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Books by Nigel Morgan

Professor Cherry Short Assistant Dean in the School of Social Work at the University of Southern ... more Professor Cherry Short Assistant Dean in the School of Social Work at the University of Southern California has said of this book:

'I hope this book will lead the way in encouraging students and educators to reflect on the importance of humanism, respect and responsibility in the classroom, but also to transform the world of tourism in practice.'"

In today’s increasingly complex tourism environment, decision-making requires a rounded, well-inf... more In today’s increasingly complex tourism environment, decision-making requires a rounded, well-informed view of the whole. Critical distance should be encouraged, consultation and intellectual rigour should be the norm amongst managers and there needs to be a radical shift in our approach to educating future tourism and hospitality managers and researchers.

This second edition intends to move the debate forward by exploring how critical tourism inquiry can make a difference in the world, linking tourism education driven by the values of empowerment, partnership and ethics to policy and practice. This volume is designed to enable its reader to think through vital concepts and theories relating to tourism and hospitality management, stimulate critical thinking and use multidisciplinary perspectives.

The book is organized around three key ways of producing social change in and through tourism: critical thinking, critical education and critical action. Part one focuses on the importance of critical thinking in tourism research and deals with two key topics of our academic endeavours (i) tourism epistemology and theoretical and conceptual developments; (ii) research entanglements, knowledge production and reflexivity. Part two considers ‘the university as a site for activism’ by mapping out the moral, academic and practical role of educators in developing ethical and responsible graduates and explores the student experience. The final part attempts to provide new understandings of the ways in which social justice and social transformation can be achieved in and through tourism.

This textbook shows how cities, regions and countries adopt branding strategies similar to those ... more This textbook shows how cities, regions and countries adopt branding strategies similar to those of leading household brand names in an effort to differentiate themselves and emotionally connect with potential tourists.

It asks whether tourist destinations get the reputations they deserve and uses topical case studies to discuss brand concepts and challenges. It tackles how place perceptions are formed, how cities, regions and countries can enhance their reputations as creative, competitive destinations, and the link between competitive identity and strategic tourism policy making.

Papers by Nigel Morgan

Place Branding, 2004

... Kotler, Israel D Nebenzahl, Vladimir Lebedenko, Seppo Rainisto, David Gertner, Rita Clifton, ... more ... Kotler, Israel D Nebenzahl, Vladimir Lebedenko, Seppo Rainisto, David Gertner, Rita Clifton, Peter van Ham, Ojárs Kalniņ , Nigel Morgan, Nicolas Papadopoulos, Magne Supphellen, Karl-Erik Norrman, Jan Melissen, Graham Wason, Dipak R Pant, Derek Hall, David O ...

Journal of Hospitality & Leisure Marketing, 2005

This paper spotlights targeted and integrated public relations activities in destination brand ma... more This paper spotlights targeted and integrated public relations activities in destination brand management. It notes that PR is central to destination management strategies, but that there are few academic studies of the role of this promotion tool in destination marketing. To address this lacuna, the paper examines a case study of Tourism New Zealand, illustrating how partnership and PR can be harnessed to cost-effectively create a strong travel destination brand.

Leisure/loisir, 2008

Abstract. This paper explores how the grocery shopping trip has the potential to offer opportunit... more Abstract. This paper explores how the grocery shopping trip has the potential to offer opportunities for leisure. Whilst previous work on consumption has focused on more pub-lic sites of consumption, we focus on the mundane, day-to-day reality of supermarket shopping and ...

Tourist Studies, Oct 2012

This article attempts to engage and advance tourism’s epistemological and methodological discussi... more This article attempts to engage and advance tourism’s epistemological and methodological discussions. It explores how the transformative paradigm offers an opportunity to feminist tourism researchers to broaden their methods base and obtain nuanced understandings of systematic and localised oppression without compromising research principles, such as positionality and reflexivity. To illustrate the value of this approach, we combine a qualitative study of midlife (35–55 years) single women’s holiday experiences with a follow-up quantitative study of young (18–30 years) single women’s experiences. We argue that merging these studies creates new understandings of intersecting power relations related to gender, age and singlehood and that in a broader sense working within the transformative paradigm has the potential to promote paradigm peace in feminist tourism research.

Annals of Tourism Research , Jan 2013

This paper contributes to tourism’s conceptual, methodological and ethical debates by discussing ... more This paper contributes to tourism’s conceptual, methodological and ethical debates by discussing the potential offered by arts-based participatory approaches to enrich tourism knowledge and promote co-transformation at a number of levels. To demonstrate the value of this approach, we discuss how a group of Central and Eastern European (CEE) migrant women engaged with a research project and created artworks to represent their trajectories, mobilities, identities and tourism employment experiences. We outline the benefits and limitations of the methodology and explore how it impacts on: participant involvement and empowerment; voices, self-representation and public engagement; participant, researcher and community (co)transformation; ownership and anonymity.

