ISBN:
9781118474624
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (809 pages)
Series Statement:
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Geography
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
338.4/791
Keywords:
Tourism Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Tourism
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Electronic books
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Tourism ; Handbooks, manuals, etc
Abstract:
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism presents a collection of readings that represent an essential and authoritative reference on the state-of-the-art of the interdisciplinary field of tourism studies. Presents a comprehensive and critical overview of tourism studies across the social sciences Introduces emerging topics and reassesses key themes in tourism studies in the light of recent developments Includes 50 newly commissioned essays by leading experts in the social sciences from around the world Contains cutting-edge perspectives on topics that include tourism's role in globalization, sustainable tourism, and the state's role in tourism development Sets an agenda for future tourism research and includes a wealth of bibliographic references.
Abstract:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Wiley Blackwell Companions to Geography -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Notes on Contributors -- Part 1: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Tourism: Conceptualizations, Disciplinarity, Institutions, and Issues -- Conceptualizing Tourism -- The Institutionalization of Tourism Studies: Tourism as a Discipline? -- Issues -- References -- Part 2: Perspectives on Tourism -- Introduction: Perspectives on Tourism -- References -- Chapter 2: Tourist Flows and Spatial Behavior -- Modeling Interdestination Tourist Movements -- Modeling Intradestination Movements -- Intervening Factors -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Tourism Motivations and Decision Making -- Background Issues -- A Core History of Tourist Motivation Study -- Adding to the Tourist Motivation Literature -- Employing Travel Motivation Concepts -- Decision Making -- Conclusions: Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- References -- Chapter 4: Political Economy of Tourism -- Tourism and Regulation Theory -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- References -- Chapter 5: Cultural Geographies of Tourism -- Tourism as Geography Writ Large -- Being a Tourist, Doing Tourism -- Studying Tourism Cultures -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6: Tourism Mobilities -- Global Tourism Mobilities -- Heritage Tourism Mobilities -- Imaginative and Communicative Tourism Mobilities -- Mobile Methods -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- References -- Chapter 7: Critical Perspectives on Tourism -- Early Critical Perspectives -- The Development of the Critical Tourism Studies Movement -- Critical Engagements in Tourism and Hospitality -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- References -- Part 3: Producing Tourism and Tourism Spaces -- Introduction: Producing Tourism and Tourism Spaces -- References.
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