The Economic Geography of the Tourist Industry (eBook, PDF)

A Supply-Side Analysis
Redaktion: Debbage, Keith G.; Ioannides, Dimitri

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Economic Geography of the Tourist Industry explains tourism's definitions and examines whether or not tourism can be conceptualized as an industry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 1998
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134712502
• Artikelnr.: 43071617

Autorenporträt

Keith G. Debbage, Dimitri Ioannides

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Exploring the Economic Geography-Tourism Nexus PART A:
CONCEPTUAL AND DEFINITIONAL ISSUES: BARRIERS TO THEORY 2. The Tourist
Industry and Economic Geography: Missed Opportunities, 3. Tourism as an
Industry: Debates and Concepts, 4. The Tourism Production System and the
Logic of Industrial Classification, Part B: THE DEMAND SIDE 5. The
Determinants of Tourism Demand: A Theoretical Perspective PART C:
NEO-FORDISM and FLEXIBILITY: A SECTORAL APPROACH 6. Neo-Fordism and
Flexible Specilization in the Travel Industry: Dissecting the Polyglot, 7.
Distribution Technologies and Destination Development: Myths and Realities,
8. Tour Operators: The Gatekeepers of Tourism, 9. The Airline Industry and
Tourism, 10. Continuity and Change in the Hotel Industry: Some Evidence
from Montreal PART D: GLOBAL-LOCAL NEXUS:PLACE COMMODIFICATION,
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND LABOUR 11. The Institutional Setting -Tourism and the
State, 12. Tourism and Economic Development Policy: The Case of US Cities,
13. Entrepreneurship, Small Business Culture and Tourism Development, 14.
Tourism in the Third Italy: Labor and Social-Business Networks, PART E:
CYCLES AND INNOVATIONS 15. Economic Business Cycles and the Tourism Cycle
Concept, CONCLUSION 16. Conclusion: Synthesis and New Directions