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Go to Tourism, Tourists and Society Tutors’ Pack
20 full-page plates, 116
photographs
q In-depth
study of the relationship between tourism and the societies which both generate
and host tourism and tourists.
q Includes
effects of social change on the pattern of tourism consumption; motivation for
tourism; impact of tourism on host societies; commoditisation and authenticity.
q New
chapter on tourism the spiritual dimension, which covers religious pilgrimage
and dark tourism.
q General
tourism course textbook and a core text for specialist modules on the
sociology/impacts of tourism.
It is impossible to ignore tourism. It has
grown into arguably the world's largest industry and, for many destinations,
represents a vital source of income, foreign exchange and employment. More
importantly, tourism is about people. The annual number of international
arrivals has exceeded 846 million and an estimated six times that number
participate in domestic tourism each year. These figures represent an enormous,
yet temporary, migration of people both across international borders and within
their own countries. Thus, tourism is above all a social phenomenon, and an
understanding of the social processes involved is of fundamental importance to
its study.
This book approaches tourism from a
sociological perspective, considering both tourists themselves and the
societies which generate, sustain and receive them. Easy to read and to
understand, it introduces basic sociological theories and their relevance to
tourism before examining the major themes and issues concerning its social
nature. In particular, it explores the relationship between tourism and society
from two perspectives: the influence of society on tourism, and the reverse.
Relevant and up-to-date reference is made to sociological theory to explain the
processes and phenomena introduced.
This expanded fourth edition includes a new
chapter, addressing the spiritual dimension of tourism, both religious and
“dark”, from modern pilgrimage to war graves, memorials and sites of ancient
and recent atrocities.
Each chapter develops arguments of relevance
to the practical planning and management of tourism.
Richard Sharpley November 2007
Dr.
Richard Sharpley is Reader in Tourism Management at the University of
Northumbria.
The
author of a number of tourism books, including Tourism and Leisure in the
Countryside, 3rd Edition (Elm Publications 2003), and journal articles, he
lectures in rural tourism, the sociology of tourism and the role of tourism in
international development.
His
research interests include rural tourism, the consumption of tourism, and
island tourism development with a particular focus on Cyprus.
Chapter 1 Butlins
Chapter
3 The
Jorvik Viking Centre, York
Chapter 7 Dark
Tourism
Chapter 8 Tourism
and Development in Cyprus
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