Moral issues tied to the use of animals in tourism, ecotourism, sustainable tourism, tourism ethics, theory and philosophy.

• Introduction to Tourism
• Nature-based Tourism
• Tourism Ethics
• Tourism and Animal Ethics
• Tourism and Protected Areas
• The Business of Ecotourism

Books

• Fennell, D.A. (2025). Ecotourism (6th ed.). Routledge.
• Mandić, A., Spenceley, A., & Fennell, D. A. (Eds.). (2024). Routledge handbook on managing nature-based tourism destinations amid climate change. Routledge.
• Fennell, D.A. (2024). Tourism and animal ethics. (2nd ed.). Routledge.
• Singh, T. V., Butler, R. W., & Fennell, D. A. (Eds.). (2023). Tourism as a pathway to hope and
  happiness. Channel View Publications.
• Fennell, D. A. (Ed.). (2021). Routledge handbook of ecotourism. Routledge.
• Fennell, D. A. (2020). Ecotourism (5th ed.). Routledge.
• Fennell, D. A. & Cooper, C. (2020). Sustainable tourism: Principles, contexts and practices. Channel View Publications.
  
• Fennell, D. A. (2018). Tourism Ethics (2nd ed.). Clevedon: Channel View Publications.
  
• Fennell, D.A. (2016). Routledge major works collection: tourism ethics (series: Critical Concepts in Tourism). Routledge.
• Fennell, D.A. (2014). Ecotourism (4^th ed.). Routledge
  
• Holden, A. & Fennell, D.A. (Eds.). (2013). Handbook of tourism and environment. Routledge.
• Fennell, D.A. (2012).Tourism and animal ethics. Routledge.
  
• Fennell, D.A. (2008). Ecotourism (3rd ed.). Routledge.
• Fennell, D.A. & Malloy, D.C. (2007). Tourism codes of ethics: practice, theory, synthesis. Channel View Publications.
• Fennell, D.A. (2006). Tourism ethics. Channel View Publications.
• Fennell, D.A. (2006). (Ed.) Regional tourism handbook: North America. Channel View
  Publications.
• Fennell, D.A. (2003) Ecotourism: An introduction (2nd ed.). Routledge.
• Fennell, D.A. & Dowling, R. K. (2003). (Eds.) Ecotourism policy and planning. CAB International.
• Fennell, D.A. (1999). Ecotourism: An introduction. Routledge.

Translations
Chinese:

• Fennell, D.A. (2005). Ecotourism policy and planning. Tianjin, China: Nankai University Press.
• Fennell, D.A. (2002). Ecotourism programme planning. London: CAB International.
• Fennell, D.A. (2004). Ecotourism. (Translation by Bear Yu). Beijing, China: Tourism Education Press.

Greek:

• Fennell, D.A. (2001). Ecotourism. (Translation by Antigone Apostolopoulou). Athens, Greece: Hellin, G. Parikos & Associates, Inc.

Portuguese:

• Fennell, D.A. (2002). Ecotourism: an introduction. (Translation by Jaime Pinsky). São Paulo, Brazil: Editora Contexto.

Arabic:

• Fennell, D. A. (2009). Ecotourism. (Translation by M. Ranjbar, M. Shariatpanahi, F. Vejdani, N. Falahtabar, and S. Asghari).
• Fennell, D. A. (2010). Ecotourism programme planning. Translation by M. Ranjbar, M. Shariatpanahi, F. Vejdani, N. Falahtabar, and S. Asghari.

Peer-reviewed publications (last five years)

