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Tourism and leisure [electronic resource] : current issues and perspectives of development / editors Harald Pechlaner, Egon Smeral.

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by Pechlaner, Harald
Call Number 338.4791 TOU
Publication Date 2014
Summary The Festschrift in honor of Prof. Dr. Peter Keller, president of the International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism (AIEST) since 1994, represents a wide range of tourism research as well as the current state of the ongoing debates in tourism as a scientific research field. The aim is to cover multiple topics and trends in travelling and to discuss future development possibilities in the leisure industry.
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Aspects of Tourist Behavior [electronic resource].

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by Kozak, Metin.
Call Number 910.68
Publication Date 2013
Summary Aspects of Tourist Behavior.
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Sustainable Tourism in Island Destinations [electronic resource].

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by Dodds, Rachel.
Call Number 338.479109142
Publication Date 2012
Summary Many of the world's islands are dependent on tourism as their main source of income. It is therefore imperative that these destinations are managed for long-term viability. The natural appeal of a destination is typically one of its main tourism related assets, yet the natural environment is also the feature most directly threatened by potential overexploitation. Sustainable Tourism in Island Destinations builds on existing literature in the subject by providing innovative discussions and practical management structures through the use of the authors' various island project work. An original f
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Economics of tourism [electronic resource] / Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth, Andreas Papatheodorou.

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by Dwyer, Larry.
Call Number 338.4791 DWY
Publication Date 2011
Summary Contemporary Tourism Reviews will provide you with critical, state-of-the-art surveys of all of the major areas of tourism study to people who are coming to a topic for the first time. The CTR series provides accessible and structured overviews to all areas of research in the broadly defined subject of tourism with links to original sources of information, sites, books and journals as well as a complete glossary of terms, allowing the reader to research as deeply as they wish. Available instantly as downloads, each review provides the equivalent of 30-40 printed pages in an interactive PDF format. All of the reviews are academically rigorous and immensely readable. References are highlighted throughout the text of each review and links are embedded throughout so that the reader can save time by drilling down to the cited sources through their library's electronic journals portal as soon as they come across the citation in the review.
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Tourism research [electronic resource] : a 20-20 vision / edited by Douglas G. Pearce and Richard W. Butler.

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by Butler, Richard, 1943-
Call Number 338.4791 TOU
Publication Date 2010
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Worldwide destinations : the geography of travel and tourism / Brian G. Boniface and Chris Cooper.

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by Boniface, Brian G.
Call Number 338.4791 BON
Publication Date 2009
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Worldwide destinations casebook : the geography of travel and tourism / Brian Boniface and Chris Cooper.

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by Boniface, Brian G.
Call Number 338.4791 BON
Publication Date 2005
Summary "This book provides you with a variety of case studies based on the geography of travel and tourism. The book is designed to be used as a a companion volume with the core text - Worldwide destinations : the geography of travel and tourism (4th edition, 2005)."-- Introduction.
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On holiday : a history of vacationing / Orvar Löfgren.

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by Löfgren, Orvar.
Call Number 910.4 21
Publication Date 1999
Summary "When it comes to holidays, some talk about "seeing the world," others about "getting away from it all." These two basic philosophies of travel are elaborated delightfully in Orvar Lofgren's investigation of "elsewhereness" as a human pursuit. Whether we set out in search of a mountainscape that will take our breath away, artifacts of the past to enrich our minds, the purest sand on the most unspoiled beach, or a summer place to know and cherish, we follow inner itineraries as time-honored and various as the routes we take." "Beginning his cultural journey among some eighteenth-century pioneers of tourism, Lofgren takes us on a tour of the Western holiday world and shows how two centuries of "learning to be a tourist" have shaped our own ways of vacationing. From country walks in search of the picturesque to wilderness trekking for more grandiose views, from seasonal campsites and communities on the coasts of New England and Sweden to Mediterranean resorts and rearranged ruins, from Continental spas to Las Vegas megahotels, we see how fashions in destinations have changed through the years, with popular images (written, drawn, painted, and later photographed) teaching the tourist what to look for and how to experience it." "The means of travel have bred their own expectations and rewards. Faster and more affordable transportation, besides permitting more than a small elite to go "on holiday," has led to the package tour and the globalization of tourism. In one of his most entertaining chapters, Lofgren talks about the ongoing battle that results from travelers' differing values: what is "authentic," and does it matter? What constitutes too much or too little, good or bad, the wrong or the right kind of travel? This battle, he says, is often fought in the ways we relate to other tourists--we mock, admire, emulate, or distance ourselves from them. "In the history of modern tourism one element is striking. The main tourist attraction tends to be ... other tourists."" "Travelers present and future will never see their cruises, treks, resort interludes, ecotours, round-the-world journeys, or trips to the vacation cottage or condo in quite the same way again. All our land-, sea-, and mindscapes will be the richer for Lofgren's insights. Book jacket."--Jacket.
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