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1 online resource (363 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 tourism relooks at the complex. phenomenon of tourism development within a multi-disciplinary framework. Replete. with interesting case studies and tourism statistics, it re-examines and re-interprets. prevailing dominant paradigms in the subject, leading to new insights and perspectives. Tourism Deve |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Tourism.
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Economic development.
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economic development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Hospitality, Travel & Tourism.
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Economic development
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Tourism
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Electronic book
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| Author |
S, Sutheeshna Babu.
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Mishra, Sitikantha.
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Parida, Bivraj Bhusan.
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| ISBN |
8132100050 |
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9788132100058 |
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9788132111900 |
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8132111907 |
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9352800958 |
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9789352800957 |
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1281965715 |
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9781281965714 |
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9786611965716 |
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6611965718 |
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