The tourism area life cycle [electronic book]. Vol. 1, Applications and modification / edited by Richard W. Butler.

Contributor(s): Butler, Richard, 1943- [editor].

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BookSeries: Aspects of tourism ; 28.Publisher: Clevedon ; Buffalo : Channel View Publications, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: online resource (344 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781845410278 (e-book); 9781845410254 (v. 1 : paperback.); 1845410262 (v. 1 : hardback).Other title: Applications and modifications.Subject(s): Tourism

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Additional physical formats: Print version: The tourism area life cycle vol. 1, Applications and modification.DDC classification: 338.4791 Online resources: E-book Also available in print format.

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v. 1. Applications and modifications

Summary: This volume contains specially commissioned chapters by leading researchers who have used and modified the original TALC model over the past two decades, as well as a reprint of the original article, a discussion of its origins, and a comprehensive review of most of the published material using the TALC.

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This volume contains specially commissioned chapters by leading researchers who have used and modified the original TALC model over the past two decades, a reprint of the original article, a discussion of its origins, and a comprehensive review of most of the published material using the TALC. The book is divided into four sections, the foundations of the TALC, the TALC in heritage settings, local involvement and the TALC, and the TALC and rejuvenation. The concluding chapter discusses the relevance of the model to both sustainability and the late Elvis Presley.

Includes bibliographical references.

v. 1. Applications and modifications

This volume contains specially commissioned chapters by leading researchers who have used and modified the original TALC model over the past two decades, as well as a reprint of the original article, a discussion of its origins, and a comprehensive review of most of the published material using the TALC.

CIT Module TOUR 6008- Supplementary reading.

Also available in print format.

Electronic reproduction.: Dawson Books. Model of access: World Wide Web.

Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Model of access: World Wide Web.

TUFT Funding.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Introduction
1 The Concept of a Tourism Area Cycle of Evolution: Implications for Management of Resources
2 The Origins of the Tourism Area Life Cycle
3 The Application of the TALC Model: A Literature Survey
4 Evolution of Tourism Areas and the Tourism Industry
5 Lancaster County, The TALC and the Search for Sustainable Tourism
6 An Empirical Interpretation of the TALC: Tourist Product Life Cycles in the Eastern Townships of Quebec
7 The TALC in China's Tourism Planning: Case Study of Danxia Mountain, Guangdong Province, PRC
8 The TALC Model and its Application to National Parks: A Canadian Example
9 A Re-foundation of the TALC for Heritage Cities
10 The TALC and Heritage Sites
11 The 'Plantation' Variation of the TALC in the Small Island Caribbean
12 Shoring the Foundations of the TALC in Tropical Island Destinations: Kona, Hawai'i
13 Residents' Perceptions of Tourism Development Over the Early Stages of the TALC
14 The TALC Model and Politics
15 Seeking Sustainable Tourism in Northern Thailand: The Dynamics of The TALC
16 The Modification of the Tourism Area Life Cycle Model for (Re)inventing a Destination: The Case of the Opatija Riviera, Croatia
17 The Rejuvenation of Atlantic City: The Resort Cycle Recycles
18 Rejuvenating a Maturing Tourist Destination: The Case of the Gold Coast, Australia
19 The King Is Dead. Long Live the Product: Elvis, Authenticity, Sustainability and the Product Life Cycle

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Richard Butler has researched tourism from a geographical perspective for over forty years in Canada and the UK. He is most well known for his adaptation of the life cycle model to tourist destination, and has also published widely on sustainable tourism, and tourism development and impacts.