Decolonising Tourism Education

Decolonising Tourism Education, by Professor Sally Everett (King’s College London), is a new release from Channel View Publications that disrupts the dominance of Western ways of being, thinking, and knowing in how tourism is taught and learned.

Blending critical theory with practical strategies, the book shows how to amplify Indigenous and marginalised voices, diversify knowledge systems, and reimagine assessment and practice. It argues that tourism studies should play a leading role in the wider decolonising project, given that its primary object of study is the interaction of peoples and places — positioning the volume as a tool for educators, students, and institutions alike.

Reviewers Prof. Freya Higgins-Desbiolles (University of South Australia), Prof. Scott McCabe (University of Birmingham), and Prof. Donna Chambers (Northumbria University) describe it as a thoughtful, practical, and unapologetic “must-read” for tourism educators — a critical and reflective treatise on the why, what, where, who, and how of decolonisation.

Inside the book

The book is organised in three parts. Part 1 (“Who is Teaching?”) addresses what decolonisation means and why it matters, who teaches tourism, the voices of the subaltern and marginalised, and decolonising the experience of tourism. Part 2 (“How and Where Are We Teaching?”) covers learning and teaching approaches, co-creation and partnership with students, creative and cultural pedagogies, and decolonising assessment and feedback. Part 3 (“What Are We Teaching?”) turns to decolonising tourism marketing, economics, and geographies, before concluding.

About the author

Dr. Sally Everett is Professor of Business Education and Director of I-LEAD at King’s Business School, UK. Her research interests include tourism, inclusive education, the scholarship of learning and teaching, and decolonising the curriculum.