'Ironically, you might think, I'm a great advocate of Slow Travel. There is a misconception that "seeing the world" requires us all to travel further and faster. And I've probably contributed
to it, with a series of television programes that have largely depended on visiting distant lands. Nevertheless, I would suggest that our practice when we are in another country is sympathetic
to the philosophy of Slow Travel.'-Michael Palin
'Slow Travel and Tourism will be of interest to all those interested in improving the sustainability of tourism and enhancing tourist experience. It is a very well researched book that provides
detailed information on tourism transport and mobilities.'-Susanne Becken, Associate Professor, Faculty of Environment, Society and Design, Lincoln University, New Zealand.
'Lumsdon and Dickinson reconnoitre new terrain for both scientists and practitioners in tourism thinking...Read it and be inspired, changed and given more time!'-Paul Peeters, Associate
Professor NHTV University of Applied Sciences, Breda, The Netherlands.
'Required reading for anyone stuck in the outdated logic of growth at any cost, as well as those looking for inspiration for innovation.'-Stefan G繩ssling, Professor Tourism, School of Business
and Economics, Linnaeus University, Sweden
The aim of this book is to define slow travel and to discuss how some underlining values are likely to pervade new forms of sustainable development. It also aims to provide insights into the
travel experience; these are explored in several chapters which bring new knowledge about sustainable transport tourism from across the world. In order to do this the book explores the concept
of slow travel and stets out its core ingredients, comparing it with related frameworks such as low-carbon tourism and sustainable tourism development. The authors illustrate their approach
through a series of case studies from around the world, featuring travel by train, bus, cycling and walking. Examples are drawn from Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. Cases include the
Eurostar train (as an alternative to air travel, walking in the Appalachian Trail (US), the Euro-Velo network of long distance cycling routes, canoe tours on the Gudena River in Denmark, sea
kayaking in British Columbia (Canada) and the Oz Bus Europe to Australia.
