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Understanding tourism = concepts and theories /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Understanding tourism/ Bob Mckercher and Bruce Prideaux.
Reminder of title:	concepts and theories /
Author:	McKercher, Bob.
other author:	Prideaux, Bruce.
Published:	Oxford :Goodfellow Publishers, : c2024.,
Description:	1 online resource (333 p.) :ill. :
Subject:	Tourism - Philosophy. -
Online resource:	https://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/GDFL0000192.html
ISBN:	9781915097682

Understanding tourism = concepts and theories /
McKercher, Bob.

Understanding tourismconcepts and theories /[electronic resource] :Bob Mckercher and Bruce Prideaux. - 2nd ed. - Oxford :Goodfellow Publishers,c2024. - 1 online resource (333 p.) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.

Understanding Tourism: Concepts and Theories is a follow-on text to the successful text Tourism Theories: Concepts and Models. Now aimed at a more undergraduate audience, it has been fully revised and updated to reflect current thinking and include new case studies and material on: International tourism and the political economy of tourism The quest for sustainability and the net zero imperative How tourists consume a destination Crisis and resilience in a COVID-adapted world It is a comprehensive and cohesive text that develops a series of key ideas that deepens understanding and encourages critical thinking. Divided into six parts, and using user friendly language and case studies to contextualise, it takes the reader through the important key theories, models and concepts of tourism, ensuring clear understanding and the ability for critical thinking. This important text provides a critical overview of the core theories, concepts and models that have shaped the development of tourism as a field of study. Divided into six parts, it takes the reader through the following areas to explain how our understanding of tourism has been shaped: Setting the stage: discussing the nature of theory, concepts and models, identifying different approaches to define tourism, and the structure of tourism; How tourism works: attractions, access and the spatial interactions of tourists, factors influencing international tourism, the political economy of tourism, and approaches to forecasting; The evolution of tourism: lifecycle models and complexity theory; The tourist: why do people travel, sociological and anthropological concepts of tourism and tourism and the individual; Tourism impacts, including conflict over place change, sustainability, climate change, resilience, the transformation to a carbon neutral economy, and tourism planning. Current issues including social issues, overtourism, resilience in a COVID-adapted world and crisis management. A must-have text for undergraduate tourism and hospitality students, as well as a key resource text for students at the early stages of their postgraduate studies.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9781915097682Subjects--Topical Terms:

775876
Tourism
--Philosophy.

LC Class. No.: G155.A1

Dewey Class. No.: 338.4/791

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