Challenges in Tourism Research / / ed. by Tej Vir Singh.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Aramberri, Julio,; Brothers, Gene,; Buckley, Ralf,; Butler, Richard,; Coghlan, Alexandra,; Cohen, Erik,; Cooper, Chris,; Dann, Graham,; Dunn, David,; Grabowski, Simone,; Guttentag, Daniel,; Hall, C. Michael,; Hannam, Kevin,; Harrison, David,; Jenkins, Carson L.,; Knox, Dan,; Lyons, Kevin D.,; Macbeth, Jim,; Margry, Peter Jan,; McArthur, Simon,; McCabe, Scott,; McCool, Stephen,; McKercher, Bob,; Moscardo, Gianna,; Ruhanen, Lisa,; Salazar, Noel B.,; Scott, Noel,; Sharpley, Richard,; Singh, Sagar,; Singh, Tej Vir,; Small, Jennie,; Smith, Peter,; Swarbrooke, John,; Uriely, Natan,; Wall, Geoffrey,; Wearing, Stephen L.,; Weaver, David,; Wheeller, Brian,
• HerausgeberIn: Singh, Tej Vir,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Aspects of Tourism ; 70
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Contributors --; Foreword --; Preface --; Introduction --; 1 I Am a Traveller, You Are a Visitor, They Are Tourists But Who Are Post-Tourists? --; 2 Is Tourist a Secular Pilgrim or a Hedonist in Search of Pleasure? --; 3 Do Tourists Travel for the Discovery of 'Self' or to Search for the 'Other'? --; 4 Is Volunteerism a New Avatar of Travelism? --; 5 Tourism's Invulnerability: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics --; 6 Vanishing Peripheries: Does Tourism Consume Places? --; 7 Tourism is More Sinned Against than Sinning --; 8 Is the Concept of Sustainability Utopian? Ideally Perfect but Hard to Practice --; 9 What is Wrong with the Concept of Carrying Capacity? --; 10 Knowledge Management in Tourism: Are the Stakeholders Research-Averse? --; 11 Tourism for Whom: The Unmet Challenge --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781845415341; 9783110754377
• DOI: 10.21832/9781845415341
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Tej Vir Singh.

In this volume leading experts from different disciplines and diverse geographic regions discuss fundamental, often controversial topics in the field of tourism studies. The book attempts to understand, identify and analyse some of the perennial problems and challenges encountered by tourism researchers. The debates include topics such as the concept of the 'tourist', the long-term sustainability of tourism development, the growth of volunteer tourism and the vulnerability of tourism. Bringing together the collective wisdom of 37 renowned tourism scholars in a unique format, this is an important text for undergraduate and postgraduate students, tourism researchers and industry professionals.