The concept of welfare is a somewhat neglected area within tourism studies, despite the continued growth of interest in key issues such as ethics, tourist safety, employee's well-being, human rights, ethnocentrism, cultural sensitivity and behaviour codes, green consumerism, and the perceptions of management of 'sustainability'. This book provides an explanation, definition and a critique of welfare and a welfare approach covering these issues. Chapters cover the welfare of tourists, employees in the tourism industry, residents in tourism destinations, animals as tourist attractions and the natural environment.Table of Contents: 1: Introduction and context 2: Access and participation 3: The welfare of tourists: dimension, responsibilities and implications 4: Living and working in tourism destinations 5: Pro-poor tourism? 6: The land ethic? Tourism's non-human actors 7: The tourism industry: responses and responsibilities 8: Summary and conclusions: beyond tourism