Tourism Geography
Author:   Stephen Wynn Williams
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415142144


Pages:   228
Publication Date:   01 October 1998
Replaced By:   9780415394253
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained


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Tourism Geography


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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.

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Author:   Stephen Wynn Williams
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780415142144


ISBN 10:   0415142148
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   01 October 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780415394253
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Issues and approaches in the contemporary geography of tourism; from stagecoach to charter plane - the popularization 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.

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