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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450268803321

Autore

Shaw Gareth

Titolo

Tourism and tourism spaces [[electronic resource] /] / Gareth Shaw and Allan M. Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2004

ISBN

1-4462-3632-3

0-7619-6992-6

1-280-37044-0

9786610370443

1-4129-3344-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WilliamsAllan M

Disciplina

338.4791

Soggetti

Spatial behavior

Tourism - Environmental aspects

Tourism - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of boxes; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Production and Regulation; Chapter 3 - Tourism Firms and the Organization of Production; Chapter 4 - Inter-company Cooperation and Competition; Chapter 5 - Mapping Tourism Consumption: from Fordism to McDonaldization; Chapter 6 - Engineering the Tourist Experience; Chapter 7 - Tourism and the Commodification of Local Communities: Impacts and Relationships; Chapter 8 - Tourism Places, Spaces and Change

Chapter 9 - Established Tourism Spaces in Transition: Changes in Coastal ResortsChapter 10 - Landscapes of Pleasure: the Construction of New Tourism Spaces and Places; Chapter 11 - Conclusions; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

'Tourism and Tourism Spaces' examines how tourists and tourism relate to different spaces at different levels, from the local to global. The authors use the perspectives of production regulation &



competition, consumption & commodification, & the construction of tourist places & spaces.