Tourism and Development -

Tourism and Development

Concepts and Issues
Buch | Softcover
408 Seiten
2002
Channel View Publications (Verlag)
978-1-873150-34-4 (ISBN)
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This book explores the role of tourism as a potential contributor to socio-economic development in destination areas. It considers what is meant by 'development', the processes through which development may be achieved and, in particular, a number of fundamental issues related to the use of tourism as a development agent.
The development of tourism is frequently justified on the basis of its potential contribution to the broader socio-economic development of destination areas. Indeed, tourism is generally considered an effective vehicle of development, yet the meaning and objectives of ‘development’, and the extent to which it can be achieved through tourism, is rarely questioned. Moreover, the relationship between tourism and development remains an under-represented area of study and research.



This book addresses this gap in the literature by challenging many of the widelyheld assumptions about tourism’s developmental contribution. In the first part, a theoretical link is established between the discrete yet interconnected disciplines of tourism studies and development studies. More specifically, the meaning of development and successive development paradigms are considered within the context of tourism. This provides a conceptual foundation for the second part of the book, which addresses a number of fundamental issues related to tourism’s potential contribution to development. These include issues of economic development, regional development, socio-cultural development and environmental development. Finally, the third part focuses upon barriers to tourism-induced development, arguing that a new political economy of tourism, the consumption of tourism and the dominance of the sustainable development paradigm represent significant counterpoints to overly simplistic models of tourism’s potential contribution to development.

Richard Sharpley is Reader in Travel and Tourism Management at the University of Northumbria, UK. His principal research interests include rural tourism development, the sociology of tourism, tourism in island micro-states with a particular emphasis on Cyprus, and tourism and international development. He has written a number of books and articles in all of these areas. David J. Telfer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies at Brock University, Canada, and is the Co-ordinator of the Bachelor of Tourism Studies Degree. He teaches in the areas of tourism planning and heritage tourism. He has researched and published in the areas of the relationship between tourism and development theories, economic linkages of tourism with host communities,strategic alliances and rural tourism.

Introduction 1. Tourism: A Vehicle for Development? - Richard Sharpley (University of Northumbria) 2. The Evolution of Tourism and Development Theory - David J. Telfer (Brock University) 3. Tourism and Economic Development Issues - Tanja Mihalic (University of Ljubljana) 4. Tourism and Regional Development Issues - David J. Telfer (Brock University) 5. Tourism and Community Development Issues - Dallen Timothy (Arizona State University) 6. Tourism Employment Issues in Developing Countries: Examples from Indonesia - Judith Cukier (University of Waterloo) 7. Tourism and Sociocultural Development Issues - Atsuko Hashimoto (Brock University) 8. Tourism, Development and the Environment - Chris Southgate (University of Central Lancashire) and Richard Sharpley (University of Northumbria) 9. Towards a New Political Economy of Global Tourism - Raoul V. Bianchi (University of North London) 10. The Consumption of Tourism - Richard Sharpley (University of Northumbria) 11. Sustainability: A Barrier to Tourism Development? - Richard Sharpley (University of Northumbria) 12. Conclusion: Tourism and Development - David J. Telfer (Brock University)

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.4.2002
Reihe/Serie Aspects of Tourism
Verlagsort Bristol
Sprache englisch
Maße 170 x 225 mm
Gewicht 645 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Projektmanagement
ISBN-10 1-873150-34-2 / 1873150342
ISBN-13 978-1-873150-34-4 / 9781873150344
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