Part 1. Tourism Policies and Practices Across Time and Space -- Part 2. Types and Forms of Tourism -- Part 3. Tourism Industry Practices. "Vietnam has experienced rapid growth within its tourism industry during the past decade. This growth is part of Vietnam's transitional econ…
Introduction / Peter Wiltshier and John B. Read IV -- Appalachian Trail communities : gateway partners in parks and protected area management / Robert S. Bristow, Julie Judkins, and Jessica Schottanes -- Building a gateway to the Arctic : a political economy perspective on touri…
"Focusing exclusively on tourism development, planning and policy, this book draws together new voices to provide case studies illuminating issues across western Europe. It adopts a range of methodological approaches to cover areas such as industrial tourism, natural and cultura…
"This book provides an overview of the history and evolution of tourism to the present, and speculates on possible and probable change into the future. It uses several practitioner-linked, real-life examples and case studies derived from all aspects of the tourism, travel and ev…
Socialism as Sinnwelt : communist dictatorship and its world of meaning in a cultural-historical perspective / Martin Sabrow -- Neither consent nor opposition : Eigen-Sinn, or, How to make sense of compliance and self-assertion under communist domination / Thomas Lindenberger --…
This book covers all aspects of the economics and management of geotourism, an increasingly important sector of nature tourism that focuses on the geology and landscape of different territories, providing a pleasurable and educational tourist experience. Geotourism is a sustaina…
"The role of the body and ideas of embodiment have largely been neglected in anthropological studies of tourism. This book explores the notion of the tourist body and develops understanding of how touristic practice is embodied practice, not only for tourists; but also for those…
Promoting gender equality and women empowerment in the tourism sector / Georgia Papadopoulou -- Intercultural dialogue as a tool for sustainable partnerships in tourism / Teodora Kiryakova-Dineva -- Tourism as a tool for poverty eradication in Kenya / Joan Nyika -- Ecotourism as…
This book examines how de facto segregation unfolded and operated at the New Jersey shore after the Civil War. Weaving together histories of race, leisure, and consumption, it argues that the politics of mass consumption contained early desegregation efforts and prolonged Jim Cr…