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Understanding Nighttime Tourism
Looking beyond traditional nightlife dominated by bars, discos, and organized parties, this timely book explores the shift in the nightlife tourism industry motivated by growing environmental awareness and a move towards more sustainable tourism. Manuel Garcia-Ruiz and Jordi Nofre bring together scholars from the Global North and the Global South into dialogue to build a decolonized body of knowledge in the specific field of night studies.
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Looking beyond traditional nightlife dominated by bars, discos, and organized parties, this timely book explores the shift in the nightlife tourism industry motivated by growing environmental awareness and a move towards more sustainable tourism. Manuel Garcia-Ruiz and Jordi Nofre bring together scholars from the Global North and the Global South into dialogue to build a decolonized body of knowledge in the specific field of night studies.
Understanding Nighttime Tourism provides an interdisciplinary perspective on this underexplored topic. Using a series of thought-provoking case studies, the authors cover key topics including edutourism and urban nightlife, the nighttime economy, festivalization, proximity and heritage tourism, touristification of urban spaces, and destination image. Ultimately, the book offers an example of activist science committed to more just, inclusive and sustainable cities.
Written in an accessible style, this book provides an incisive study of this increasingly important area of research for students of tourism studies, leisure studies and urban studies. The invigorating case studies also make this an important book for urban planners and policy makers.
Understanding Nighttime Tourism provides an interdisciplinary perspective on this underexplored topic. Using a series of thought-provoking case studies, the authors cover key topics including edutourism and urban nightlife, the nighttime economy, festivalization, proximity and heritage tourism, touristification of urban spaces, and destination image. Ultimately, the book offers an example of activist science committed to more just, inclusive and sustainable cities.
Written in an accessible style, this book provides an incisive study of this increasingly important area of research for students of tourism studies, leisure studies and urban studies. The invigorating case studies also make this an important book for urban planners and policy makers.
Critical Acclaim
‘Understanding Nighttime Tourism engages with diverse aspects of tourism after dark. Seven richly detailed case studies are presented from cities in Europe and Central and Latin America. This volume provides insights into scholarly approaches to this exciting topic, while simultaneously setting out the challenges to the sector.’
– Marion Roberts, University of Westminster, UK
‘Garcia-Ruiz and Nofre have produced a groundbreaking and timely exploration of nighttime tourism, with diverse case studies from cities around the world. This book is indispensable for researchers seeking to understand the multiple challenges and conflicts produced by nighttime tourism, and the need to balance its promises and excitement with the needs of local communities.’
– Robert Shaw, Newcastle University, UK
‘As global tourism bounces back from the COVID-19 pandemic, Understanding Nighttime Tourism offers a much needed set of tools and cases through which it might be understood. The articles covered here are diverse in their geographical focus, rich in their methodological diversity and sharp in their conclusions and directions for future research. Highly recommended.’
– Will Straw, McGill University, Canada
– Marion Roberts, University of Westminster, UK
‘Garcia-Ruiz and Nofre have produced a groundbreaking and timely exploration of nighttime tourism, with diverse case studies from cities around the world. This book is indispensable for researchers seeking to understand the multiple challenges and conflicts produced by nighttime tourism, and the need to balance its promises and excitement with the needs of local communities.’
– Robert Shaw, Newcastle University, UK
‘As global tourism bounces back from the COVID-19 pandemic, Understanding Nighttime Tourism offers a much needed set of tools and cases through which it might be understood. The articles covered here are diverse in their geographical focus, rich in their methodological diversity and sharp in their conclusions and directions for future research. Highly recommended.’
– Will Straw, McGill University, Canada
