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“Without the brave and pioneering work of this shoestring charity, I very much doubt that today’s major tour operators would have the responsible policies of which the travel industry is now so proud."

Alison Rice, travel journalist & broadcaster and Associate Lecturer in Tourism and Media at the University of the Arts, London

Tourism Concern are an independent, non-industry based, UK charity. They work closely with partners in over 20 countries to ensure that tourism benefits the local people; they actively campaign against exploitation in tourism and human rights violations. As well as the quarterly Tourism In Focus magazine (also available in print in the Journals section), the website provides educational resources such as their online exhibitions, there are a range of DVDs, information packs, reports and research papers for purchase - check the Library Catalogue for publications by Tourism Concern. A links page includes details of related organisations in ethical tourism and general travel.

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Crisis Management

For literature on this topic, there are plenty of books and articles to be found in Athens. Here are a few more that I came across such as this article on Tourism Crisis Management. A guide has been produced by The London Development Agency and Visit London; this colourful presentation looks at destination crisis management with Phuket and Bali as case studies. A book on crisis management is available online which includes a chapter on the foot and mouth crisis. Tourism crisis development in Nepal is considered in this paper. Intute has quality resources that you may also find useful.

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Indigenous Tourism

A special edition of the London Journal of Tourism, Sport and Creative Industries has been published recently, with a focus on current themes in indigenous tourism. Contents include:

• Touristic encounter, identity recognition and presentation
• Indigenism, tourism and cultural revival among the Pataxo people in Brazil
• The Maya Spirit : tourism and multiculturalism in post peace across Guatemala
• Keeping tourist performances indigenous in Bali and Bhutan
• Maori cultural tourism or just being ourselves? Validating cultural inheritance
• Authenticating discourses and the marketing of indigenous identities

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Tourism Insights

A variety of topics are covered in recent articles to include:

• Do music festivals contribute to local tourism?
• Accessible tourism - hosting the Olympics/Paralympics
• Seaside hotels : planning and development
• Iconic buildings and tourism
  
• The Chinese outbound travel market

Tourism Insights is a non-Athens resource.

VisitBritain News

If you haven't already, you may want to sign up for VisitBritain's fortnightly e-newsletter which features tourism news, upcoming events, insights and statistics. You may also want to catch up with Arrivals, a quarterly round-up of VisitBritain's market intelligence and research.

LeisureTourism.com

Recent articles have included discussion of the following:

In sport/leisure:

• Digital gaming
• Street cricket
• Winter sports in Canada
• Twenty20 cricket league in the USA
• Sport nutrition for endurance athletes
• The claimed benefits of losing Olympic bids
• Legacy plan for Glasgow's Commonwealth Games
• Importance of television money to sport in the UK
• Sports club membership boosts physical activity in young people
• Economic impact of the 2015 Rugby World Cup to England
  

In tourism:

• Casino tourism in Louisiana
• Trophy hunting in Namibia
• Bathing quality of beaches
• Hotel service quality
• HRM in travel and hospitality industries
• The economic value of Liverpool's' museums
• Effects of the economy on theme parks
• Heritage tourism in Wales and Scotland
• Travel websites/online V. traditional travel agents
• Links between business travel and company profits
• Impact of the global economy on Caribbean tourism
• Pro-poor interventions in the tourism value chain
• Internet search behaviour of hotel customers
• The impacts of the influenza outbreak on Mexico's tourism industry
• Risks to wildlife in the Galapagos from disease vectors spread by tourism

LeisureTourism is a non-Athens resource.