• Fennell, D. A., Guo, Y., & Butler, R.W. (2025). Governance, conservation, and welfare: A case study of Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Tourism and Hospitality, details forthcoming.
• Fennell, D.A. & Butler, R.W. (2025). Perisseuo: The enduring myth of sustainable tourism. Tourism and Hospitality, 6(4), 173.
• Guo, Y. & Fennell, D. A. (2025). Giant icons and lesser kin: Chinese public perception of panda welfare at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Biology Letters, (details forthcoming).
• Guo, Y. & Fennell, D. A. (2025). From pets to wildlife: An ecological-phenomenological approach to multispecies tourism. Wild.
• Guo, Y., Amore, A., & Fennell, D. A. (2025). Civilised panda viewing and visitor restrictions: An ethics of care approach to managing tourist misbehaviour. Tourism Recreation Research.
• Fennell, D. A. & de Grosbois, D. (2024). Measuring animal welfare literacy in tourism: A scale development study. Journal of Travel Research.
• Guo, Y. & Fennell, D. A. (2024). A comparative analysis of visitor codes of conduct in Chinese and Anglophone zoos. Animals.
• Guo, Y.; Fennell, D. (2024). To touch or not to touch: Navigating the ethical and monetary dilemma in giant panda tourism. Tourism and Hospitality, 5, 1309–1326.
• Guo, Y. & Fennell, D. A. (2024). Benchmarking giant panda welfare in tourism: A co-design approach for animals, tourists, managers, and researchers. Animals, 14, 2137.
• Fennell, D. A., Çakar, K. Ağbay, N. C. & Uzut, I. (2024). Corporate social responsibility and sustainable tourism in tourist destinations: A qualitative case study from Türkiye. Tourism Planning & Development.
• Schweinsberg, S. & Fennell, D. A. (2024). Tourism academia: A Horizon 2050 paper. Tourism Review, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print.
• Fennell, D.A…and 34 others (2024). Tourism’s vacant niche: A review and agenda. Current Issues in Tourism.
• Fennell, D. & Guo, Y. (2024). Codes of Conduct at Zoos: A Case Study of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Tourism and Hospitality, 5, 95–111.
• Fennell, D. A. & Sheppard, V. (2024). Bullfighting as dark tourism: Cultural experience or anachronism? Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism, 3.
• Gou, Y. & Fennell, D.A. (2024). Preference for animals: A comparison of first-time and repeat visitors. Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 5, 19- 35.
• Schweinsberg, S. and Fennell, D.A. (2024). Space tourism: A historical and existential perspective. Sustainability, 16(1), 79.
• Guo, Y., & Fennell, D.A., Fennell, S.R. (2023). Be like a panda: Reconstructing national identities through China’s iconic species. Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism, 2: 1247407.
• *Copeland, K., Zhang, S., Thomsen, B., Fennell, D. and 20 others (2023). Posthuman pedagogy: experiential education for an era of mutualism. Environmental Education Research, 29.
• Guo, Y. & Fennell, D. (2024) What makes the giant panda a celebrity? Celebrity Studies, 15(4), 474-489.
• Fennell, D.A. (2023). Empathy in animal-based tourism: Contrasting constructed and care ethics at a captive animal venue. Tourism Recreation Research.
• *Copeland, K., Harte, M., Thomsen, B., Fennell, D., Lewis, D.G., & Zhang, S. (2023). Rethinking 21st century fisheries management: Towards multispecies (co)adaptation networks. Marine Policy.
• Fennell, D.A. (2023). Animal health warning labels in wildlife tourism. Journal of Ecotourism, 22(3), 451-453.
• Fennell, D.A., Guo, Y. (2023). Ubiquitous love or not? Animal welfare and animal-informed consent in giant panda tourism.  Animals, 13, 718.
• Fennell, D. A., Coose, S., & Moorhouse, T. (2022). The development of an animal welfare syllabus for tourism studies. Journal of Sustainable Tourism.
• Fennell, D. A., Moorhouse, T., & MacDonald, D. (2022). Towards a model for the assessment of conservation, welfare, and governance in wildlife tourism attractions. Journal of Ecotourism.
• Fennell, D. A. (2022). Progressing towards animal welfare literacy in tourism. Annals of Tourism Research, 96.
• Fennell, D. A. (2022). Bridging the global-local wildlife tourism divide. Annals of Tourism Research, 96.
• Fennell, D. A. (2022). Animatronic dolphins as the new authentic? Posthuman reflections of ‘light’ tourism on the move. Journal of Ecotourism.
• Fennell, D. A. (2022). Animal-Informed Consent: Sled dog tours as asymmetric agential events. Tourism Management, 93.
• Ghaderi, Z., Shahabi, E., Fennell, D., & Khoshkam, M. (2022). Increasing community environmental awareness, participation in conservation, and livelihood enhancement through tourism. Local Environment.
• Garrod, B. & Fennell, D. A. (2021). Small steps, the domino effect and paving paradise: Strategic approaches to accessible ecotourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism.
• Fennell, D. A. & Thomsen, B. (2021). Tourism and animal suffering: mapping the future. Annals of Tourism Research, 91, doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2021.103317
• Ghaderi, Z., Esfehani, M. H., Fennell, D. A., & Shahabi, E. (2021). Community participation towards conservation of Touran National Park (TNP): an application of the theory of reciprocal altruism. Journal of Ecotourism.
• Fennell, D. A., Thomsen, B., & Fennell, S. R. (2021). Animals as dark tourism attractions: A prototype. EuropeNow, 45.
• de Grosbois, D. & Fennell, D. A. (2021). Determinants of climate change disclosure practices of global hotel companies: application of institutional and stakeholder theories. Tourism Management.
• Fennell, D. A. & Garrod, B. (2021). Seeking a deeper level responsibility for inclusive (eco)tourism: Duty and the pinnacle of practice. Journal of Sustainable Tourism.
• Schweinsberg, S., Fennell, D.A., and Hassanli, N. (2021). Academic dissent in a post COVID-19 world: reconciling perspectives for a sustainable future. Annals of Tourism Research, 91.
• Fennell, D. A. & de Grosbois, D. (2021). Communicating sustainability and ecotourism principles by ecolodges: A global analysis. Tourism Recreation Research.
• López-González, J.L. & Fennell, D. A. (2021). Social acceleration as a new frontier for the ethics of tourism. Recerca. Revista de Pensamenti Anàlisi, 26(1), pp. 1-7.
• de Grosbois, D. & Fennell, D. A. (2021) Sustainability and ecotourism principles adoption by leading ecolodges: learning from best practices. Tourism Recreation Research.
• Fennell, D. A. (2021). The tourism knowledge translation framework: Bridging theory and practice. Current Issues in Tourism.
• Fennell, D.A. & Yazdan Panah, H. (2020). Tourism and wildlife photography codes of ethics: developing a clearer picture. Annals of Tourism Research, 85, 103023.
• Fennell, D. A. & Sheppard, V. (2020). Tourism, animals and the scales of justice. Journal of Sustainable Tourism.
• Fennell, D. A. (2020). Technology and the sustainable tourist in the new age of disruption. Journal of Sustainable Tourism.
• Dilek, S. E., Dilek, N. K., & Fennell, D. A. (2020). Travelling companions: A constraints analysis of pet owners in Turkey. Journal of Tourism Leisure and Hospitality, 2(1), 4-13.

