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Tourism in the USA: A Spatial and Social Synthesis
The United States continues to provide opportunities for travel and tourism to domestic and international travellers. This is the first book to offer students a comprehensive overview of both tourism and travel in this region, paying specific attention to the disciplines of Geography, Tourism Studie... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
The Economic Geography of the Tourist Industry: A Supply-Side Analysis
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 prov... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1998 -
Tourism Destination Evolution (New Directions in Tourism Analysis)
Outlining the need for fresh perspectives on change in tourism, this book offers a theoretical overview and empirical examples of the potential synergies of applying evolutionary economic geography (EEG) concepts in tourism research. EEG has proven to be a powerful explanatory paradigm in other sect... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Overtourism: Excesses, Discontents and Measures in Travel and Tourism
by Carlos Costa • Anne Graham • Dimitri Ioannides • Gunnar Thór Jóhannesson • Francesco Visentin • Daisuke Abe • Dario Bertocchi • Macià Blázquez-Salom • Antonia Canosa • Ernest Cañada • Margarida Ferreira Silva • Roos Gerritsma • Judy Kepher-Gona • Jaume Gual-Carbonell • Jon Kohl • Professor Katrín Anna Lund • Ivan Murray • Mathias Pecot • Carla Ricaurte-Quijano • Asunción Blanco-Romero • Ivana Stevic • Medéia Veríssimo • Neiva Vieira Cunha • Erica WilsonThis book examines the evolution of the phenomenon and explores the genesis of overtourism and the system dynamics underlining it. The 'overtourism' phenomenon is defined as the excessive growth of visitors leading to overcrowding and the consequential suffering of residents, due to temporary and o... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Hair Disorders: Diagnosis and Management (Series in Dermatological Treatment)
A comprehensive resource for the practicing dermatologist on how to diagnose and manage the range of hair disorders in patients. Extensive illustration accompanies each condition and shows the results of the latest diagnostic tools, including dermoscopy.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022