In a world that is increasingly divided and faced with global environmental crisis, resilience has become a key concept with great relevance to tourism. This book signals a paradigmatic shift in long term tourism development planning, moving away from the dominant focus on sustainability towards a focus on resilience planning. It provides a critical appraisal of sustainability and resilience and the relationship between the two. Contributions highlight the complexity of social change with resilience planning in a range of tourism contexts. From the case studies provided, important lessons can be drawn as to how to deal with increasingly unstable economic, social and environmental systems.

Joseph M. Cheer is a lecturer at the National Centre for Australian Studies (NCAS), Monash University and directs the activities of the Australia and International Tourism Research Unit (AITRU). His research draws from transdisciplinary perspectives, especially human geography, cultural anthropology and political economy with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. He is focused on research-to-practice with an emphasis on resilience building, sustainability and social justice.

Alan A. Lew is a professor and chairperson in the Department of Geography, Planning, and Recreation at Northern Arizona University, USA, where he teaches in geography, urban planning and tourism. His research interests focus on tourism in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in East and Southeast Asia. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the journal Tourism Geographies, a Fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Part I Introduction 1. Understanding tourism resilience: adapting to social, political, and economic change ¿2. Resilience in tourism: development, theory, and application 3. Planning for slow resilience in a tourism community context Part II Social, Political, and Economic Drivers of Change 4. Resilience in the visitor economy: cultural economy, human social networks, and slow change in the regional periphery 5. Tourism and resilience on Jersey: culture, environment, and sea 6. From warrior to beach boy: the resilience of the Maasai in Zanzibar's tourism business 7. Resilience in the face of changing circumstances: Fair Isle, Shetland 8. Threats and obstacles to resilience: insights from Greece's wine tourism 9. The sustainability of small business resilience: the local tourism industry of Yogyakarta, Indonesia a decade after the crisis Part III Tourism as a Socio-Economic Driver of Change 10. Strategies for building community resilience to long-term structural change in the Mackay and Whitsunday regions of Queensland, Australia 11. Collaborative capacity building as a resilience strategy for tourism development in indigenous Mexico 12. Resilience and tourism development in rural China: Huangling Village in Jiangxi province 13. Learning from Dabang, Taiwan: sustainability and resilience in action in indigenous tourism development 14. Tourism, history, identity, and community resilience in the world heritage city of Kandy, Sri Lanka 15. Backpacker tourism in Fiji as a sustainability intervention: will they sink or swim? 16. Sustainability or resilience? Poverty-related philanthropic tourism as an agent for deliberate slow change 17. Between resilience and preservation strategies: traditional villages from Maramures Land, Romania Part IV Conclusion 18. Lessons learned: globalization, change, and resilience in tourism communities