Title: Have we (un)intentionally made Indigenous law a tourists' code?

Authors: John Basil Read IV

Addresses: Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave., West Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada

Abstract: Within the literature, tourism often incorporates codes of conduct as soft management strategies for reducing the impacts of tourists in destinations that are unfamiliar to them. This research note first introduces codes of conduct within tourism and then discusses how they have been situated. Then, there is a discussion on the relationship between codes of conduct and cultural laws, which frames the conception of codes of conduct as 'soft' visitor management tools within the Canadian legal tradition as cultural laws. Finally, the author makes the case that within tourism, we must adopt an inherent rights approach when discussing Indigenous cultural norms and rules (Indigenous laws), especially concerning codes of conduct and when working with Indigenous communities in any context involving Indigenous rights.

Keywords: tourism; codes of conduct; Indigenous law; self-determination; governance; Canada; visitor management; power.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTP.2022.128128

International Journal of Tourism Policy, 2022 Vol.12 No.4, pp.443 - 450

Received: 05 Oct 2021
Accepted: 07 Feb 2022
Published online: 06 Jan 2023 *

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