Tourism and development : concepts and issues /
This text explores the role of tourism as a potential contibutor to socio-economic development in destination areas. Establishing a link between tourism studies and development studies, it considers what is meant by "development", the processes through which development may be achieved and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Clevendon ; Buffalo :
Channel View Publications,
�2002.
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| Series: | Aspects of tourism ;
5. |
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=80541 |
| Summary: | This text explores the role of tourism as a potential contibutor to socio-economic development in destination areas. Establishing a link between tourism studies and development studies, it considers what is meant by "development", the processes through which development may be achieved and, in particular, a number of fundamental issues related to the use of tourism as a development agent. In so doing, it challenges conventional thinking about the relationship between tourism and development. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 397 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-392) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1873150393 9781873150399 9781873150344 1873150342 9781873150351 1873150350 1280627891 9781280627897 |
