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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791221703321

Titolo

Geographies of tourism [[electronic resource] ] : European research perspectives / / edited by Julie Wilson, Salvador Anton Clavé

Pubbl/distr/stampa

United Kingdom : , : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, , 2013

ISBN

1-78190-261-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Collana

Tourism social science series, , 1571-5043 ; ; 19

Altri autori (Persone)

Anton ClavéS (Salvador)

WilsonJulie <1975->

Disciplina

330

338.47914

Soggetti

Business & Economics - Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism

Business & Economics - Home-Based Businesses

Business & Economics - Training

Tourism industry

Media, information & communication industries

Tourism - Europe

Human geography - Europe

Hospitality - Europe

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 (p. 199-248) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : building bridges in European geographies of tourism / Julie Wilson, Salvador Anton Clavé -- Development(s) in the geographies of tourism : knowledge(s), actions and cultures / C. Michael Hall -- Nordic tourism geographies / Jarkko Saarinen -- From the geography of tourism to a geographical approach to tourism in France / Carine Fournier, Rémy Knafou -- German perspectives on tourism geography / Nicolai Scherle, Hans Hopfinger -- Regional perspectives on tourism geographies : the case of Greece / Paris Tsartas, Harry Coccossis, Magdalena Vasileiou -- Italian tourism geography : the weight of the idiographic approach / Alessia Mariotti -- Tourism geography in the low countries : Quo Vadis? / Myriam Jansen-Verbeke -- The geography of tourism in Spain : institutionalization and internationalization / Salvador Anton Clavé --



Conclusion : contrasting geographies of tourism in Europe / Salvador Anton Clavé, Julie Wilson.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume examines and contrasts different perspectives on and approaches to the geography of tourism from across European regions and language traditions. Authors have critiqued the dominance of Anglo Saxon voices in research on tourism geographies  not just in linguistic terms  but also in relation to the framing and theorizing of space, place and tourism appearing largely based on Anglo-Saxon research contexts. This is a tendency observed across the whole spectrum of research in human geography.  In an attempt to redress this imbalance, nine internationally renowned contributors from across Europe share their knowledge and experiences of research and scholarship in their respective regional contexts, plus an overview chapter is provided by C. Michael Hall, editor of the journal Tourism Geographies.  This volume aims to: map out the past and present of the tourism geographies sub-discipline within  and more importantly  beyond the English language contributions learn from the historical trajectories as well as experiences of tourism geographers working in different cultural and linguistic contexts.