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Titolo: |
Europe at the seaside [[electronic resource] ] : the economic history of mass tourism in the Mediterranean / / edited by Luciano Segreto, Carles Manera, and Manfred Pohl
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina: | 338.4791091822 |
Soggetto topico: | Tourism - Mediterranean Region - History |
Package tours - Mediterranean Region - History | |
Cruise lines - Mediterranean Region - History | |
Seaside resorts - Mediterranean Region - History | |
Altri autori: |
SegretoLuciano
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-243) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Flying visits : the growth of British air package tours, 1945-1975 / Peter Lyth -- The transformation of the economic model of the Balearic Islands : the pioneers of mass tourism / Carles Manera and Jaume Garau-Taberner -- Tourism and business during the twentieth century in Greece : continuity and change / Margarita Dritsas -- The development of the Portuguese hotel business, 1950-1995 / Benedita Câmara -- Sending the Italians on vacation : the Alpitour group / Luciano Segreto -- Rimini : an original mix of Italian style and foreign models? / Patrizia Battilani -- The expansion strategies of the Majorcan hotel chains / Antoni Serra -- The French group Accor and tourism since 1967 : business tourism without a mass tourism strategy / Hubert Bonin -- Club Méditerranée, 1950-2002 / Ellen Furlough -- Tourism on the French Riviera / Philippe Mioche -- Tourism on the Costa del Sol / Carmelo Pellejero Martínez. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Mass tourism is one of the most striking developments in postwar western societies, involving economic, social, cultural, and anthropological factors. For many countries it has become a significant, if not the primary, source of income for the resident population. The Mediterranean basin, which has long been a very popular destination, is explored here in the first study to scrutinize the region as a whole and over a long period of time. In particular, it investigates the area's economic and social networks directly involved in tourism, which includes examining the most popular spots that attr |
Titolo autorizzato: | Europe at the seaside ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-282-62770-8 |
9786612627705 | |
1-84545-911-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910791366303321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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