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‘Tourism poverty’ in affluent societies: Voices from inner-city London

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  • Sedgley, Diane
  • Pritchard, Annette
  • Morgan, Nigel

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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’.

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  • Sedgley, Diane & Pritchard, Annette & Morgan, Nigel, 2012. "‘Tourism poverty’ in affluent societies: Voices from inner-city London," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 33(4), pages 951-960.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:touman:v:33:y:2012:i:4:p:951-960
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.10.001
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    1. Hung-Ming Tu, 2020. "Does active leisure participation promote psychological capital through peer support in economically disadvantaged children?," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(6), pages 1-13, June.
    2. Minnaert, Lynn, 2014. "Social tourism participation: The role of tourism inexperience and uncertainty," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 282-289.
    3. Randle, Melanie & Zhang, Ye & Dolnicar, Sara, 2019. "The changing importance of vacations: Proposing a theoretical explanation for the changing contribution of vacations to people’s quality of life," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 154-157.

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