ENGLISH

The Economic Geography of the Tourist Industry: A Supply-Side Analysis

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1998
ISBN
0415164125, 9780415164122
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7030429 bytes)
Pages
368\367
Time added
2013-12-12 03:31:39

Description

The Economic Geography of the Tourist Industry bridges the gap between tourism research and economic geography by bringing together leading academics in geography, planning and tourism. The authors explain tourism's definitions and examine whether tourism can be categorized as an industry. They provide detailed analyses of key sectors, such as tour operators, airlines and the hotel industry from a broad international perspective. The book also explores issues such as business cycles, labour dynamics, entrepreneurship and the role of the state in tourism and concludes that the production of tourism-related services has characteristics commonly associated with 'harder' production sectors, such manufacturing and producer services.

Similar books