David L Gladstone

From Pilgrimage to Package Tour

Travel and Tourism in the Third World

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Produktbeschreibung

From Pilgrimage to Package Tour is a fresh and entirely original account that stands tourism studies on its head and proves that this industry is far more complicated than it initially appears.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780415950626
• ISBN-10: 0415950627
• Artikelnr.: 21399744

Autorenporträt

David Gladstone is Assistant Professor of Urban and Public Affairs at the University of New Orleans. He also serves as the Director of their Ph.D. program in Urban Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface The Varieties of Touristic Experience Chapter One An Overview of
Tourism in the 2000s Chapter Two Conceptualizing Travel and Tourism in
Third World Countries Chapter Three The International Formal Sector:
Mega-Resorts and National Tourism Planning in Mexico Chapter Four The
International Informal Sector: Drifter Tourists in India and Mexico Chapter
Five The Domestic Formal Sector: New Holidays for the New Middle Classes
Chapter Six The Domestic Informal Sector: Migrants, Pilgrims, and Other
Poor Travelers Chapter Seven An Alternative to the Alternative? Informality
and Sustainable Tourism in the Third World List of Acronyms Notes
References Index