Tourism and Intercultural Exchange : : Why Tourism Matters / / Alison Phipps, Gavin Jack.

• VerfasserIn: Jack, Gavin,; Phipps, Alison,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: Tourism and Cultural Change
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (196 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Part 1: Living the Tourist Life --; Part 2: Packing the Travel Bag --; Part 3: Unpacking the Travel Bag --; Part 4: After Tourism --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781845410193
• DOI: 10.21832/9781845410193
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alison Phipps, Gavin Jack.

This book asks the question; why is it that tourism matters? It looks at how it is we do tourism and learn to be tourists when we are on holiday. Tourism is a dynamic way of being that may facilitate or hinder intercultural exchange. The ways in which we do tourism and the places in which we are tourists raise practical, material and emotional questions about tourist life. This book draws on both empirical work and a range of theoretical frameworks, arguing that tourism matters precisely because of the lessons it can teach us about living everyday life with others.