Author: Valene L. Smith Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press ISBN: 9780812213911 Format: PDF, Mobi Pages : 253 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Size: 75.33 MB View: 6743
by Valene L. Smith, Tourism Alternatives Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download Tourism Alternatives books, Tourism over the past three decades has grown phenomenally but is continually modified by ongoing events and forces--such as increasing or abating pollution and congestion issues, new forms of transportation, and altered economic, social, or political conditions. The contributions in this work are of great importance to the advancement of knowledge of tourism, and, as a first theoretical book in the area, it establishes a significant benchmark for subsequent tourism research. The volume includes contributions by tourism specialists from Australia, France, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States: Richard Butler, Professor of Geography, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada; Graham Dann, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados; Emanuel de Kadt, Director, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom; Bryan Farrell, Professor of Geography, University of California, Santa Cruz; Nelson H. Graburn, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley; Martinus J. Kosters, Director of the Netherlands Institute for Tourism and Transport, Breda; Marie-Françoise Lanfant, Director of Research, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris; Dennison Nash, Professor of Anthropology, University of Connecticut; Douglas G. Pearce, Professor of Geography, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand; John Pigram, Associate Professor of Geography and Planning and Executive Director, Center for Water Policy Research, University of New England, Armidale NSW, Australia; and Geoffrey Wall, Professor of Geography, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Tourism Alternatives is a provocative and important book that will be of interest to tourism planners at all levels of government and private enterprise, and to scholars and students in the fields of tourism and resort development.
Author: Milena Ivanovic Publisher: Juta and Company Ltd ISBN: 9780702171857 Format: PDF, Kindle Pages : 340 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Size: 17.37 MB View: 3511
by Milena Ivanovic, Cultural Tourism Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download Cultural Tourism books, Stressing the interconnectedness of tourism and culture, this valuable handbook explores what tourism industry professionals need to know to succeed. Globalization, landmark attractions, and cultural heritage are among the topics discussed from both international and local perspectives. Each chapter also concludes with a comprehensive series of self-assessment questions and a proposed task that professionals and students can do to enrich their cultural learning experience.
by Clare A. Gunn, Tourism Planning Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download Tourism Planning books, One of the fastest growing sectors of the modern economy, tourism is a complicated phenomenon and the pressures it creates on the natural and social environment have become major issues. This text presents an overview of the subject and suggests positive guidelines.
by D. S. Bhardwaj, Domestic Tourism In India Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download Domestic Tourism In India books, Contributed articles at a seminar.
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by Richard Sharpley, Tourism And Development Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download Tourism And Development books, This text explores the role of tourism as a potential contibutor to socio-economic development in destination areas. Establishing a link between tourism studies and development studies, it considers what is meant by development, the processes through which development may be achieved and, in particular, a number of fundamental issues related to the use of tourism as a development agent. In so doing, it challenges conventional thinking about the relationship between tourism and development.
by P. Burns, Tourism Development Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download Tourism Development books, A collection of essays from scholars evaluating tourism as a means of simulating economic growth and fighting economic inequalities in poor countries. It takes a look at the successes and failures of tourism in this role, and considers why tourism as a catalyst for economic development can be a controversial device.
by Thomas Hinch, Sport Tourism Development Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download Sport Tourism Development books, In setting the foundation for this book, the unique qualities of sport as a tourist attraction are presented and discussed theoretically. It then addresses in six chapters central themes of sport tourism development.
by Brent W. Ritchie, Tourism Research Methods Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download Tourism Research Methods books, Within the tourism industry there is a growing consensus on the need for research to investigate the economic, social and environmental impacts of tourism. However, existing research methods texts are based solely on either the business approach or the social science approach to tourism. They often fail to provide real world examples of how to plan, implement or analyse tourism related research. This book aims to address this divide by integrating theory with practice through the inclusion of specific tourism research case studies alongside research theory. It considers a wide range of research issues, approaches and techniques with contributions from both experienced and new researchers.