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J.M. Cheer
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✅ Cheer, J. M., & Mostafanezhad, M. (2025). On the Verge: the State-of-the-Art in tourism geographies.
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On the Verge: the State-of-the-Art in tourism geographies
Since the launch of Tourism Geographies in 1999, annual international tourist arrivals have surged from 664 million to 1.4 billion, with greater numbers of domestic tourists traversing within borde...
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🔗 Lerfald, M. (2025). Beyond the dichotomy: revisiting endogenous-exogenous dynamics and place-based leadership in second-home development. Tourism Geographies, 1–22.
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Beyond the dichotomy: revisiting endogenous-exogenous dynamics and place-based leadership in second-home development
Spatial unevenness in resource distribution and economic activity presents challenges for regional development, particularly in peripheral regions. Second-home development has emerged as a strategy...
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July 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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In coalescing three concepts – rural tourism, rural revitalisation and countryside capital – rural tourism opportunities are optimised when countryside capital is nurtured, and with an eye on ensuring that local communities remain central to development and expansionary concerns.
June 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Szili, G., Butler, G., & Adie, B. A. (2024). From Port Misery to Post-Misery? Spectral-geographies and exorcising ‘ghosts’ in Port Adelaide. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 85–101.
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From Port Misery to Post-Misery? Spectral-geographies and exorcising ‘ghosts’ in Port Adelaide
Through an interpretivist and hauntological approach, our study explores how self-guided ghost walks use ‘spectral-geographies’ to reconcile problematic colonial histories while simultaneously supp...
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May 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Ironside, R., & Smith, F. (2024). Destabilising the home: place making, dark tourism and the spectral. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 68–84.
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Destabilising the home: place making, dark tourism and the spectral
Ghosts, hauntings and the spectral are intrinsically linked to sites of dark tourism. Supernatural stories commonly emerge in places connected with tragedy, death and the macabre, forming spectral ...
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Zhang, Q., & Zhong, S. (2024). The politics of spectrality in earthquake ruins: remaking dark tourism in hauntology. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 49–67.
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The politics of spectrality in earthquake ruins: remaking dark tourism in hauntology
This study asks how specters have made disaster sites enchanting and important places of dark tourism, resonating with the history of the site and reconciling its current existence. The research is...
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May 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Hillier, J., & Fu, S. (2024). Dark tourism goes underground: ghostly materialities of Japanese occupation in Datong, China. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 31–48.
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Dark tourism goes underground: ghostly materialities of Japanese occupation in Datong, China
In north China, memorial museums are often associated with the suffering of victims of the Japanese occupation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-1945). The Datong Coal Mine Massacre Site Me...
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Dan Knox (2024). The spectral geographies of slavery: tourism and the hauntings of dissonant colonial heritage. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 17–30.
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The spectral geographies of slavery: tourism and the hauntings of dissonant colonial heritage
The spectral geography of the colonial legacy in Bristol is marked by a series of absences from official and tourist narratives about the city. The people and practices of the Atlantic slave trade ...
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Martini, A., Sharma, N., & Timothy, D. J. (2025). Dark tourism and spectral geographies: ghosts, memories, and the rupturing of absence and presence. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 1–16.
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Dark tourism and spectral geographies: ghosts, memories, and the rupturing of absence and presence
This paper explores the intersection of dark tourism and spectral geographies, offering a critical examination of how spaces of death, disaster, trauma, and painful memories are shaped by hauntings...
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Skinner, J. (2025). Haunted by Horace? Twilight tours, guides and the revival of the Gothic. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 120–144.
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Haunted by Horace? Twilight tours, guides and the revival of the Gothic
This paper uses a hauntological approach to examine the extent to which the present is haunted by the past. Specifically, it looks at playful indeterminate referentiality and the relationship betwe...
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Varnajot, A., & Salim, E. (2024). The hauntology of climate change: glacier retreat and dark tourism. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 102–119.
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The hauntology of climate change: glacier retreat and dark tourism
In recent decades, glaciers have become infamous symbols of climate change, and as they thaw and retreat, they leave behind haunted spaces favorable for the development of dark tourism practices. C...
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May 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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🚩 Abstract Submission Deadline: 31st May 2025 🚩 Notifications of Acceptance: 15th June 2025 🚩 Symposium Date: 5th August 2025 🔗 For more details and to submit an abstract, see below.
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GSTC2025: Academic Symposium
Join us for the second edition of the GSTC Academic Symposium in Fiji before the GSTC2025 Conference.
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May 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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✅ We particularly encourage papers that apply the GSTC Framework or highlight the integration of the GSTC Standards (formerly known as GSTC Criteria) within academic curricula.
May 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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✅ The symposium is designed to offer researchers and practitioners a dedicated forum to share insights, research, and practical experiences related to sustainable tourism. We welcome submissions on a wide range of topics within this field.
May 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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🚩 Abstract Submission Deadline: 31st May 2025 🚩 Notifications of Acceptance: 15th June 2025 🚩 Symposium Date: 5th August 2025 🔗 For more details and to submit an abstract, see below.
www.gstc.org/gstc2025fiji...
GSTC2025: Academic Symposium
Join us for the second edition of the GSTC Academic Symposium in Fiji before the GSTC2025 Conference.
www.gstc.org
May 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
jmcheer.bsky.social
✅ We particularly encourage papers that apply the GSTC Framework or highlight the integration of the GSTC Standards (formerly known as GSTC Criteria) within academic curricula.
May 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
jmcheer.bsky.social
✅ The symposium is designed to offer researchers and practitioners a dedicated forum to share insights, research, and practical experiences related to sustainable tourism. We welcome submissions on a wide range of topics within this field.
May 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM