Manuela Gutberlet is a critical tourism geographer. She is passionate about social and action research within communities. She is currently a Research Associate, University of Johannesburg, Department of Tourism and Hospitality, South Africa and an Assistant Professor / Lecturer at Breda University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. Moreover, she has taught sustainable tourism and tourism planning in Germany. Manuela has earnt a degree in Business and Arabic and did her PhD in Cultural Geography at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Her research was presented at numerous scientific conferences and was published in ranked journals. Her research interests include the impacts of globalisation on communities and their sociocultural environments. She has gained over twenty-five years of work experiences in the Middle East working in public relations, journalism, higher education and in tourism research.

• List of figuresList of tablesForeword by (Prof. Dr.) Dallen J. TimothyAcknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction: Framing overtourism within time, space and societyChapter 2. Exploring concepts Chapter 3. The research setting Chapter 4. Methods Chapter 5. Results: Oriental imaginaries, tourist experiences and the local quality of life Chapter 6. The local community and their silent resistance: Tourist behaviours, culture clashes and the ethics of tourismChapter 7. Fast and slow experiences in the desert and an oasisChapter 8. Management and planning implications: Rethinking tourism: Towards more community and an ethics of careChapter 9. Conclusions

Manuela Gutberlet is a critical tourism geographer. She is passionate about social and action research within communities. She is currently a Research Associate, University of Johannesburg, Department of Tourism and Hospitality, South Africa and an Assistant Professor / Lecturer at Breda University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. Moreover, she has taught sustainable tourism and tourism planning in Germany. Manuela has earnt a degree in Business and Arabic and did her PhD in Cultural Geography at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Her research was presented at numerous scientific conferences and was published in ranked journals. Her research interests include the impacts of globalisation on communities and their sociocultural environments. She has gained over twenty-five years of work experiences in the Middle East working in public relations, journalism, higher education and in tourism research.

• List of figuresList of tablesForeword by (Prof. Dr.) Dallen J. TimothyAcknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction: Framing overtourism within time, space and societyChapter 2. Exploring concepts Chapter 3. The research setting Chapter 4. Methods Chapter 5. Results: Oriental imaginaries, tourist experiences and the local quality of life Chapter 6. The local community and their silent resistance: Tourist behaviours, culture clashes and the ethics of tourismChapter 7. Fast and slow experiences in the desert and an oasisChapter 8. Management and planning implications: Rethinking tourism: Towards more community and an ethics of careChapter 9. Conclusions

Manuela Gutberlet is a critical tourism geographer. She is passionate about social and action research within communities. She is currently a Research Associate, University of Johannesburg, Department of Tourism and Hospitality, South Africa and an Assistant Professor / Lecturer at Breda University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. Moreover, she has taught sustainable tourism and tourism planning in Germany. Manuela has earnt a degree in Business and Arabic and did her PhD in Cultural Geography at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Her research was presented at numerous scientific conferences and was published in ranked journals. Her research interests include the impacts of globalisation on communities and their sociocultural environments. She has gained over twenty-five years of work experiences in the Middle East working in public relations, journalism, higher education and in tourism research.

• List of figuresList of tablesForeword by (Prof. Dr.) Dallen J. TimothyAcknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction: Framing overtourism within time, space and societyChapter 2. Exploring concepts Chapter 3. The research setting Chapter 4. Methods Chapter 5. Results: Oriental imaginaries, tourist experiences and the local quality of life Chapter 6. The local community and their silent resistance: Tourist behaviours, culture clashes and the ethics of tourismChapter 7. Fast and slow experiences in the desert and an oasisChapter 8. Management and planning implications: Rethinking tourism: Towards more community and an ethics of careChapter 9. Conclusions