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Abstract: The double blow of overtourism and COVID has shaken the travel industry and forced a reconsideration of what tourism is, and can be. This volume offers a vision of regenerative tourism beneficial to travelers and locals alike. Adventures in Small Tourism presents academic studies and personal stories about small tourism. While small tourism is not new, it has become increasingly important as the widespread negative effects of overtourism have become increasingly apparent, with cities like Amsterdam and Barcelona experiencing barriocide, the death of neighbourhoods, as they host overwhelming numbers of visitors. Small tourism, especially creative tourism, not only reduces the actual and potential negative impact of guests on local culture but actively seeks to strengthen and revive local communities by weaving together the experiences of guest and host. Participatory, respectful, and celebratory methods and manners of tourism, rooted in community and cultural networks, has the potential to strengthen cultural bonds, support economic development, and increase sustainability. Focusing on the provision of small-scale creative tourism experiences, Adventures in Small Tourism explores possibilities for local empowerment through community-based tourism. With stories and studies from Italy, Portugal, Colombia, Japan, Australia, and beyond, this collection tells stories of visitors and residents coming together to co-create place in walks and workshops, gastronomy and art, festivals, markets, and more. This is a book that dares to ask what the future can be. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents: The development of inclusive small rural destinations for gay tourists in Canada / Spencer J. Toth, Josie V. Vayro, and Courtney W. Mason -- Rajzefiber: a community hub for small tourism in the small City of Maribor, Slovenia / Katja Beck Kos, Mateja Meh, and Vid Kmetic -- Sustaining Castello Sonnino: small tourism in a tuscan village / John S. Hull, Donna Senese, and Darcen Esau -- Revealing the restorers: small tourism in restored lands of the Noongar traditional area of the Fitz-Stirling in Southwestern Australia -- Moira A. L. Maley, Sylvia M. Leighton, Alison Lullfitz, Johannes E. Wajon, M. Jane Thompson, Carol Pettersen, Mohammadreza Gohari, and Keith Bradby -- The role of cultural associations in the promotion of small tourism and social inclusion in the neighbourhood of Bonfim, Oporto: the case of Casa Bo / Andre Luis Quintino Principe -- Small tourism in a big city: the story of Bogota / Diana Guerra Amaya and Diana Marcela Zuluaga Guerra -- Cultural festivals in small villages: creativity and the case of the Devil's Nest Festival in Hungary / Emese Panyik and Attila Komlós -- Artistic micro-adventures in small places / Donald Lawrence -- The power of small: creative in-migrant micro entrepreneurs in peripheral Japanese islands during COVID-19 / Meng Qu and Simona Zollet -- Small tourism and ecotourism: emerging micro-trends / Ian Yeoman and Una McMahon-Beattie.