Tourism development revisited : concepts, issues and paradigms / edited by Sutheeshna Babu. S, Sitikantha Mishra, Bivraj Bhusan Parida.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The global tourism industry is a growing, dynamic mega industry, despite the temporary setbacks it has faced from time to time due to political and natural elements. This book approaches tourism development through a critical prism. The collection of articles by leading experts in international tourism relooks at the complex phenomenon of tourism development within a multi-disciplinary framework. Replete with interesting case studies and tourism statistics, it re-examines and re-interprets prevailing dominant paradigms in the subject, leading to new insights and perspectives.

Tourism Development Revisited: Concepts, Issues and Paradigms , in addition to discussing the concepts, scope and nature of the tourism business, also includes a diverse commentary on:

- The development of tourism in the 21st century;

- Emerging models in international tourism;

- Challenges faced in emerging markets of East Europe, India and China;

- Impact of the Internet and online markets on the travel industry;

- Changing human resource practices and contributions by the informal sector;

- The importance of tourism as a source of economic development;

- The dynamics of the global tourist and corporate traveler;

- Ecotourism, exotic destinations and experiential tourism; and

- Fundamental issues in leisure, recreation and tourism.

The contributors of all the 22 chapters have explored their respective topics beyond the expected realms. They deal with the conceptual and paradigmatic evolution of tourism as a socio-economic phenomenon and an industry, contradictions in its development process, tourism in the developing world including the fast growing Chinese and Indian economies, new tourism products, and their development and management. The book will hold tremendous appeal for students, researchers, academicians, policy makers and professionals in this field.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Tourism Development Revisited: An Introduction
• I Tourism Development Concepts, Issues and Process
• Tourism as Discipline and Industry: Some Comments on the Progressing
• Modern Tourism and Its Development in a Post-Modern Age
• Some Reflections on Tourism and Post-Colonialism
• Trends in Tourism: Spectres of New Displacements
• Tourism and the Informal Sector: Notes on the Case of Backpacker Tourism
• II Tourism Products, The Gaze and Experiences
• Rural Tourism in Andalucía: Recent Evolution and Normative Regulation
• 'Mainland' and 'Entry' Islands: Distinctions in Island Tourism
• Marketing National Parks Using Ecotourism as a Catalyst: Towards a Theory and Practice
• Globalising the Tourist Gaze
• Destinations as Experience Stages: A Systems View
• III Emerging Development Paradigms
• Tourism Development and its Emerging Paradigms: A Synthesis
• International Tourism and Developing Economies
• Shifting Paradigms: The Convergence of Tourism, Conservation and Development
• Stagnation and Way-out: A Case Study of Tourism Development in China from the Perspective of New Institution Economics
• Exploring Linkage between Tourism and Community Development: A Case Study of the Artisans in Rajasthan
• IV Analytical Tools for Tourism
• Estimating the Economic Impacts of Tourism Shocks: A Paradigm Shift in Technique
• Analysing China-based Hotel Websites
• Spatial Dimensions of Tourism in India: A Macro-level Perspective
• Holiday Attachment: The Construct and Its Measurement
• V Changing Human Resource Practices
• The Professionalisation of Tourism: Preparing the Way for the Portfolio Careerist in Australia
• The Good Guide: Identifying and Engendering Generic Skills in the Training of Tourist Guides