Tourism Today

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. Tourism models
3. The demand for tourist travel
4. Patterns of international tourism
5. Intra-national travel patterns
6. Domestic tourist flows
7. Measuring spatial variations in tourism
8. The national and regional structure of tourism
9. The spatial structure of tourism on islands
10. Coastal resorts and urban areas
11. Implications, applications and conclusions

Summary

This book analyses the geographical dimensions of tourism and emphasises general patterns and processes drawn from a wide range of empirical studies, geographical methods and theoretical considerations.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas Pearce
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1995
• EAN: 9780582228221
• ISBN: 978-0-582-22822-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 670 g
• Series: Longman; Longman
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography