Book chapter
Slow tourism
Encyclopedia of Tourism, pp.860-861
Springer International Publishing
25/06/2016
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Abstract
The concept of slow tourism emerged from growing interest in the “slow movement.” While antecedents can be seen in the Grand Tour, pilgrimages, and early drifter and backpacker tourism (Dickinson and Lumsdon 2010), the contemporary concept is tied to the emergence of the slow food phenomenon. Initiated by Carlo Petrini’s resistance against the opening of a McDonald restaurant near the Spanish Steps in Rome (Honoré 2005), slow food is now a large, worldwide movement with over 100,000 members (Slow Tourism 2013).
Tapping into a rejection of “fast,” slow food has subsequently led to a range of other “slows” including slow cities (Cittaslow), slow living, slow money, and slow design (Fullagar et al. 2012). Slow philosophy rejects speed and its multiple implications for social and environmental relations. Slow is associated with the tenets of anti-globalization and anti-consumerism (Honoré 2005).
Details
- Title
- Slow tourism
- Creators
- Kevin Markwell - Southern Cross UniversityErica Wilson - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Encyclopedia of Tourism, pp.860-861
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- Identifiers
- 991012978827102368
- Copyright
- © 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Business, Law and Arts; Office of the PVC (Academic Innovation)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter