Tourism and Family Violence
Critical issues facing tourism
Elisa Zentveld
ISBN: 9781917433723 HBK; 9781917433730 PBK; 9781917433747 PDF; 9781917433754 EPUB
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Family violence is a global epidemic that affects millions—and yet, its intersections with tourism remain largely unexplored. With an estimated one-third of women worldwide having experienced family violence, it's likely that many travellers carry trauma with them when they travel. Despite this reality, the tourism discipline has been slow to engage with the implications.
Tourism and Family Violence: Critical issues facing tourism is a pioneering academic volume that addresses a significant gap in tourism scholarship. This groundbreaking volume brings together interdisciplinary insights from globally recognized experts, shedding light on how tourism practices, policies, and experiences intersect with issues of abuse, trauma, and recovery.
Structured around five key themes—Tourism and Family Violence; Events and Family Violence; Tourism, Natural Disasters and Family Violence; VFR (Visiting Friends and Relatives) Travel and Family Violence; and Tourism, Mental Disorders, and Family Violence—this book uncovers hidden dynamics that impact individuals, families, and entire communities.
With contributions from internationally renowned academics and experts, this cross-disciplinary work is essential reading for academics and students in tourism, criminology, social work, psychology, as well as policymakers and government agencies seeking evidence-based, interdisciplinary approaches.
With a strong focus on social justice and global collaboration, Tourism and Family Violence: Critical issues facing tourism paves the way for a more inclusive and responsive future in tourism research, education, and practice.
Publication: Sept 2026
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Tourism and Family Violence: Critical issues facing tourism is a pioneering academic volume that addresses a significant gap in tourism scholarship. This groundbreaking volume brings together interdisciplinary insights from globally recognized experts, shedding light on how tourism practices, policies, and experiences intersect with issues of abuse, trauma, and recovery.
Structured around five key themes—Tourism and Family Violence; Events and Family Violence; Tourism, Natural Disasters and Family Violence; VFR (Visiting Friends and Relatives) Travel and Family Violence; and Tourism, Mental Disorders, and Family Violence—this book uncovers hidden dynamics that impact individuals, families, and entire communities.
With contributions from internationally renowned academics and experts, this cross-disciplinary work is essential reading for academics and students in tourism, criminology, social work, psychology, as well as policymakers and government agencies seeking evidence-based, interdisciplinary approaches.
With a strong focus on social justice and global collaboration, Tourism and Family Violence: Critical issues facing tourism paves the way for a more inclusive and responsive future in tourism research, education, and practice.
Publication: Sept 2026
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Table of contents
Ch 1 Introduction (Elisa Zentveld); Ch 2 Family violence and tourism among children: A viewpoint on Bangladesh (Shimul Chowdhury and Hiran Roy); Ch 3 Family violence among LGBTQIA+ youth (Alex Abranovich, Nicole Elkinton, and Michael Silberberg); Ch 4 War, displacement, family disintegration and the loss of safe mobility: A psychosocial framework with reference to the Gaza Strip (Basel El-Khodary and Muthanna Samara); Ch 5 Healing and restoring war-affected families: Family violence prevention, psychosocial recovery and restorative mobility (Muthanna Samara and Basel El-Khodary); Ch 6 Flight to safety: How the Australian travel industry intersects with the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention (Gina Masterton); Ch 7 Tourism as a Tool for Emotional Relief: Addressing family violence in Iran’slegal and cultural context (Sara Alaviyeh and Hiran Roy); Ch 8 Invisible chains in motion:Technology-facilitated family violence and the overlooked tourism context (Nadia Faisal, Mehmood Chadhar, and Smareen Mahmood); Ch 9 Tourism collapse and domestic violence in Bali: A longitudinal study of crisis, inequality, and resilience (2020–2025) (Rodney Westerlaken); Ch 10 Family and Domestic Violence in the News (Elisa Zentveld and Alan Labas); Ch 11 Media framing of family violence and tourism (Elisa Zentveld and Alan Labas); Ch12 The relationship between family violence, mental disorders, and tourism (Elisa Zentveld); Ch 13 A walk out on the pier and VFR travel (Elisa Zentveld); Index
Table of contents
Ch 1 Introduction (Elisa Zentveld); Ch 2 Family violence and tourism among children: A viewpoint on Bangladesh (Shimul Chowdhury and Hiran Roy); Ch 3 Family violence among LGBTQIA+ youth (Alex Abranovich, Nicole Elkinton, and Michael Silberberg); Ch 4 War, displacement, family disintegration and the loss of safe mobility: A psychosocial framework with reference to the Gaza Strip (Basel El-Khodary and Muthanna Samara); Ch 5 Healing and restoring war-affected families: Family violence prevention, psychosocial recovery and restorative mobility (Muthanna Samara and Basel El-Khodary); Ch 6 Flight to safety: How the Australian travel industry intersects with the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention (Gina Masterton); Ch 7 Tourism as a Tool for Emotional Relief: Addressing family violence in Iran’slegal and cultural context (Sara Alaviyeh and Hiran Roy); Ch 8 Invisible chains in motion:Technology-facilitated family violence and the overlooked tourism context (Nadia Faisal, Mehmood Chadhar, and Smareen Mahmood); Ch 9 Tourism collapse and domestic violence in Bali: A longitudinal study of crisis, inequality, and resilience (2020–2025) (Rodney Westerlaken); Ch 10 Family and Domestic Violence in the News (Elisa Zentveld and Alan Labas); Ch 11 Media framing of family violence and tourism (Elisa Zentveld and Alan Labas); Ch12 The relationship between family violence, mental disorders, and tourism (Elisa Zentveld); Ch 13 A walk out on the pier and VFR travel (Elisa Zentveld); Index