Responsible Tourism: Concepts, Theory and Practice

has retired from his long standing position as Reader in Tourism at Glasgow Caledonian University, where he was instrumental in the development of tourism studies following on from the development of the introduction of the tourism degree at Leeds Metropolitan University. The recurrent theme in his scholarly activity and research has been tourism and the environment, which is manifest in a diverse range of publications including academic journals, research and consultancy reports and also serving as a Specialist Witness on tourism at Public Enquiries, spanning over two decades. Since retiring from University life, he has continued to be active in the tourism field with research and writing, most notably his latest book on Responsible Tourism and spending a semester as Visiting Professor to the Collaborative Tourism Programme at Chengdu University.

is currently Assistant Professor at Northumbria University in the Newcastle Business School.

Dr Anna Spenceley is a specialist in sustainable tourism who has worked for over 20 years in developing countries on assignments promoting conservation and poverty reduction. Anna is Chair of the IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group (TAPAS Group). She sits on the board of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), and on the GSTC’s Destination working group. She is also a Senior Research Fellow with the University of Johannesburg and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Brighton. Anna has a substantial publication record on sustainable tourism, including being the lead author of guidelines for tourism concessions in protected areas published by both the Convention on Biological Diversity and The World Bank Group. She has also edited book volumes including Responsible Tourism: Critical issues for Conservation and Development and Tourism and poverty reduction: Impacts and principles in developing countries. Anna sits on the editorial board of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism, and of Koedoe. Website: www.anna.spenceley.co.uk Email: annaspenceley@gmail.com