RETHINKING TOURISM - UNFAMILIAR HISTORIES AND ALTERNATIVE FUTURES

Critiques of tourism are commonplace, but virtually all of them take e ither a Western or State-oriented perspective. Using exemplary Muslim, pacific and futures narratives, this essay aims to provide a diversit y of views of the motivations of tourism and the development thereof. It suggests questions that need to be asked if tourism is to be more e quitably planned and speculates on alternative ways in which tourism c ould develop in the future.