Tourism and Its Discontents in the Global South

An article written by CTR researcher, Prof. Joseph M. Cheer has been published in an academic journal, Current History.

 

Title

Tourism and Its Discontents in the Global South

 

Authors

Joseph M. Cheer, Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University, Japan

 

Source

Current History -A Journal of Contemporary World Affairs, 2020, 119:813, pp. 29-33

http://currenthistory.com/Article.php?ID=1637

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Journal details: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/23991

 

Abstract

Contemporary travel to the global South typically takes place against a backdrop of poverty, enduring legacies of conflict and environmental crises, natural resource scarcities, and developmental deficiencies such as a lack of diversified economies. This leads to perhaps the most contentious aspect of global travel: beyond the clash of cultures, disproportionate power relationships are established between relatively moneyed, educated, curious travelers and desperate, poorly educated hosts. While there are obviously exceptions to such generalizations, these power dynamics are all too common in host-guest relations in the developing world.