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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970720803321

Titolo

The Routledge handbook of tourism research / / edited by Cathy H.C. Hsu and William C. Gartner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-33815-2

1-283-58513-8

9786613897589

0-203-12328-X

1-136-33816-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (457 p.)

Collana

Routledge handbooks

Altri autori (Persone)

GartnerWilliam C

HsuCathy H. C

Disciplina

338.4/791072

338.4791072

Soggetti

Tourism - Research

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

pt. 1. Foundations for tourism research -- pt. 2. Implications for destination management -- pt. 3. Planning for tourism development -- pt. 4. Human capital for tourism development -- pt. 5. Emerging forms of tourism -- pt. 6. Insights into tourism evolution.

Sommario/riassunto

The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Research is a compendium of some of the most relevant issues affecting tourism development today. The topics addressed in this book provide some new thinking for those involved in tourism research. This book takes the reader from the beginnings of tourism research to a discussion of emerging forms of tourism and selected examples of tourism development. The underlying theoretical dimensions are reviewed, analysed and discussed from a number of perspectives. This book brings together leading researchers, many of whom are members of the International