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Europe at the seaside : the economic history of mass tourism in the Mediterranean / edited by Luciano Segreto, Carles Manera, and Manfred Pohl.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tourism--Mediterranean Region--History.
- Tourism.
- Package tours--Mediterranean Region--History.
- Package tours.
- Cruise lines--Mediterranean Region--History.
- Cruise lines.
- Seaside resorts--Mediterranean Region--History.
- Seaside resorts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Mass tourism is one of the most striking developments in postwar western societies, involving economic, social, cultural, and anthropological factors. For many countries it has become a significant, if not the primary, source of income for the resident population. The Mediterranean basin, which has long been a very popular destination, is explored here in the first study to scrutinize the region as a whole and over a long period of time. In particular, it investigates the area's economic and social networks directly involved in tourism, which includes examining the most popular spots that attr
- Contents:
- Flying visits : the growth of British air package tours, 1945-1975 / Peter Lyth
- The transformation of the economic model of the Balearic Islands : the pioneers of mass tourism / Carles Manera and Jaume Garau-Taberner
- Tourism and business during the twentieth century in Greece : continuity and change / Margarita Dritsas
- The development of the Portuguese hotel business, 1950-1995 / Benedita Camara
- Sending the Italians on vacation : the Alpitour group / Luciano Segreto
- Rimini : an original mix of Italian style and foreign models? / Patrizia Battilani
- The expansion strategies of the Majorcan hotel chains / Antoni Serra
- The French group Accor and tourism since 1967 : business tourism without a mass tourism strategy / Hubert Bonin
- Club Mediterranee, 1950-2002 / Ellen Furlough
- Tourism on the French Riviera / Philippe Mioche
- Tourism on the Costa del Sol / Carmelo Pellejero Martinez.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-243) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612627705
- 9781282627703
- 1282627708
- 9781845459116
- 1845459113
- OCLC:
- 645100476
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