Recentering Tourism Geographies in the ’Asian Century’

This book considers what the transition into the Asian Century means for some of the most urgent issues in the world today, such as sustainable development, human rights, gender equality, and environmental change.

Harng Luh Sin is former Associate Professor at Sun Yat-Sen University and a Visiting Fellow at Singapore Management University. Her work looks at volunteer and responsible tourism, sustainable development, and the critical tourism in Southeast Asia and China. She is the co-founder of the Critical Tourism Studies Asia- Pacific network.

Mary Mostafanezhad is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Her scholarship is focused on tourism, development, and socio-environmental change. She is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Tourism Geographies and the Critical Green Engagements Series of the University of Arizona Press.

Joseph M. Cheer is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Tourism Geographies. He is Professor at Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University, Japan, and holds adjunct appointments at AUT, New Zealand, UCSI University, Malaysia, and Monash University, Australia. Joseph is also a board member of Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), the region’s main industry body.