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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807855903321

Autore

Sharpley Richard <1956-, >

Titolo

The study of tourism : past trends and future directions / / Richard Sharpley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-134-01676-X

1-134-01677-8

1-283-04574-5

9786613045744

0-203-88504-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (116 p.)

Collana

Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility

Disciplina

338.4/791

Soggetti

Tourism

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

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; 1 So why study tourism?; 2 The study of tourism: Where we are now; 3 The contemporary study of tourism: Approaches and critiques; 4 The study of tourism: Future directions; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Over the last two decades, tourism has become firmly established as a recognized field of study and the focus of extensive academic research. There has been continual expansion in the provision of taught programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level, dramatic developments in the tourism literature and a growing community of tourism academics. Despite this explosion in the study of tourism, however, it is still struggling to achieve wider academic legitimacy, it remains to some extent divorced from the industry upon which it is focuses and, even within its academic ranks, there remains