Annals of Tourism Research 39 (3), pp. 1446-1469., 2012

Whilst there are studies of tourism development in sub-Saharan Africa, almost none explicitly exp... more Whilst there are studies of tourism development in sub-Saharan Africa, almost none explicitly explore tourism in post-conflict societies. This study, co-authored between an African ‘insider’ and European ‘outsiders’, analyses tourism development challenges in Burundi, a ‘situation of fragility’ emerging from a 12-year civil war. Framed by hopeful tourism’s co-created knowledge, the field research had unique access to powerful elites and remote communities and encompasses interviews with a wide range of stakeholders (including the President of the Republic), field observations, and a feedback workshop. The paper identifies challenges to sustainable tourism development in one of the world’s poorest countries and evaluates tourism in a post-conflict situation of fragility under the themes of institution- and state-building and post-conflict challenges and transitional justice.

Tourism Management

There is now a significant body of work analysing the multifaceted connections between tourism an... more There is now a significant body of work analysing the multifaceted connections between tourism and poverty in less developed economies. Far fewer studies discuss the relationships between tourism and poverty in the world’s affluent societies and most of these concentrate on social tourism and on the benefits of these holidays for deprived and marginalised groups. This paper provides an insight into the experiences of families unable to afford any form of paid holiday away from home. Based on participant-driven interviews with 20 low-income parents living in a deprived area of Inner London, the paper reveals that for these individuals exclusion from tourism makes a clear contribution to their children’s exclusion from everyday norms as holidays are regarded as part of contemporary British family life. The study discusses policy and business implications and suggests further investigation of trans-generational ‘tourism poverty’.► Focuses on tourism and poverty in affluent societies. ► Presents insight into the experiences of low-income families unable to afford holidays. ► Reveals that exclusion from tourism contributes to children’s social exclusion in affluent societies. ► Suggests future research focus on trans-generational ‘tourism poverty’.

Annals of Tourism Research, Jan 1, 2010

The articulation and conceptualisation of power relations in the field of tourism research has be... more The articulation and conceptualisation of power relations in the field of tourism research has been the subject of recent scrutiny. This article makes a significant contribution to this discussion by addressing the world-building and knowledge creation we undertake as researchers. Actor-network theory is presented as a way to encompass knowledge as a relational effect of the creative and constraining workings of heterogeneous entities and performances in tourism research. The article highlights and critically interrogates the practices which generate tourism research and tourism realities, using research narratives to show how knowledge is constantly ordered and orchestrated. The article argues that tourism research can be conceptualised as fractionally coherent, hence cancelling out unproductive discussions of the tourism studies/management divide.

Annals of Tourism Research, Jan 1, 2011

The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. All in-text references underlined in b... more The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. All in-text references underlined in blue are added to the original document and are linked to publications on ResearchGate, letting you access and read them immediately. This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and education use, including for instruction at the authors institution and sharing with colleagues.

Annals of Tourism Research, Jan 1, 2010

This paper provides a reflexive marking of tourism and ageing research, arguing for a transformat... more This paper provides a reflexive marking of tourism and ageing research, arguing for a transformation of its research approaches. It observes that extant research on tourism in later life is largely quantitative and concerned with developing market-oriented typologies.

Place Branding, Jan 1, 2004

... Kotler, Israel D Nebenzahl, Vladimir Lebedenko, Seppo Rainisto, David Gertner, Rita Clifton, ... more ... Kotler, Israel D Nebenzahl, Vladimir Lebedenko, Seppo Rainisto, David Gertner, Rita Clifton, Peter van Ham, Ojárs Kalniņ , Nigel Morgan, Nicolas Papadopoulos, Magne Supphellen, Karl-Erik Norrman, Jan Melissen, Graham Wason, Dipak R Pant, Derek Hall, David O ...

Professor Cherry Short Assistant Dean in the School of Social Work at the University of Southern ... more Professor Cherry Short Assistant Dean in the School of Social Work at the University of Southern California has said of this book:

'I hope this book will lead the way in encouraging students and educators to reflect on the importance of humanism, respect and responsibility in the classroom, but also to transform the world of tourism in practice.'"

