The Economic Geography of the Tourist Industry (eBook, ePUB)

A Supply-Side Analysis
Redaktion: Debbage, Keith G.; Ioannides, Dimitri

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Economic Geography of the Tourist Industry bridges the gap between tourism research and economic geography by bringing together leading academics in geography, planning and tourism. The authors explain tourism's definitions and examine whether tourism can be categorized as an industry. They provide detailed analyses of key sectors, such as tour

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 1998
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134712496
• Artikelnr.: 47888205

Autorenporträt

Keith G. Debbage, Dimitri Ioannides

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Exploring the Economic Geography-Tourism Nexus PART A:
CONCEPTUAL AND DEFINITIONAL ISSUES: BARRIERS TO THEORY 2. The Tourist
Industry and Economic Geography: Missed Opportunities, 3. Tourism as an
Industry: Debates and Concepts, 4. The Tourism Production System and the
Logic of Industrial Classification, Part B: THE DEMAND SIDE 5. The
Determinants of Tourism Demand: A Theoretical Perspective PART C:
NEO-FORDISM and FLEXIBILITY: A SECTORAL APPROACH 6. Neo-Fordism and
Flexible Specilization in the Travel Industry: Dissecting the Polyglot, 7.
Distribution Technologies and Destination Development: Myths and Realities,
8. Tour Operators: The Gatekeepers of Tourism, 9. The Airline Industry and
Tourism, 10. Continuity and Change in the Hotel Industry: Some Evidence
from Montreal PART D: GLOBAL-LOCAL NEXUS:PLACE COMMODIFICATION,
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND LABOUR 11. The Institutional Setting -Tourism and the
State, 12. Tourism and Economic Development Policy: The Case of US Cities,
13. Entrepreneurship, Small Business Culture and Tourism Development, 14.
Tourism in the Third Italy: Labor and Social-Business Networks, PART E:
CYCLES AND INNOVATIONS 15. Economic Business Cycles and the Tourism Cycle
Concept, CONCLUSION 16. Conclusion: Synthesis and New Directions