate list, which include leisure, recreation, and sport journals that are not found on the China list.
For additional journal metrics for Tourism Geographies, go to:
Alternative Tourisms
To make slum tours more helpful for communities, tourists should be educated with VR first.
By Meghan Muldoon and Tom Griffin
Many tourists seek unique, ‘outside-the-box’ adventures in their travels. Over the past several years, the popularity of visiting a slum on a tour has grown. A form of tourism that brings wealthy people face-to-face with some of the poorest people in the world has drawn its share of criticism.
Views on slum tourism differ. On the one hand, it can be a voyeuristic and exploitative form of poverty porn. On the other, it puts tourism money directly into the hands of people who need it most. Further, it helps improve cultural understanding and awareness.
Academic Insights on Tourism from “The Conversation”
Now is the time for communities to prepare for the coming onslaught of post-pandemic tourists.
When COVID hit the Netherlands in 2020, Amsterdam emptied of visitors overnight. Long-term residents, inured to the permanent noise and litter and tourists peeing in the streets, welcomed the newfound tranquillity. The pandemic, they told the Washington Post, was “a blessing in disguise”.
COVID has offered a rare, if not unique chance to address tourism’s enduring problems. From how people reach destinations to how tourism is managed within the cities it floods, not to mention the way its benefits and costs are distributed to local communities, the burden of overtourism has long been a concern.
Academic Insights on Tourism from “The Conversation”
Not knowing when live concerts will return is a financial burden that is unsustainable.
As many as 12.6 million gig-goers attended live music events in 2019, generating £4.7 billion, according to industry body UK Music. With the arrival of the pandemic in March 2020, all of that was put on ice. There were no live events, venues had been shuttered, and for all those linked to the events supply chain livelihoods were under serious threat (around 45,633 full time equivalent jobs in the music tourism sector alone).
Following Boris Johnson’s announcement on Monday, some of those debilitating COVID-19 restrictions are set to remain for a little…
The Geography of Tourism
How to experience 3 countries in 3 minutes in the new Europe.
by Marek Więckowski
“Tripoint” Borders As Tourist Destinations
Borders, ancient walls, and boundary curiosities play a significant role in tourism. Unique border locations around the world attract tourist interest (Timothy et al., 2016).
One such border attraction is the “tripoint” — where three countries meet at one point.
Tripoints often have symbolic meanings. They are special places that signify transboundary cooperation (or not) among the three countries (Więckowski 2021).
In Europe, the EU has special funds to support transborder cooperation. The aim is to better unify Europe. But these funds also create opportunities for new tourism spaces.
Academic Insights on Tourism from “The Conversation”
The Pandemic Has Slowed Tourism to Thailand’s Buddhist Temples, but the Impact Is More Than Economic
The benefits of personal interactions between monks and tourists may be the biggest loss from COVID-19.
INTERNATIONAL tourism dropped considerably to Thailand Buddhist temples as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The economies of countries dependent on tourism are clearly hurting, with visitor numbers plummeting as a result of the pandemic.
In Thailand alone, a country where tourism accounts for 11%-12% of the GDP, the number of international tourists dropped by 83% in 2020. During December 2020 — typically a peak tourism month — the country received just over 6,000 foreign tourists — a 99.8% drop from December 2019, when there were nearly 4 million foreign tourists.
The Thai government estimates a loss…
