Tourism Geography.
Title:
Tourism Geography.
Author:
Williams, Stephen Wynn.
ISBN:
9780203197554
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (225 pages)
Contents:
Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxed case studies -- Acknowledgements -- Issues and approaches in the contemporary geography of tourism -- From stagecoach to charter plane: the popularisation of tourism -- Shrinking world -- expanding horizons: the changing spatial patterns of international tourism -- Costs or benefits? The physical and economic development of tourism -- Sustainable tourism? The environmental consequences of tourism development -- Strategies for development: the role of planning in tourism -- Cultures and communities: the socio-cultural relationships between hosts and visitors -- Inventing places: cultural constructions and alternative tourism geographies -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
This text provides a concise introduction to new and established geographies of tourism. Using worldwide examples it examines the differing economic, environmental and sociological impacts that tourism has on destinations. It looks to the future by considering how planning for tourism can assist in furthering development and sustainable tourism. The fifteen boxed case studies include: * Heritage tourism in Yorkshire, UK * 18th and 19th Century development of Brighton, UK * Theme parks in Japan * Development of beach resorts in Thailand * Tourism enclaves in the Dominican Republic * Sustainable tourism in Australia and the USA * The impact of tourism on wildlife - the loggerhead turtle * Water quality and tourism - Rimini, Italy * Tourism and economic Development in Tunisia and The Gambia. It also explores the factors that have encouraged the growth of both domestic and international tourism and highlights ways in which patterns of tourism are evolving.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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