
Tourism
Pearson (Publisher)
Published on 28. December 2007
Book
Hardback
72 pages
978-0-13-513934-9 (ISBN)
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Description
This text will be essential reading to students, academics and practitioners of tourism, leisure, hospitality, geography, management, business studies and the wider social sciences.
This new text builds upon the success of the classic Mathieson & Wall original Tourism: economic, physical and social impacts to provide a comprehensive and rigorous examination of the consequences of tourism. The authors address the nature of tourism and tourists and the economic, environmental and social impacts that result from their activities. It provides a unique blend of theoretical principles and practice for a balanced approach to tourism.
This new text builds upon the success of the classic Mathieson & Wall original Tourism: economic, physical and social impacts to provide a comprehensive and rigorous examination of the consequences of tourism. The authors address the nature of tourism and tourists and the economic, environmental and social impacts that result from their activities. It provides a unique blend of theoretical principles and practice for a balanced approach to tourism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 127 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-13-513934-9 (9780135139349)
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Book
12/2005
Prentice Hall
€64.36
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Persons
Geoffrey Wall is Professor of Geography at the University of Waterloo, Canada.
Alister Mathieson is Dean, School of Hospitality, Recreation and Tourism, Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Toronto, Canada.
Alister Mathieson is Dean, School of Hospitality, Recreation and Tourism, Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Toronto, Canada.
Content
Introduction
Frameworks
Rethinking Tourism Impacts
Economic Impacts
Physical Impacts
Social Impacts
Planning and Managing Change in Tourism
Frameworks
Rethinking Tourism Impacts
Economic Impacts
Physical Impacts
Social Impacts
Planning and Managing Change in Tourism