J.M. Cheer

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🌏 Atlas Critical Tourism Studies-Asia Pacific is pleased to announce that its In-Between Regional Conference will be hosted by Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto on 9-10 March, 2026.

🚩 A Call for Papers

🌏 Special Issue in Tourism Geographies

🧭 Geographies of Personalisation and Immersion in Tourism Experiencescapes

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On the Verge: the State-of-the-Art in tourism geographies Since the launch of Tourism Geographies in 1999, annual international tourist arrivals have surged from 664 million to 1.4 billion, with greater numbers of domestic tourists traversing within borde...

✅ Cheer, J. M., & Mostafanezhad, M. (2025). On the Verge: the State-of-the-Art in tourism geographies.
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Beyond the dichotomy: revisiting endogenous-exogenous dynamics and place-based leadership in second-home development Spatial unevenness in resource distribution and economic activity presents challenges for regional development, particularly in peripheral regions. Second-home development has emerged as a strategy...

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🔗 Lerfald, M. (2025). Beyond the dichotomy: revisiting endogenous-exogenous dynamics and place-based leadership in second-home development. Tourism Geographies, 1–22.
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In coalescing three concepts – rural tourism, rural revitalisation and countryside capital – rural tourism opportunities are optimised when countryside capital is nurtured, and with an eye on ensuring that local communities remain central to development and expansionary concerns.

Rural revitalisation, rural tourism and countryside capital: a rural society redux The allure of the rural fringe for touristic activity is longstanding. The prominence of rural tourism was heightened during the pandemic of 2020–2023 as the rush to the countryside intensified. Th...

Rural tourism is a viable pathway towards developing livelihoods + economic diversification, and central to rural revitalisation. The relevance of countryside capital has renewed importance as communities look to identify areas for comparative advantage.
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From Port Misery to Post-Misery? Spectral-geographies and exorcising ‘ghosts’ in Port Adelaide Through an interpretivist and hauntological approach, our study explores how self-guided ghost walks use ‘spectral-geographies’ to reconcile problematic colonial histories while simultaneously supp...

Szili, G., Butler, G., & Adie, B. A. (2024). From Port Misery to Post-Misery? Spectral-geographies and exorcising ‘ghosts’ in Port Adelaide. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 85–101.
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Destabilising the home: place making, dark tourism and the spectral Ghosts, hauntings and the spectral are intrinsically linked to sites of dark tourism. Supernatural stories commonly emerge in places connected with tragedy, death and the macabre, forming spectral ...

Ironside, R., & Smith, F. (2024). Destabilising the home: place making, dark tourism and the spectral. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 68–84.
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The politics of spectrality in earthquake ruins: remaking dark tourism in hauntology This study asks how specters have made disaster sites enchanting and important places of dark tourism, resonating with the history of the site and reconciling its current existence. The research is...

Zhang, Q., & Zhong, S. (2024). The politics of spectrality in earthquake ruins: remaking dark tourism in hauntology. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 49–67.
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Dark tourism goes underground: ghostly materialities of Japanese occupation in Datong, China In north China, memorial museums are often associated with the suffering of victims of the Japanese occupation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-1945). The Datong Coal Mine Massacre Site Me...

Hillier, J., & Fu, S. (2024). Dark tourism goes underground: ghostly materialities of Japanese occupation in Datong, China. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 31–48.
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The spectral geographies of slavery: tourism and the hauntings of dissonant colonial heritage The spectral geography of the colonial legacy in Bristol is marked by a series of absences from official and tourist narratives about the city. The people and practices of the Atlantic slave trade ...

Dan Knox (2024). The spectral geographies of slavery: tourism and the hauntings of dissonant colonial heritage. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 17–30.
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Dark tourism and spectral geographies: ghosts, memories, and the rupturing of absence and presence This paper explores the intersection of dark tourism and spectral geographies, offering a critical examination of how spaces of death, disaster, trauma, and painful memories are shaped by hauntings...

