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The Geography of Tourism and Recreation: Environment, Place and Space

Colin Michael Hall

2.8/5 ( ratings)

The Geography of Tourism and Recreation presents an accessible, comprehensive introduction to tourism, leisure and recreation and to the relationships between them.

Illustrated throughout, this accessible text includes a wealth of international case studies spanning Europe, North America, Australasia and China. Each chapter highlights the methodologies and methods of analysis used by geographers to analyse recreation and tourism, and highlights the similarities and differences between the way recration and tourism is analysed. Recent perspectives developed in human geography are introduced and a range of chapters examine the impact of recreation and tourism on key issues including: the demand and supply of recreation and tourism; the role of public policy, planning and management; the impact of tourism and recreation on urban, rural, mountain and coastal environments, and tourism and recreation in wilderness areas and other peripheral regions.

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Routledge

Release: March 16, 1999

ISBN: 0415160049

ISBN 13: 9780415160049

The Geography of Tourism and Recreation: Environment, Place and Space

Colin Michael Hall

2.8/5 ( ratings)

The Geography of Tourism and Recreation presents an accessible, comprehensive introduction to tourism, leisure and recreation and to the relationships between them.

Illustrated throughout, this accessible text includes a wealth of international case studies spanning Europe, North America, Australasia and China. Each chapter highlights the methodologies and methods of analysis used by geographers to analyse recreation and tourism, and highlights the similarities and differences between the way recration and tourism is analysed. Recent perspectives developed in human geography are introduced and a range of chapters examine the impact of recreation and tourism on key issues including: the demand and supply of recreation and tourism; the role of public policy, planning and management; the impact of tourism and recreation on urban, rural, mountain and coastal environments, and tourism and recreation in wilderness areas and other peripheral regions.

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Routledge

Release: March 16, 1999

ISBN: 0415160049

ISBN 13: 9780415160049

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