This book examines the complex interplay between industrial heritage and tourism. It serves to stimulate meaningful dialogue about the socioeconomic values of industrial sites and the use of tourism for the growth of the creative economy, and to better understand how the collect…
The expansion of international tourism is changing the relationship between ethnic groups and states around the globe. Yet tourism#x92;s importance for the understanding of ethnicity in the modern world has been generally neglected within the field of ethnic studies. This pionee…
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…