Brock News stories:

• Brock researchers seek to educate on animals and entertainment
• Brock research teams awarded federal funding for community partnerships

In the media:

• Record numbers of Spaniards oppose bullfighting. Are its days numbered? CBC News.
• Canadians go elbows up on U.S. travel, opting for these destinations instead. Globe and Mail.
• Kitchener’s now officially a pet-friendly city. Could it be the next tourism hot spot for pet parents? CBC.
• What is ecotourism? A guide on how to travel sustainably. Vox.
• Would you swim with a robot dolphin? Hakai Magazine.

• Fennell, D. A. (2025). Title. 3rd International Mesopotamia Faith, Culture and Gastronomy. Tourism Congress, Diyarbakır City, Turkiye. November 6-8.
• Fennell, D. A. (2025). Launching the Centre for Animal-based Tourism. Global Wildlife Fair, New Delhi, India, October 10-12.
• Fennell, D.A. (2024). A Cultural Code of Ethics for Sustainable Tourism & the Challenge Within. Invited speech to the 2nd International Mesopotamian Faith and Cultural Tourism Congress, Mardin Artuklu University, Turkiye (December 5-7).
• Fennell, D. A. (2023). Traversing the great global-local divide in animal-based Tourism: Integrative Social Contracts Theory and hyperactive hypernorms? Presentation to the Emerging Voices for Animals in Tourism conference, March 8-10.
• Fennell, D. A. (2017, September). Walking tourism’s narrow roads: On human nature, insularity, and the moral imperative in advancing tourism research and practice. Living ethics seminar, University of Lapland, Finland.
• Fennell, D.A. (2011, May). Ethics, Sustainability and Responsibility in Tourism Education. Thinking about Thinking and Learning about Learning. Paper presented at the 5th Tourism Education Futures Initiatives, Philadelphia, PA.
• Fennell, D.A. (2009, November). Tourism, Human Nature, and Ethics: Challenges to ‘Being Good’ in a Climate of Self-Interest. Paper presented to the Penta meeting of the Ontario Retired Teachers’ Association, Oakville, Ontario.
• Fennell, D.A. (2007, September). The leap of faith: Will ethics in tourism go gently (or rage) into that good night? Paper presented at the Coastal and Marine Tourism Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Fennell, D.A. (2007, April). Ethics: We’re stuck with it [in tourism]…whether we like it or not! Paper presented at the AAG/IGU annual meeting, San Francisco.
• Fennell, D.A. (2005, May). Evolution in tourism: implications of the theory of reciprocal altruism. 3rd TIE Symposium, Jyvaskyla, Finland.
• Fennell, D.A. (2004, June). Ecotourism programme planning: balancing practical and philosophical contexts. Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas, Rovaniemi, Finland.
• Fennell, D.A. (2003, May). Ecotourism policy and planning. Paper presented at the 4th Annual Congress of the (ASAEC) Asociacion Argentina de Estudios Canadienses on Las Areas Protegidas y las Gente, Neuquen, Patagonia, Argentina.
• Fennell, D.A. (2003, May). Codes of ethics and wilderness settings Paper presented at the 4th Annual Congress of the (ASAEC) Asociacion Argentina de Estudios Canadienses on Las Areas Protegidas y las Gente, Neuquen, Patagonia, Argentina.
• Fennell, D.A. (2002, October). Planning ecotourism programmes: putting recreation back in the picture. Paper presented to the Tourism and Natural Environment Conference, Eastbourne, England.
• Fennell, D.A. (2002, May). Ecotourism programme planning. Paper presented at the 2nd Tourism Industry and Education Symposium ‘Tourism and well-Being’, Jyvaskyla, Finland.
• Fennell, D.A. (2002, April). Ecotourism: some basic foundations for a better industry. Paper presented at the 17th Bienal Internacional do Livro de Sao Paulo, Brazil.

I am interested in graduate students (and postdocs) particularly in the area of animal-based tourism to support the activities of the Centre for Animal-based Tourism. This is a recently developed non-profit organisation with the chief aim of moving knowledge into practice for the just treatment of animals in tourism. Several lines of enquiry are important to the Centre, and to the field, and students are urged to contact Professor Fennell directly. The Master of Sustainability (MS) degree and PhD in Sustainability Science are both managed by the Environmental Sustainability Research Centre (ESRC).