Intersectionality in the Hospitality and Tourism Sectors

This timely and innovative book presents a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to operationalizing intersectionality studies in tourism and hospitality.

Interdisciplinary and international in both scope and appeal, this comprehensive volume includes practical insights throughout, equipping researchers with the tools they need to investigate intersectional issues, diversity, social justice, inclusion, and equity. Using a multilevel approach, the book links individual experiences with organizational practices, as well as structural, environmental and contextual factors. With a future-focused lens, this title also provides critical reflections on power dynamics and social inequalities, in order to pave the way for further inquiry and action.

This volume is of pivotal interest to students, scholars and academics of tourism and hospitality management, global tourism development, sociology, and diversity and inclusion in hospitality, as well as practitioners and policymakers who are looking to further their understanding of gender dynamics in the tourism industry.