Mallorca and Tourism - History, Economy and Environment

This book provides a comprehensive and detailed critical analysis in English of the tourism industry in Mallorca. With origins in the end of the nineteenth century, the emphasis is on the development of mass tourism since the mid-1950s and the attempts to manage its environmental impact and to introduce diversification into the market.

Info autore

Professor (Emeritus) R J Buswell was Head of the School of Behavioural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle until his retirement. A geographer, his main research has been in the historical and contemporary aspects of urban and regional development. He has been a visitor to and part-time resident in Mallorca for twenty years. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the Institute of British Geographers.

Riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive and detailed critical analysis in English of the tourism industry in Mallorca. With origins in the end of the nineteenth century, the emphasis is on the development of mass tourism since the mid-1950s and the attempts to manage its environmental impact and to introduce diversification into the market.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: R. J. Buswell, R.J. Buswell
• Editore: Channel View Publications
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 23.06.2011
• EAN: 9781845411800
• ISBN: 978-1-84541-180-0
• Pagine: 232
• Dimensioni: 161 mm x 240 mm x 17 mm
• Peso: 517 g
• Serie: Aspects of Tourism; Aspects of Tourism (Hardcover); Aspects of Tourism; Aspects of Tourism (Hardcover)
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura e società: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Altro