In today’s increasingly complex tourism environment, decision-making requires a rounded, well-inf... more In today’s increasingly complex tourism environment, decision-making requires a rounded, well-informed view of the whole. Critical distance should be encouraged, consultation and intellectual rigour should be the norm amongst managers and there needs to be a radical shift in our approach to educating future tourism and hospitality managers and researchers.

This second edition intends to move the debate forward by exploring how critical tourism inquiry can make a difference in the world, linking tourism education driven by the values of empowerment, partnership and ethics to policy and practice. This volume is designed to enable its reader to think through vital concepts and theories relating to tourism and hospitality management, stimulate critical thinking and use multidisciplinary perspectives.

The book is organized around three key ways of producing social change in and through tourism: critical thinking, critical education and critical action. Part one focuses on the importance of critical thinking in tourism research and deals with two key topics of our academic endeavours (i) tourism epistemology and theoretical and conceptual developments; (ii) research entanglements, knowledge production and reflexivity. Part two considers ‘the university as a site for activism’ by mapping out the moral, academic and practical role of educators in developing ethical and responsible graduates and explores the student experience. The final part attempts to provide new understandings of the ways in which social justice and social transformation can be achieved in and through tourism.

This textbook shows how cities, regions and countries adopt branding strategies similar to those ... more This textbook shows how cities, regions and countries adopt branding strategies similar to those of leading household brand names in an effort to differentiate themselves and emotionally connect with potential tourists.

It asks whether tourist destinations get the reputations they deserve and uses topical case studies to discuss brand concepts and challenges. It tackles how place perceptions are formed, how cities, regions and countries can enhance their reputations as creative, competitive destinations, and the link between competitive identity and strategic tourism policy making.

Place Branding, 2004

... Kotler, Israel D Nebenzahl, Vladimir Lebedenko, Seppo Rainisto, David Gertner, Rita Clifton, ... more ... Kotler, Israel D Nebenzahl, Vladimir Lebedenko, Seppo Rainisto, David Gertner, Rita Clifton, Peter van Ham, Ojárs Kalniņ , Nigel Morgan, Nicolas Papadopoulos, Magne Supphellen, Karl-Erik Norrman, Jan Melissen, Graham Wason, Dipak R Pant, Derek Hall, David O ...

Journal of Hospitality & Leisure Marketing, 2005

This paper spotlights targeted and integrated public relations activities in destination brand ma... more This paper spotlights targeted and integrated public relations activities in destination brand management. It notes that PR is central to destination management strategies, but that there are few academic studies of the role of this promotion tool in destination marketing. To address this lacuna, the paper examines a case study of Tourism New Zealand, illustrating how partnership and PR can be harnessed to cost-effectively create a strong travel destination brand.

Leisure/loisir, 2008

Abstract. This paper explores how the grocery shopping trip has the potential to offer opportunit... more Abstract. This paper explores how the grocery shopping trip has the potential to offer opportunities for leisure. Whilst previous work on consumption has focused on more pub-lic sites of consumption, we focus on the mundane, day-to-day reality of supermarket shopping and ...

Tourist Studies, Oct 2012

This article attempts to engage and advance tourism’s epistemological and methodological discussi... more This article attempts to engage and advance tourism’s epistemological and methodological discussions. It explores how the transformative paradigm offers an opportunity to feminist tourism researchers to broaden their methods base and obtain nuanced understandings of systematic and localised oppression without compromising research principles, such as positionality and reflexivity. To illustrate the value of this approach, we combine a qualitative study of midlife (35–55 years) single women’s holiday experiences with a follow-up quantitative study of young (18–30 years) single women’s experiences. We argue that merging these studies creates new understandings of intersecting power relations related to gender, age and singlehood and that in a broader sense working within the transformative paradigm has the potential to promote paradigm peace in feminist tourism research.

Annals of Tourism Research , Jan 2013

This paper contributes to tourism’s conceptual, methodological and ethical debates by discussing ... more This paper contributes to tourism’s conceptual, methodological and ethical debates by discussing the potential offered by arts-based participatory approaches to enrich tourism knowledge and promote co-transformation at a number of levels. To demonstrate the value of this approach, we discuss how a group of Central and Eastern European (CEE) migrant women engaged with a research project and created artworks to represent their trajectories, mobilities, identities and tourism employment experiences. We outline the benefits and limitations of the methodology and explore how it impacts on: participant involvement and empowerment; voices, self-representation and public engagement; participant, researcher and community (co)transformation; ownership and anonymity.

