Tourism Geography

This book provides a voice to Chinese mainland academic researchers and examines the nature of tourism research and tourism development in China. This authoritative text on tourism in China will be of interest to scholars and students of tourism throughout the world...

This is the first book to set the development of tourism in China since 1949 in its policy context. Underpinned by a strong conceptual framework, this systematic study of China contributes to an in-depth understanding of how public policy-making for tourism works and how it affects the development o..

This collection contains critical studies on tourism development and planning, and calls for proactive, holistic and responsible thinking. It argues that recognition of the contextual and historical dimensions around tourism development and planning is essential to help both researchers and practiti..

This book provides a framework for understanding how human mobilities associated with tourism (mobile tourists, workers, residents and others) contribute to the economic and social development of destinations in sparsely populated or ‘remote’ areas. Examples are drawn from the northern peripheries o..

Traditionally social and cultural accounts of tourism have limited their analytical gaze to the spaces and places where tourism is performed. This book scrutinizes the multiple ways in which tourism emerges in people’s everyday lives and the everyday appears in people’s tourist’ lives by tracing out..

The book traces tourism and pilgrimage in Jerusalem from the late Ottoman era to the reunification of the city under Israeli rule. The city’s evolution is shown to be intertwined with its tourist industry, as tourist sites, accommodations, infrastructure, and services transform the city’s structures..

The book traces tourism and pilgrimage in Jerusalem from the late Ottoman era to the reunification of the city under Israeli rule. The city’s evolution is shown to be intertwined with its tourist industry, as tourist sites, accommodations, infrastructure, and services transform the city’s structures..

In a world that is increasingly divided and faced with global environmental crisis, resilience has become a key concept with great relevance to tourism. This book signals a paradigmatic shift in long term tourism development planning, moving away from the dominant focus on sustainability towards a f..

Recent developments in tracking technologies have opened up new possibilities for research into tourist spatial behavior. This book examines the various technologies available to track pedestrians and motorized vehicles as well as the moral, ethical and legal issues arising from the utilization of d..

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This book explores the role of waterways as a form of heritage, culture, and sense of place and the potential of this to underpin the development of cultural tourism. With a multidisciplinary approach across the social sciences and humanities, chapters explore how the control and management of water..

Women and Sex Tourism Landscapes..