Tourism Alternatives : : Potentials and Problems in the Development of Tourism / / 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 o...
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©1992 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Edition: | Reprint 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (252 p.) :; 6 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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