Gebbels, MariaMcIntosh, AlisonHarkison, Tracy2023-09-242024-11-182023-09-24Gebbels, M., McIntosh, A. & Harkison, T. (2023). Leading social change through prison fine dining as a new form of global tourism. In Morrison, A. & Buhalis, D. Routledge handbook of trends and issues in global tourism, London: Routledge (chapter 29).9781032197739http://hdl.handle.net/10292/18340Although tourism in decommissioned prisons is not new, tourists’ fine dining in a working prison is. In this chapter, we discuss fine dining in prisons as not only a new form of global tourism but also as leading social change. Hospitality training programmes in the form of fine dining restaurants help prisoner rehabilitation and enable social purpose to change public perceptions of prisoners. One example is The Clink Charity, UK, which is successfully running four training restaurants in prisons. This chapter suggests a replication of the Clink model domestically and internationally, so that, in the future, more tourists will be able to experience fine dining in prisons globally. Over the next thirty years, fine dining restaurants could have the ability to reduce reoffending, increase the hospitality workforce, change the stigma that prisoners face at present and become a popular niche tourism experience.© 2023 Informa UK Limited. Authors can also post the AM book chapter to an open repository or academic social media site, or a personal or departmental website, after an embargo period of 18 months for Humanities and Social Sciences books or 12 months for STEM books.35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services3504 Commercial Services3506 Marketing44 Human Society3508 Tourism48 Law and Legal Studies4402 Criminologyfine dining restaurantsThe Clinkhospitalitytraining restaurantsrehabilitationprisonglobal tourismsocial changeChapter in BookOpenAccess10.4324/9781003260790-37