ABSTRACT
Peace through tourism is a trendy topic in tourism studies with many articles, chapters and books being written in recent years; including a recent volume entitled Tourism, Progress and Peace (2010); a new journal entitled Journal of Tourism and Peace Research; and academic articles from conferences convened on the theme of peace through tourism. However, critical approaches and contributions from diverse perspectives have been less evident. We would argue that the “peace potential of tourism” is currently explored through rose-coloured glasses, that this comes from asking too little of tourism, and through this work we have supported explorations that envision more – justice, human rights and equity. By engaging dialogue with new voices from diverse stakeholder perspectives in a variety of geographical and intellectual spaces, this volume has shed light on not only the positive and progressive topics in peace tourism but has also illuminated the many deficiencies.
