Tourism Geography

Name: Tourism Geography
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780415854443
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Critical Understandings of Place, Space and Experience

By Stephen Williams

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Tourism Geography explores how various geographies of tourism are shaped and sustained. It combines historical and modern perspectives to link tourism with key geographical ideas such as globalization, mobility, production and consumption dynamics, and post-industrial transformation. This fully updated edition features an international approach with diverse global case studies.
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Ideal for students and professionals in geography, tourism studies, and related fields seeking a comprehensive understanding of tourism's spatial and economic impacts worldwide.

Description

Tourism Geography develops a critical understanding of how different geographies of tourism are created and maintained. Drawing on both historical and contemporary perspectives, the discussion connects tourism to key geographical concepts relating to globalisation, mobility, new geographies of production and consumption, and post-industrial change.

The new edition has been fully updated to have an international focus, with global case studies and broader-based content.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780415854443

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 September 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 3rd edition

Illustration: 18 Tables, black and white; 41 Line drawings, black and white; 19 Halftones, black and white; 60 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 174.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 620g

Pages: 328

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About the Author

Stephen Williams is Emeritus Professor of Human Geography at Staffordshire University, UK. His extensive interests in recreation and tourism are reflected in his publications, which include Outdoor Recreation and the Urban Environment (Routledge), Tourism and Recreation (Prentice Hall) and a four-volume edited work Tourism: critical concepts in the social sciences (Routledge).

Alan A. Lew is Professor of Geography, Planning and Recreation at Northern Arizona University, USA. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the journal Tourism Geographies and his publications include World Regional Geography: tourism destinations, human mobilities, sustainable environments (Kendall-Hunt) and Understanding and Managing Tourism Impacts: an integrated approach (Routledge).