gogogo
Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

Tourism and tourism spaces / Gareth Shaw and Alan M. Williams.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : SAGE, 2004.Description: xiii, 311 p. ; 24cmISBN:
  • 0761969926
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4791 SHA
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan Moylish Library Main Collection 338.4791 SHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002000379884

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This is a critical introduction to the relations between tourism, tourists, and tourism spaces. It fuses economic and cultural perspectives to explain how tourism is dependent on place and space, while at the same time as defining those places and spaces.

Examining different levels of scale - from local to global - Tourism and Tourism Spaces is informed by the discussion of three key processes:

- production and consumption of tourist spaces

- consumption and commodification of tourist experiences

- construction and reconstruction of tourist spaces

Each chapter engages with different theoretical perspectives; is illustrated with comparative examples and case studies; uses tables, boxes and figures throughout; and concludes with a summary.

An integrated and systematic review of a range of theoretical positions - that integrates economic and cultural - Tourism and Tourism Spaces will be a key resource for students of geography, sociology, management studies, hospitality studies, and leisure studies.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction
  • Part 1 Production, Regulation And Competition
  • Production and Regulation
  • Tourism Firms and the Organization of Production
  • Inter-company Cooperation and Competition
  • Part 2 Consumption, Experience And Commodification
  • Mapping Tourism Consumption
  • From Fordism to McDonaldization
  • Engineering the Tourist Experience
  • Tourism and the Commodification of Local Communities
  • Impacts and Relationships
  • Part 3 Constructing And Reconstructing Tourism Places And Spaces
  • Tourism Places, Spaces and Change
  • Established Tourism Spaces in Transition
  • Changes in Coastal Resorts
  • Landscapes of Pleasure
  • The Construction of New Tourism Spaces and Places
  • Conclusions

Powered by Koha