Introduction to tourism
Subtitle: dimensions, and issues
By: Colin Michael Hall.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Hospitality Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Frenchs Forest, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 538
Subjects: Tourism -- Australia.; Tourism -- New Zealand.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The scope of tourism studies; title: 2. Historical dimensions of tourism; title: 3. Why do we travel? Tourist motivations and markets; title: 4. Imaging and branding the destination; title: 5. Government and tourism: the national level; title: 6. State, regional, and local government approaches to tourism; title: 7. Industry and labour; title: 8. The economic dimensions and impacts of tourism; title: 9. The social and cultural dimensions of tourism; title: 10. The environmental dimensions and impacts of tourism; title: 11. Tourism planning and destination development; title: 12. Special interest tourism in rural and perpheral areas: farm, wine, adventure and nature-based tourism; title: 13. Urban tourism development: retailing, culture, heritage, events, and the city as product; title: 14. The future direction of tourism.