From Heritage to Terrorism

<p>Critical in style <em>From Heritage to Terrorism: Regulating Tourism in an Age of Uncertainty</em> examines the law and its role in shaping and defining tourism and the tourist experience. Using a broad range of legal documents and other materials from a variety of disciplines it surveys how the underlying values of tourism often conflict with a concern for human rights cultural heritage and sustainable environments.</p><p>Departing from the view that within this context the law is simply relegated to dealing the ‘hard edges’ of the tourist industry and tourist behaviour the authors explore:</p><ul> <ul> </ul> <li>the ways that the law shapes the nature of tourism and how it can do this </li> <li>the need for a more focused role for law in tourism </li> <li>the law’s current and potential role in dealing with the various tensions for tourism in the panic created by the spread of global terrorism. </li> <ul> </ul> </ul><p>Addressing a range of fundamental issues underlying global conflict and tourism this thoroughly up-to-date and topical book is an essential read for all those interested in tourism and law.</p>