Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

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31. Ecotourism, NGOs and Development

    A Critical Analysis

    By Jim Butcher

    Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

    Ecotourism has emerged over the last twenty years not just as a market niche, but also as a strategy for combining development with conservation in the developing world. Ecotourism, NGOs and Development considers the basis for advocacy and argues that it is premised upon a very limited and...

    Published March 7th 2007 by Routledge
32. Tourism, Ethnic Diversity and the City

    Edited by Jan Rath

    Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

    Tourism, Ethnic Diversity and the City fills a gap in existing research in terms of how immigration relates to urban tourism and investigates the new theoretical insights and challenges for empirical research using informative case studies drawn from several advanced economies in Europe, North...

    Published December 13th 2006 by Routledge
33. Tourism and Global Environmental Change

    Ecological, Economic, Social and Political Interrelationships

    Edited by Stefan Gössling, Michael C. Hall

    Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

    This fascinating book is the first comprehensive analysis of the economic, social and political interrelationships between tourism and global environmental change: one of the most significant issues facing humankind today. Its contributors argue that the impacts of these changes are potentially...

    Published November 16th 2005 by Routledge
34. The Media and the Tourist Imagination

    Converging Cultures

    Edited by David Crouch, Rhona Jackson, Felix Thompson

    Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

    Tourism studies and media studies both address key issues about how we perceive the world. They raise acute questions about how we relate local knowledge and immediate experience to wider global processes, and they both play a major role in creating our map of national and international cultures....

    Published June 15th 2005 by Routledge
35. Tourism and Postcolonialism

    Contested Discourses, Identities and Representations

    Edited by Michael C. Hall, Hazel Tucker

    Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

    Due to its centrality to the processes of transnational mobilities, migration and globalization, tourism studies has the potential to make a significant contribution to understanding the postcolonial experience. Drawing together theoretical and applied research, this fascinating book illuminates...

    Published September 8th 2004 by Routledge
36. Tourism, Diasporas and Space

    Edited by Tim Coles, Dallen J. Timothy

    Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

    Diasporas result from the scattering of populations and cultures across geographical space and time. Transnational in nature and unbounded by space, they cut across the static, territorial boundaries more usually deployed to govern tourism. In a vibrant inter-disciplinary collection of essays from...

    Published May 26th 2004 by Routledge
37. Qualitative Research in Tourism

    Ontologies, Epistemologies and Methodologies

    Edited by Lisa Goodson, Jenny Phillimore

    Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

    The first to focus solely upon qualitative research in tourism, this book combines discussions of the philosophies underpinning qualitative research, with reflexive chapters that demonstrate how these techniques can be used. Incorporating a range of case studies written by leading international...

    Published March 3rd 2004 by Routledge
38. Tourism in the Caribbean

    Trends, Development, Prospects

    Edited by David Timothy Duval

    Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

    The Caribbean is one of the premier tourist destinations in the world. Changes in travel patterns, markets and traveller motivations have brought about considerable growth and dramatic change to the region's tourism sector. This book brings together a high calibre team of international researchers...

    Published January 21st 2004 by Routledge
39. The Ethics of Tourism Development

    By Rosaleen Duffy, Mick Smith

    Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

    Drawing upon a variety of important philosophical traditions, this book develops an original perspective on the relations between ethical, economic and aesthetic values in a tourism context. It considers the ethical/political issues arising in many areas of tourism development, including: the...

    Published June 18th 2003 by Routledge
40. Living with Tourism

    Negotiating Identities in a Turkish Village

    By Hazel Tucker

    Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

    Redefining 'community' and considering the effects tourism has on culture, this detailed book delivers an ethnographic account of both the toured and touring community in Göreme, central Turkey. Hazel Tucker presents an in-depth analysis of the interactions between tourists, the local community...

    Published January 15th 2003 by Routledge