Title: Critical issues in tourism : a geographical perspective /
Authors: Shaw, Gareth.; Williams, Allan M.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Tourism.
Abstract: The first edition of this text provided a geographic perspective on how the production and consumption of tourism are reshaping human and physical environments. This edition builds on this, updating the material to reflect changes that have taken place.
Contents: Pt. I. An approach to tourism -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The international dimension -- -- Pt. II. Access to tourism consumption -- 3. Social access to tourism and leisure -- 4. Tourist motivation and behavior -- -- Pt. III. The production of tourist services -- 5. The tourism and leisure industries -- 6. Tourism and entrepreneurship -- 7. Tourism employment and labor markets -- -- Pt. IV. Tourism environments -- 8. Tourism and leisure environments -- 9. Mass tourism -- 10. Urban tourism -- 11. Rural tourism -- 12. Tourism and the environment : the challenge of sustainable tourism