2381/41110 Fabian Frenzel Fabian Frenzel Tourist agency as valorisation: Making Dharavi into a tourist attraction University of Leicester 2018 Social Sciences Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Sociology Social Sciences - Other Topics Slum Tourism Authentication Mumbai Cool Hot 2018-02-07 14:31:01 Journal contribution https://figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Tourist_agency_as_valorisation_Making_Dharavi_into_a_tourist_attraction/10236773 Tourist agency is an area of renewed interest in tourism studies. Reflecting on existing scholarship the paper identifies, develops and critically examines three main approaches to tourism agency, namely the Service-dominant logic, the performative turn, and tourist valorisation. Tourist valorisation is proposed as a useful approach to theorise the role of tourists in the making of destinations and more broadly to conceptualise the intentions, modalities and outcomes of tourist agency. The paper contributes to the structuring of current scholarship on tourist agency. Empirically it addresses a knowledge gap concerning the role of tourists in the development of Dharavi, Mumbai into a tourist destination.