Tourism: a Community Approach (RLE Tourism) |
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| Author:
| Murphy, Peter |
| Series title: | Routledge Library Editions: Tourism Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-135-08325-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2013 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $52.95 |
Book Description:
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This book provides a comprehensive examination of tourism development, a new perspective for its evaluation, and a suggested strategy for its continued development and evolution. The author examines tourism from the viewpoint of destination areas and their aspirations, and recommends an ecological, community approach to developing and planning - one which encourages local initiative, local benefits, and a tourism product in harmony with the local environment and its people.
This book provides a comprehensive examination of tourism development, a new perspective for its evaluation, and a suggested strategy for its continued development and evolution. The author examines tourism from the viewpoint of destination areas and their aspirations, and recommends an ecological, community approach to developing and planning - one which encourages local initiative, local benefits, and a tourism product in harmony with the local environment and its people.