Tourism Alternatives : : Potentials and Problems in the Development of Tourism / / William R. Eadington, Valene L. Smith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• HerausgeberIn: Eadington, William R.,; Smith, Valene L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 p.) :; 6 illus.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Tables and Figures --; List of Contributors --; Preface --; Introduction: The Emergence of Alternative Forms of Tourism --; Chapter 1. Alternative Tourism: Concepts, Classifications, and Questions --; Chapter 2. Alternative Tourism: The Thin Edge off the Wedge --; Chapter 3. Making the Alternative Sustainable: Lessons from Development for Tourism --; Chapter 4. Alternative Tourism: Tourism and Sustainable Resource Management --; Chapter 5. International Tourism Reconsidered: The Principle of the Alternative --; Introduction --; Chapter 6. Tourism as an Element in Sustainable Development: Hana, Maui --; Chapter 7. Boracay, Philippines: A Case Study in "Alternative" Tourism --; Chapter 8. Predisposition Toward Alternative Forms of Tourism Among Tourists Visiting Barbados: Some Preliminary Observations --; Chapter 9. Tourism by Train: Its Role in Alternative Tourism --; Chapter 10. Tourism Alternatives in an Era off Global Climatic Change --; Epilogue: A Research Agenda on the Variability of Tourism --; References --; Author Index --; Subject Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512807462; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512807462
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: William R. Eadington, Valene L. Smith.

Tourism over the past three decades has grown phenomenally but is continually modified by ongoing events and forces--such as increasing or abating pollution and congestion issues, new forms of transportation, and altered economic, social, or political conditions. The contributions in this work are of great importance to the advancement of knowledge of tourism, and, as a first theoretical book in the area, it establishes a significant benchmark for subsequent tourism research.