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Tourism and Mobilities
. Ed(S): Burns, P.; Novelli, Marina
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Description for Tourism and Mobilities
hardcover. In order to understand the modern tourist, concepts of mobility have begun to be applied to tourism studies and have questioned whether the word tourism is any longer sufficient to describe the complex socio-political milieu of people on the move. This volume analyses tourism's wider role as an agent for the mobile population of the world. Editor(s): Burns, P.; Novelli, Marina. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 703.
In the current trend of increasing globalization, relationships are evolving between global and local realities, rich and poor regions of the world and ‘old’ and ‘new’ leisure and tourism patterns. The tourist has become an active agent in their travel experiences, moving between and among multiple localities, in an environment of transnational, interconnected social networks. In order to understand the modern tourist, concepts of mobility have begun to be applied to tourism studies and have questioned whether the word tourism is any longer sufficient to describe the complex socio-political milieu of people on the move. Bringing together theoretical and practical ... Read more
In the current trend of increasing globalization, relationships are evolving between global and local realities, rich and poor regions of the world and ‘old’ and ‘new’ leisure and tourism patterns. The tourist has become an active agent in their travel experiences, moving between and among multiple localities, in an environment of transnational, interconnected social networks. In order to understand the modern tourist, concepts of mobility have begun to be applied to tourism studies and have questioned whether the word tourism is any longer sufficient to describe the complex socio-political milieu of people on the move. Bringing together theoretical and practical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Publication date
2008
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Wallingford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845934040
SKU
V9781845934040
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About . Ed(S): Burns, P.; Novelli, Marina
Professor Marina Novelli (PhD) is a globally renowned tourism for sustainable development expert and Professor of Marketing and Tourism at The University of Nottingham Business School (UK). She is known for her contributions to the concept of Niche Tourism, the study of Tourism Development in Sub-Saharan Africa and new critical elaboration of the Overtourism phenomenon. She is Fellow of the ... Read more
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