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Tourism a new perspective / Peter Burns and Andrew Holden.

By: Burns, Peter (Peter M.).
Contributor(s): Holden, Andrew.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Prentice Hall, 1995Description: vii, 239 p ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0131915525.Subject(s): TourismDDC classification: 338.4791
Contents:
Introduction -- Supply and demand: the commoditisation of tourism -- Motivation, tourist's perspectives and marketing -- Globalisation, the North-South debate and tourism employment -- Commodities, culture and the division of labour -- Economic impacts of tourism -- Progress: from rice paddy to golf green - environmental issues and tourism -- Planning, retrospection, interventions and approaches -- Alternative and sustainable tourism development - the way forward?
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General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 338.4791 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00017981
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 338.4791 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00017983
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item 338.4791 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00083575
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An introduction to the subject of tourism. This text incorporates the themes of sustainability, the North-South debate and seeing tourism as an international commodity. An international perspective with an underlying theme of Third World issues is integrated.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-235) and index.

Introduction -- Supply and demand: the commoditisation of tourism -- Motivation, tourist's perspectives and marketing -- Globalisation, the North-South debate and tourism employment -- Commodities, culture and the division of labour -- Economic impacts of tourism -- Progress: from rice paddy to golf green - environmental issues and tourism -- Planning, retrospection, interventions and approaches -- Alternative and sustainable tourism development - the way forward?

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction
  • Supply and demand: The commoditisation of tourism
  • Motivation, tourists' perspectives and marketing
  • Globalisation, the North - South debate and tourism employment
  • Commodities, culture and the division of labour
  • Economic impacts of tourism
  • Progress: fromt rice paddy to golf green - environmental issues and tourism
  • Planning: retrospection, interventions and approaches
  • Alternative and sustainable tourism development - the way forward?
  • References
  • Index

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