The geography of tourism and recreation : environment, place, and space / C. Michael Hall and Stephen J. Page.
"The fully updated third edition of this highly successful and acclaimed text continues to offer a comprehensive synthesis of the key issues associated with the area of tourism, leisure and recreation. It provides a cohesive overview of the landmark studies that exist within tourism, leisure an...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2006.
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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| Summary: | "The fully updated third edition of this highly successful and acclaimed text continues to offer a comprehensive synthesis of the key issues associated with the area of tourism, leisure and recreation. It provides a cohesive overview of the landmark studies that exist within tourism, leisure and recreation at a time of rapid growth in the subject area. The book offers the reader a series of chapters which not only explain how important tourism and leisure are in modern society, but also outline the key contributions made by geographers in the global growth of tourism and leisure research." "While this third edition retains the successful format and structure of previous editions with a wide range of maps and plates, it is completely revised and redeveloped to accommodate new case studies, summary points and learning objectives for students. The global focus of the text is retained, with a greater emphasis on North America as outbound and destination areas, as well as the importance of less developed countries and the critical issues of inequality, exploitation, underdevelopment and globalisation as powerful forces affecting tourism and leisure."--Jacket. Highlights the inter-relationships between tourism, leisure and recreation. This revised edition introduces the growing theoretical debates from the discipline of geography and the wider social science area to assess how new conceptualisations of tourism and leisure are advancing knowledge and understanding in this area. NZ author. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 427 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415335604 9780415335607 0415335612 9780415335614 |