Politics of Tourism

the Leisure Studies editors' statement on academic freedom, and the question of institutional neutrality

Journal editors in the academic field of ‘Leisure Studies’ recently shared their new statement on academic freedom.

Oct 13 • 

Jim Butcher

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September 2025

Overtourism? What about 'undertourism'?

My short contribution to the 'GT Bite' on The "Good Tourism" Blog: Undertourism: Who’s suffering, and why?

Sep 2 • 

Jim Butcher

Can tourism leaders promote peace?

My short contribution to the 'GT bite' on tourism and peace in The "Good Tourism" Blog

Sep 2 • 

Jim Butcher

1

August 2025

Positionality statements

the academic freedom case against making them an expectation or requirement.

Aug 1 • 

Jim Butcher

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1

February 2025

Nostalgia

... it ain't what it used to be.

Feb 6 • 

Jim Butcher

8

January 2025

‘Nostalgia. It ain’t what it used to be!’‘

Some things were better in the past.

Jan 7 • 

Jim Butcher

2

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November 2024

Debate on Regenerative Tourism

Munster Technological University, March 2024

Nov 22, 2024 • 

Jim Butcher

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2

A matter of taste: Travellers, tourists, and ‘tourism for peace’

In The "Good Tourism" Blog

Nov 4, 2024 • 

Jim Butcher

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September 2024

The turn against (Over)tourism

at the Battle of Ideas, 19-20 October, London

Sep 26, 2024 • 

Jim Butcher

4

August 2024

Should Foreign Tourism Be Discouraged ?

The Moral Maze, BBC Radio Four, 14th August

Aug 15, 2024 • 

Jim Butcher

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June 2024

Academic freedom is an individual right

People defending the right of universities to hold an institutional position are a threat to academic freedom. In Cieo.

Jun 17, 2024 • 

Jim Butcher

What does it mean to be critical of tourism?

‘We should all be critical’ … including of the critics (a short contribution to the "Good Tourism" Blog, GT Insight Bites)

Jun 4, 2024 • 

Jim Butcher