Book chapter: “Embedding Slow Tourism and the ‘Slow Phases’ Framework: Case of Cambridge, UK” (Duignan & Wilbert)

This chapter addresses some of the challenges of “fast” forms of tourism that has come to typify the modern day visitor experience. The authors consider how through embedding principles of “slow tourism,” tourist-historic cities like Cambridge (UK) can encourage temporally longer, symbolically deeper and meaningful tourism experience that celebrate local authentic and diverse resources and settings. In turn, the authors argue…