Tourism Geography Critical Understandings of Place, Space and Experience

Name: Tourism Geography Critical Understandings of Place, Space and Experience
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ISBN: 9780415854443

ISBN-10: 041585444X

ISBN-13: 9780415854443

Edition: 3rd 2014 (Revised)

Authors: Stephen Williams, Alan A. Lew

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Tourism Geography develops a critical understanding of how different geographies of tourism are created and maintained. Drawing on both historical and contemporary perspectives, the discussion connects tourism to key geographical concepts relating to globalization, mobility, new geographies of production and consumption, and post-industrial change. The new edition has been fully updated to have an international focus, with global case studies and broader based content. This book is the only up to date and comprehensive review of geographies of tourism and the ways in which geographers can interpret contemporary tourism processes. It provides an accessible yet thorough explanation of…

Book details

List price: $59.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 9/11/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Stephen Williams is Peabody Professor of North American Archaeology and Ethnography, Emeritus, and former Director of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University.



Introduction



Tourism, Geography and Geographies of Tourism



The Emergence of Global Tourism



Emergence of Modern Tourism Demand



Global Patterns of International Travel and Tourism Supply



Economic, Environmental and Social Fundamentals of Tourism



Costs and Benefits: the Physical and Economic Development of Tourism



Tourism, Sustainability and Environmental Change



Socio-cultural Relations in Tourism



Tourism Places



Inventing Places: Theming and Events in Tourism



Urban Tourism in a Changing World



History and Heritage as Tourism Experiences



Tourism and Nature: From the Beach to the Jungle



Consumption, Identity and Speciality Tourisms



Applied Tourism Geographies



Planning and Managing Tourism Development



Tourism Geography and the Future of Tourism