LEADER 05342nam 22007094a 450 001 996218283403316 005 20230617005726.0 010 $a1-78268-830-7 010 $a1-281-32266-0 010 $a9786611322663 010 $a0-470-70749-6 010 $a0-470-75227-0 010 $a0-470-75226-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000403407 035 $a(EBL)350898 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000126245 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11135417 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000126245 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10030174 035 $a(PQKB)10145016 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC350898 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4956390 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4956390 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL132266 035 $a(OCoLC)212122822 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000403407 100 $a20030729d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 02$aA companion to tourism$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Alan A. Lew, C. Michael Hall, and Allan M. Williams 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Pub.$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (642 p.) 225 1 $aBlackwell companions to geography 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-631-23564-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA Companion to Tourism; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Part I Introduction; 1 Tourism: Conceptualizations, Institutions, and Issues; Part II Perspectives on Tourism; 2 The Measurement of Global Tourism: Old Debates, New Consensus, and Continuing Challenges; 3 Tourist Flows and the Spatial Distribution of Tourists; 4 Behavioral Approaches in Tourism Research; 5 Toward a Political Economy of Tourism; 6 Cultural Geographies of Tourism; 7 Tourist Practices and Performances; Part III Producing Tourism and Tourism Spaces 327 $a8 The Cultural Turn? Toward a More Critical Economic Geography of Tourism9 Transnational Corporations, Globalization, and Tourism; 10 Entrepreneurial Cultures and Small Business Enterprises in Tourism; 11 Labor Mobility and Market Structure in Tourism; 12 Transport and Tourism; 13 The Tourism Area Life Cycle in the Twenty-First Century; Part IV Globalization and Contested Places; 14 Problematizing Place Promotion; 15 Tourism, Information Technology, and Development: Revolution or Reinforcement?; 16 Theming, Tourism, and Fantasy City 327 $a17 Whose Tourist-Historic City? Localizing the Global and Globalizing the Local18 Urban Tourism: Between the Global and the Local; 19 Postcolonialism, Colonialism, and Tourism; 20 Indigenous People and Tourism; Part V Tourists, Values, and Practices; 21 Tourist Motivation and Typologies; 22 Tourism, Modernity, and Postmodernity; 23 Cultural Circuits of Tourism: Commodities, Place, and Re-consumption; 24 Narratives of Being Elsewhere: Tourism and Travel Writing; 25 Gender and Sexuality in Tourism Research; 26 The Souvenir: Conceptualizing the Object(s) of Tourist Consumption 327 $aPart VI Tourism, Place, Space, and Forms27 Tourism and Landscape; 28 The Beach as a Liminal Space; 29 Tourism, Shopping, and Retailing: An Axiomatic Relationship?; 30 Tourism and the Countryside; 31 Mobility, Tourism, and Second Homes; 32 Gaming and Tourism: Issues for the New Millennium; 33 Geographic Perspectives on Event Tourism; Part VII Tourism, the Environment, and Society; 34 Tourism and the Natural Environment; 35 Tourism and Touristic Representations of Nature; 36 Environmental Impacts of Tourism; 37 Tourism and Resource Management; 38 National Parks: Wilderness and Culture 327 $a39 Ecotourism: Theory and Practice40 Tourism, Sustainability, and Social Theory; 41 Tourism and the Elusive Paradigm of Sustainable Development; Part VIII Policies, Planning, and Governance; 42 Tourism and Public Policy; 43 Partnerships, Participation, and Social Science Research in Tourism Planning; 44 Local and Regional Tourism Policy and Power; 45 Tourism Communities and Growth Management; 46 Political Boundaries and Regional Cooperation in Tourism; 47 GIS Applications in the Planning and Management of Tourism; Part IX Conclusions; 48 Contemporary Themes and Challenges in Tourism Research 327 $aIndex 330 $aThis groundbreaking Companion offers readers an opportunity to reassess key themes in contemporary tourism studies in the light of recent theoretical developments in tourism studies and the social sciences, as well as dramatic changes in the operating environment for tourism. A critical overview of current research in tourism studies. Offers readers an opportunity to reassess key themes in tourism studies in the light of recent developments, such as terrorist attacks, SARS and the financial failure of airlines. Comprises 48 specially commissioned essays, 410 0$aBlackwell companions to geography. 606 $aTourism 615 0$aTourism. 676 $a910.01 676 $a910/.01 701 $aLew$b Alan A$0897120 701 $aHall$b Colin Michael$f1961-$0151476 701 $aWilliams$b Allan M$0140782 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996218283403316 996 $aA companion to tourism$92860745 997 $aUNISA