Authenticity as Stories of the Self: Implications for Critical Tourism StudiesbySolène PrinceTravelling is often considered as a way to find existential authenticity. Tourists are here preoccupied with the existential quest of finding their true selves during their emersion in a context where they can feel a sense of novelty. However, many tourism scholars also see authenticity as an intersubjective phenomenon, coming from the fusion of landscapes, artefacts, memories and int...

Justice entails concepts of fairness, reasonableness, honesty, and integrity, going beyond the more basic premises of “acceptability” or “lawfulness.” We invite proposals for a special track on animal justice, where we will explore meanings of and means to achieve justice for non-human animal actors within tourism.

The Night Walk: from a dangerous migration to a tourist performance.ByJafet Quintero VenegasandAlvaro LopezThe Night Walk is a recreational activity organized by the Hñahñú community of the town of El Alberto, municipality of Ixmiquilpan, state of Hidalgo, Mexico, and is part of the menu of activities that tourists who visit the area can hire. This is a performance that involves several actors that represent the migratory phenomenon of undocumented Mexicans tryi...