It would be a stronger text if it
the author addressed the ethics of tourism studies within academic
institutions. An insider's view of how universities themselves
concern themselves with 'fair trade' as well as educational travel,
alumni trips and research would be most welcome.
Financing is a key topic that is barely addressed in this volume.
Fennell writes that this book takes the reader to "where
the waters are just now being tested." The book introduces
moral concepts into the realm of tourism and develops a conceptual
framework for tourism that provides a foundation for development
and research.
EXCERPTS
As a branch of philosophy, ethics subsumes a body of knowledge
that is based on some 2,500 years of dialogue. It comes from the
Greek work, ethos, meaning a habitual mode of conduct, and is
concerned with answering the question: What should one do in order
to be good? (p. 54)
It is not unrealistic to suggest that the act of travel provides
the foundation for the creation of new neurons through the experience
of travel. This also underlines the importance of learning through
travel. (p. 47)
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