Annals of Tourism Research 39 (3), pp. 1446-1469., 2012

Whilst there are studies of tourism development in sub-Saharan Africa, almost none explicitly exp... more Whilst there are studies of tourism development in sub-Saharan Africa, almost none explicitly explore tourism in post-conflict societies. This study, co-authored between an African ‘insider’ and European ‘outsiders’, analyses tourism development challenges in Burundi, a ‘situation of fragility’ emerging from a 12-year civil war. Framed by hopeful tourism’s co-created knowledge, the field research had unique access to powerful elites and remote communities and encompasses interviews with a wide range of stakeholders (including the President of the Republic), field observations, and a feedback workshop. The paper identifies challenges to sustainable tourism development in one of the world’s poorest countries and evaluates tourism in a post-conflict situation of fragility under the themes of institution- and state-building and post-conflict challenges and transitional justice.

Tourism Management

There is now a significant body of work analysing the multifaceted connections between tourism an... more There is now a significant body of work analysing the multifaceted connections between tourism and poverty in less developed economies. Far fewer studies discuss the relationships between tourism and poverty in the world’s affluent societies and most of these concentrate on social tourism and on the benefits of these holidays for deprived and marginalised groups. This paper provides an insight into the experiences of families unable to afford any form of paid holiday away from home. Based on participant-driven interviews with 20 low-income parents living in a deprived area of Inner London, the paper reveals that for these individuals exclusion from tourism makes a clear contribution to their children’s exclusion from everyday norms as holidays are regarded as part of contemporary British family life. The study discusses policy and business implications and suggests further investigation of trans-generational ‘tourism poverty’.► Focuses on tourism and poverty in affluent societies. ► Presents insight into the experiences of low-income families unable to afford holidays. ► Reveals that exclusion from tourism contributes to children’s social exclusion in affluent societies. ► Suggests future research focus on trans-generational ‘tourism poverty’.

Annals of Tourism Research, Jan 1, 2010

The articulation and conceptualisation of power relations in the field of tourism research has be... more The articulation and conceptualisation of power relations in the field of tourism research has been the subject of recent scrutiny. This article makes a significant contribution to this discussion by addressing the world-building and knowledge creation we undertake as researchers. Actor-network theory is presented as a way to encompass knowledge as a relational effect of the creative and constraining workings of heterogeneous entities and performances in tourism research. The article highlights and critically interrogates the practices which generate tourism research and tourism realities, using research narratives to show how knowledge is constantly ordered and orchestrated. The article argues that tourism research can be conceptualised as fractionally coherent, hence cancelling out unproductive discussions of the tourism studies/management divide.

Annals of Tourism Research, Jan 1, 2011

The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. All in-text references underlined in b... more The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. All in-text references underlined in blue are added to the original document and are linked to publications on ResearchGate, letting you access and read them immediately. This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and education use, including for instruction at the authors institution and sharing with colleagues.

Annals of Tourism Research, Jan 1, 2010

This paper provides a reflexive marking of tourism and ageing research, arguing for a transformat... more This paper provides a reflexive marking of tourism and ageing research, arguing for a transformation of its research approaches. It observes that extant research on tourism in later life is largely quantitative and concerned with developing market-oriented typologies.

Place Branding, Jan 1, 2004

... Kotler, Israel D Nebenzahl, Vladimir Lebedenko, Seppo Rainisto, David Gertner, Rita Clifton, ... more ... Kotler, Israel D Nebenzahl, Vladimir Lebedenko, Seppo Rainisto, David Gertner, Rita Clifton, Peter van Ham, Ojárs Kalniņ , Nigel Morgan, Nicolas Papadopoulos, Magne Supphellen, Karl-Erik Norrman, Jan Melissen, Graham Wason, Dipak R Pant, Derek Hall, David O ...

Annals of Tourism Research, Jan 1, 2011

This paper provides a reflexive marking of tourism and ageing research, arguing for a transformat... more This paper provides a reflexive marking of tourism and ageing research, arguing for a transformation of its research approaches. It observes that extant research on tourism in later life is largely quantitative and concerned with developing market-oriented typologies.

Tourist Studies, Jan 1, 2005

Annals of Tourism Research, Jan 1, 2010

Tourism scholarship has failed to engage seriously with disability issues. This paper presents a ... more Tourism scholarship has failed to engage seriously with disability issues. This paper presents a critical analysis of the tourism encounters of individuals with vision problems and the positive impacts these can have on their emotional well-being, as well as the challenges they encounter whilst travelling. Eight focus groups were conducted with four social and support groups for people with visual impairment. Their tourism experiences are discussed under the themes of: embodied tourism encounters; inhospitable tourism spaces; navigating tourism environments. The study is located within the emerging hopeful tourism scholarship paradigm and underpinned by a research philosophy which promotes dignity, respect, equality and social justice in and through tourism scholarship and practice.