The Wiley Blackwell companion to tourism / edited by Alan A. Lew, C. Michael Hall, and Allan M. Williams ; Suzanne Becken [and sixty six others], contributors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lew, Alan A., editor.

Hall, Colin Michael, 1961- editor.

Williams, Allan M., editor.

Becken, Suzanne, contributor.

Series:

Wiley-Blackwell companions to geography. http://viaf.org/viaf/211758264

Wiley Blackwell Companions to Geography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Tourism.

Tourism--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (670 pages.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism presents a collection of readings that represent an essential and authoritative reference on the state-of-the-art of the interdisciplinary field of tourism studies. Presents a comprehensive and critical overview of tourism studies across the social sciences Introduces emerging topics and reassesses key themes in tourism studies in the light of recent developments Includes 50 newly commissioned essays by leading experts in the social sciences from around the world Contains cutting-edge perspectives on topics

Contents:

Cover; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Part 1 : Introduction; Chapter 1: Tourism: Conceptualizations, Disciplinarity, Institutions, and Issues; Conceptualizing Tourism; The Institutionalization of Tourism Studies: Tourism as a Discipline?; Issues; References; Part 2 : Perspectives on Tourism; Introduction: Perspectives on Tourism; Chapter 2: Tourist Flows and Spatial Behavior; Modeling Interdestination Tourist Movements; Modeling Intradestination Movements; Intervening Factors; Distance Decay and Market Access; Time and Financial Budgets

Trip and Personal Characteristics Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Tourism Motivations and Decision Making; Background Issues; A Core History of Tourist Motivation Study; Adding to the Tourist Motivation Literature; Employing Travel Motivation Concepts; Decision Making; Conclusions: Theoretical and Methodological Reflections; References; Chapter 4: Political Economy of Tourism: Regulation Theory, Institutions, and Governance Networks; Tourism and Regulation Theory; Adapting Institutions: Transformations and Restructuring; Theoretical and Methodological Reflections; References

Chapter 5: Cultural Geographies of Tourism Tourism as Geography Writ Large; Being a Tourist, Doing Tourism; Studying Tourism Cultures; Conclusions; References; Chapter 6: Tourism Mobilities; Global Tourism Mobilities; Heritage Tourism Mobilities; Imaginative and Communicative Tourism Mobilities; Mobile Methods; Theoretical and Methodological Reflections; References; Chapter 7: Critical Perspectives on Tourism; Early Critical Perspectives; The Development of the Critical Tourism Studies Movement; Critical Engagements in Tourism and Hospitality; Focus on the Researcher, Researcher Reflexivity

Critical Research Methodologies Critical Tourism Pedagogy and Curriculum; Inclusion of Long-Ignored Voices; Critiques of the Critical Tourism and Hospitality Movement; Theoretical and Methodological Reflections; References; Part 3 : Producing Tourism and Tourism Spaces; Introduction: Producing Tourism and Tourism Spaces; Chapter 8: Economic Geographies of Tourism Revisited: From Theory to Practice; A Retrospective on the Economic Geography of Tourism; Flows of Capital; A Case Study: The Economic Geography of Air Transportation and Tourism; Discussion and Conclusion; References

Chapter 9: Entrepreneurial Cultures and Small Business Enterprises in Tourism Entrepreneurship and Tourism: a Changing Research Agenda; Entrepreneurial Processes and the Small Firm; Entrepreneurial Cultures in Tourism: the Small-Scale Enterprise; Models of Small-Firm Growth: Innovation and Knowledge Transfer; Entrepreneurial Networks and Tourism Destinations; Theoretical and Methodological Reflections: Future Issues; References; Chapter 10: Labor Mobility and Labor Market Structures in Tourism; Tourism Labor Markets and Labor Mobility; Tourism Labor Markets; Labor Mobility

Issues in Tourism Labor Mobility

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781786842237

1786842238

9781118474631

1118474635

9781118474648

1118474643

9781118474624

1118474627

9781118474495

111847449X

OCLC:

880451867