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Tourism development revisited : concepts, issues and paradigms /

The global tourism industry is a growing, dynamic mega industry, despite the temporary. setbacks it has faced from time to time due to political and natural elements. This book approaches tourism development through a critical prism. The collection. of articles by leading experts in international to...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: S, Sutheeshna Babu, Mishra, Sitikantha, Parida, Bivraj Bhusan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi, IN : Response Books, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 1. Tourism Development Revisited: An Introduction / Sutheeshna Babu. S., Sitikantha Mishra and Bivraj Bhusan Parida
  • Sect. A. Tourism Development Concepts, Issues and Process
  • 2. Tourism as Discipline and Industry: Some Comments on the Progressing Debates / Sutheeshna Babu. S.
  • 3. Modern Tourism and Its Development in a Post-Modern Age / Richard Butler
  • 4. Some Reflections on Tourism and Post-Colonialism / Peter M. Burns
  • 5. Trends in Tourism: Spectres of New Displacements / Nina Rao
  • 6. Tourism and the Informal Sector: Notes on the Case of Backpacker Tourism / Anders Serensen and Sutheeshna Babu. S.
  • Sect. B. Tourism Products, the Gaze and Experiences
  • 7. Rural Tourism in Andalucia: Recent Evolution and Normative Regulation / Antonio Fernandez-Morales and Maria Cruz Mayorga-Toledano
  • 8. 'Mainland' and 'Entry' Islands: Distinctions in Island Tourism / Stephen A. Royle
  • 9. Marketing National Parks Using Ecotourism as a Catalyst: Towards a Theory and Practice / Stephen Wearing
  • 10. Globalising the Tourist Gaze / John Urry
  • 11. Destinations as Experience Stages: A Systems View / Yeoryios Stamboulis
  • Sect. C. Emerging Development Paradigms
  • 12. Tourism Development and Its Emerging Paradigms: A Synthesis / Sutheeslma Babu. S.
  • 13. International Tourism and Developing Economies / Miguela M. Mena
  • 14. Shifting Paradigms: The Convergence of Tourism, Conservation and Development / Sue Broad and Rochelle Spencer
  • 15. Stagnation and Way-out: A Case Study of Tourism Development in China from the Perspective of New Institution Economics / Lingyun Zhang and Xiaoqiu Ma
  • 16. Exploring Linkage between Tourism and Community Development: A Case Study of the Artisansin Rajasthan / Dripto Mukhopadhyay
  • Sect. D. Analytical Tools for Tourism
  • 17. Estimating the Economic Impacts of Tourism Shocks: A Paradigm Shift in Technique / Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth, Ray Spurr and Thiep Van Ho
  • 18. Analysing China-based Hotel Websites / Rob Law and Catherine Cheung
  • 19. Spatial Dimensions of Tourism in India: A Macro-level Perspective / Suiheeshna Babu. S.
  • 20. Holiday Attachment: The Construct and Its Measurement / Babu P. George
  • Sect. E. Changing Human Resource Practices
  • 21. The Professionalisation of Tourism: Preparing the Way for the Portfolio Careerist in Australia / Kevin D. Lyons
  • 22. The Good Guide: Identifying and Engendering Generic Skills in the Training of Tourist Guides / Michael F. Christie and Peter Mason.