Handbook of Social Tourism

Edited by Anya Diekmann, Professor in Tourism, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium and Scott McCabe, Chair in Marketing, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK

• Contents:1 Introduction to the Handbook of Social Tourism 1Anya Diekmann and Scott McCabePART I HISTORICAL AND SOCIO-POLITICAL CONTEXT2 Social tourism in evolution, open to its socio-political environment 13Louis Jolin3 Going on holiday: an apprenticeship? 23Claire BillenPART II SOCIAL TOURISM IN CONTEXT4 Social tourism in Latin America: regional initiatives 33Erica Schenkel and Marcelo Vilela de Almeida5 Economic benefits of social tourism: theoretical reflections andinsights for management 43Joana Lima and Celeste Eusébio6 The rights to tourism: reflections on social tourism and human rights 59Scott McCabe and Anya Diekmann7 The social tourism programmes in Spain 72José David Cisneros-Martínez and Antonio Fernández-Morales8 Leveraging stakeholder perspectives in social tourism:‘large scale listening’ for innovation 83Lynn MinnaertPART III BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES9 Mental health and social tourism: exploring the provider landscape 98Philippa Hunter-Jones, Steve Flatt, Liz Crolley and Katie Neary10 From welfare to wellness: European spas at the crossroads 108Anya Diekmann, Melanie Kay Smith and Jean-Paul Ceron11 Social tourism in the UK: the role of the voluntary sector asproviders in a period of austerity 123Gareth Shaw, Scott McCabe and Julie Wooler12 Nature for all? Public transport and accessibility to natural sites 139Yael Ram13 Issues and relationships between ageing and holiday participation 151Martin VincentPART IV BENEFICIARIES: IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL TOURISM14 Social tourism in later life 165Nigel Morgan, Lintje Siehoyono Sie and Jocelyn Finniear15 Social tourism to overcome social exclusion: towards a holisticunderstanding of accessibility and its users 177Victoria Eichhorn16 Counterbalancing the effects of unemployment through social tourism 195Konstantinos I. Kakoudakis17 Empowering family self-efficacy through social tourism 209Tahira Kosar18 Intergenerational holidays 221Elke Hermans, Elien Herregodts and Veerle CopsPART V NATIONAL CASE STUDIES19 A social tourism lodging enterprise: the French case of VTFholiday villages 233Ana Cecilia Reyes Uribe20 Social tourism practices and implementation in Finland 244Elli Vento and Raija Komppula21 Social tourism in New Zealand: uncovering ‘hidden’ needs 256Neil Carr and Heike Schänzel22 A case study from Canada 267Joanne Pyke and Sarah Pyke23 Social tourism in China 279Guanghui Qiao and Bruce Prideaux24 Travel experience and social tourism programmes in Mexico 290Adriana E. Estrada-GonzálezIndex 301

‘At least for this reviewer, this book has two unquestionable merits. On one hand, it gives a fresh snapshot of the problem of poverty and inequalities accelerated by modern consumption. On another, an all-encompassing diagnosis shaped by interdisciplinary research, which was conducted by worldly researchers, is generously offered as interplay between theory and practice.’