TY  - BOOK
AU  - Adolph,Constanze
AU  - Agarwal,Sheela
AU  - Baumgartner,Christian
AU  - Belanger,Charles
AU  - Beuten,Kim
AU  - Brown,Frances
AU  - Caire,Gilles
AU  - Diekmann,Anya
AU  - Hall,Derek
AU  - Hannam,Kevin
AU  - Higgins-Desbiolles,Freya
AU  - Hjalager,Anne-Mette
AU  - Joldesma,Thea
AU  - Kassa,Clare
AU  - Kay,Tess
AU  - Laura,Anna-Grazia
AU  - MacMahon,Tom
AU  - McCabe,Scott
AU  - Minnaert,Lynn
AU  - Schapmans,Marianne
AU  - Shaw,Gareth
AU  - Such,Elizabeth
AU  - Zan,Paweł
TI  - Social Tourism in Europe: Theory and Practice 
T2  - Aspects of Tourism
SN  - 9781845412333
AV  - G155.E8 S64 2012
U1  - 338.4/7914 23
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - Bristol, UK, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : 
PB  - Channel View Publications, 
KW  - Heritage tourism
KW  - Europe
KW  - Tourism
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Social discrimination
KW  - Tourism industry
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - social economy
KW  - social exclusion
KW  - social inequality
KW  - social policy
KW  - social tourism
KW  - social welfare
KW  - tourism for all
KW  - tourism supply and demand
KW  - visitor economy
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures --; Tables --; Acknowledgements --; Contributors --; 1. Introduction --; Case Study 1: International Social Tourism Organisation (ISTO, formerly BITS) --; 2. Defining Social Tourism and its Historical Context --; Case Study 2: Holiday Participation Centre (Steunpunt Vakantieparticipatie), Flanders, Belgium --; 3. Social Tourism Today: Stakeholders, and Supply and Demand Factors --; Case Study 3: Family Holiday Association, UK --; 4. Resisting the Hegemony of the Market: Reclaiming the Social Capacities of Tourism --; Case Study 4: Labour Market Holiday Fund (Arbejdsmarkedets Feriefond), Denmark --; 5. Social Tourism and the Social Economy --; Case Study 5: Floreal (Joie et Vacances), Belgium --; 6. Mobilities and Social Exclusion: Towards a Research Agenda --; Case Study 6: The Sunshine Fund, Ireland --; 7. The Welfare Society and Tourism: European Perspectives --; Case Study 7: Polish Tourist Country-Lovers' Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Turystyczno-Krajoznawcze, PTTK) --; 8. The Family Factor in Social Tourism --; Case Study 8: The Family Fund, UK --; 9. Disability, Representation and Access to Tourism --; Case Study 9: Cooperative Social Society (Consorzio Sociale, COIN), Italy --; 10. Social Tourism and Sustainability --; Case Study 10: European Union Federation of Youth Hostel Associations (EUFED) --; 11. Conclusions and Future Research Issues --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - This book, the first on social tourism in English, provides a comprehensive analysis of the various systems and practices in support of disadvantaged people's enjoyment of tourism. Combining theory and practice and a truly European perspective, this book provides an interdisciplinary approach to examine the concepts and contexts underpinning social tourism that will be a key reference point for students, practitioners and researchers. Theoretical perspectives on social tourism are assessed in the context of social inequality, sustainability, family diversity, mobility and the welfare society. The case studies cover public initiatives, charities and voluntary organisations, from a range of different countries including the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Denmark and Poland, covering the diversity of systems and practices in Europe
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21832/9781845412340
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