ABSTRACT
Given the reliance of tourism upon the ‘environment’ and ‘nature’, it is surprising that the environmental discourses of tourism have received little attention within and beyond tourism geographies. Using Dryzeck’s (1997) defi nition of a discourse as a ‘shared way of apprehending the world’, it is evident that environmental discourses ultimately are relevant to understanding our actions towards our surroundings, including those of tourism stakeholders. This chapter focuses on environmental discourses and tourism, with the aim of illustrating the possibilities available for framing research on tourism, space and environment.
