Classic reviews in tourism / edited by Chris Cooper.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cooper, Chris, 1952-

Series:

Aspects of tourism ; 3.

Aspects of tourism ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism.

Tourism--Research.

Physical Description:

ix, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Clevedon ; Buffalo : Channel View Publications, [2003]

Contents:

1 Progress in Tourism Research / Chris Cooper 1

2 The Sociology of Tourism / John Urry 9

3 The Economics of Tourism / M. Thea Sinclair, Adam Blake, Guntur Sugiyarto 22

4 The Statistical Measurement of Tourism / John Latham, Chris Edwards 55

5 Perspectives on Temporal Change and the History of Tourism and Recreation / Geoff Wall 77

6 Marketing of the Service Process: State of the Art in the Tourism, Recreation and Hospitality Industries / Frank Go, Michael Haywood 87

7 Comprehensive Human Resource Planning: An Essential Key to Sustainable Tourism in Small Island Settings / Michael V. Conlin, Tom Baum 115

8 Competitive Strategies for a 'New Tourism' / Auliana Poon 130

9 Urban Tourism: Still an Imbalance in Attention? / Gregory Ashworth 143

10 Revisiting 'Heritage: A Key Sector of the (then) "New" Tourism' - Out With the 'New' and Out With 'Heritage'? / Richard Prentice 164

11 Environmental Auditing: A Means to Improving Tourism's Environmental Performance / Brian Goodall 192

12 Alternative Tourism - A Deceptive Ploy / Brian Wheeller 227

13 Gender and Tourism / Geoff Wall, Joanne Norris 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1873150458

187315044X

OCLC:

50714693