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Tourism theories, concepts and models /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: McKercher, Bob (Author), Prideaux, B. (Bruce) (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Goodfellow Publishers, [2020]
Subjects:
Tourism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1 - Setting the Stage
  • 1 Theory, Concepts and Models
  • 2 What is Tourism?
  • 3 The Structure of Tourism
  • Part 2 - How Tourism Works
  • 4 Attractions
  • 5 Access and the Spatial Interactions of Tourists
  • 6 International Tourism
  • 7 The Political Economy of Tourism and Approaches to Forecasting
  • Part 3 - Evolution of Tourism
  • 8 Lifecycle Models
  • 9 Tourism as a Complex System
  • Part 4 - The Tourist
  • 10 Why Do People Travel?
  • 11 Sociological Concepts in Tourism
  • 12 Tourism and the Individual
  • Part 5 - Tourism Impacts and Sustainability
  • 13 Impacts - Conflict over Place Change
  • 14 Sustainability
  • 15 Climate Change, Resilience and Transition to a Carbon-Neutral Economy
  • 16 Tourism Planning
  • Epilogue