Martini, A., Sharma, N., & Timothy, D. J. (2025). Dark tourism and spectral geographies: ghosts, memories, and the rupturing of absence and presence. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 1–16.
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Haunted by Horace? Twilight tours, guides and the revival of the Gothic This paper uses a hauntological approach to examine the extent to which the present is haunted by the past. Specifically, it looks at playful indeterminate referentiality and the relationship betwe...

Skinner, J. (2025). Haunted by Horace? Twilight tours, guides and the revival of the Gothic. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 120–144.
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The hauntology of climate change: glacier retreat and dark tourism In recent decades, glaciers have become infamous symbols of climate change, and as they thaw and retreat, they leave behind haunted spaces favorable for the development of dark tourism practices. C...

Varnajot, A., & Salim, E. (2024). The hauntology of climate change: glacier retreat and dark tourism. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 102–119.
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Tourism Geographies Vol. 27, Issue 1, 2025 is out now.

A Special Issue, "Dark Tourism and Spectral Geographies"

Guest editors:
🔸 Anna Martini, Università di Bologna
🔸 Nitasha Sharma, The University of Alabama
🔸 Dallen Timothy, Arizona State University

🌏 INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL UNION (IGU) Regional Conference 17-21 August 2026, Istanbul University
www.irc2026.org/en/

🚩 IGU COMMISSION ON TOURISM, LEISURE & GLOBAL CHANGE invites session proposals

⏰ Deadline 31 July 2025

📩 Submit a proposal - scan QR code or www.irc2026.org/SessionForm/

GSTC2025: Academic Symposium Join us for the second edition of the GSTC Academic Symposium in Fiji before the GSTC2025 Conference.

🚩 Abstract Submission Deadline: 31st May 2025 🚩 Notifications of Acceptance: 15th June 2025 🚩 Symposium Date: 5th August 2025 🔗 For more details and to submit an abstract, see below.
www.gstc.org/gstc2025fiji...

✅ We particularly encourage papers that apply the GSTC Framework or highlight the integration of the GSTC Standards (formerly known as GSTC Criteria) within academic curricula.

✅ The symposium is designed to offer researchers and practitioners a dedicated forum to share insights, research, and practical experiences related to sustainable tourism. We welcome submissions on a wide range of topics within this field.

🏝️ The third edition of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) Academic Symposium will take place during the GSTC2025 Global Sustainable Tourism Conference in Fiji (August 5–8, 2025)

GSTC2025: Academic Symposium Join us for the second edition of the GSTC Academic Symposium in Fiji before the GSTC2025 Conference.

🚩 Abstract Submission Deadline: 31st May 2025 🚩 Notifications of Acceptance: 15th June 2025 🚩 Symposium Date: 5th August 2025 🔗 For more details and to submit an abstract, see below.
www.gstc.org/gstc2025fiji...

✅ We particularly encourage papers that apply the GSTC Framework or highlight the integration of the GSTC Standards (formerly known as GSTC Criteria) within academic curricula.

✅ The symposium is designed to offer researchers and practitioners a dedicated forum to share insights, research, and practical experiences related to sustainable tourism. We welcome submissions on a wide range of topics within this field.

The Good Society Department | NOEMA Once upon a time, there was a federal government department that helped design and distribute tools for living the good life. What happened to that vision?

🚩Time has proved Musk to be a human sink - efficiently draining away value from any particular thing he sits atop
🚩There is remarkably little curiosity about what version of govt elicited widespread acclaim for making America great again
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Gaza as a tourist Resort? Shocking Statements by Trump - Sarajevo Times His statements reflect the views of his son-in-law and former senior advisor, Jared Kushner, who previously said that coastal real estate in Gaza has “priceless value” and pointed to Gaza’s potential ...

Gaza as a tourist zone?
“Gaza is on the sea, it has the best climate, a phenomenal location. Everything is great. I looked at pictures; the place looked like a giant ghost town. But you can do incredible things with it.”
US President Donald Trump
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Two new episodes are now available in The Tourism Geographies Podcast.
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Don’t do it.

Now he’s a culture expert too? This idea that culture is static and homogenous demonstrates how shallow and conceited the man is.

Imagine what $5.9 billion would do at home for the lives of Americans.