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by Freya Higgins-Desbiolles (Editor), Bobbie Chew Bigby (Editor)
This book considers the vital importance of local communities to just and sustainable tourism futures. The contributors examine how tourism can be reoriented to better connect people, place and planet. This local turn starts by centring local communities at the heart of tourism and identifies ways to ensure local community rights and benefits.
Author Biography
Freya Higgins-Desbiolles is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at UniSA Business, University of South Australia. Her research interests are justice, human rights and sustainability in tourism, and her specific research focus includes tourism politics, Indigenous tourism and tourism planning.
Bobbie Chew Bigby is a PhD scholar at the Nulungu Research Institute in Broome, University of Notre Dame Australia. Her research interests include Indigenous-led tourism, Indigenous resurgence, culture and language revitalisation and peace studies.
