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SAGE PUBLISHING Tourism And Tourism Spaces 2004 Edition by Shaw
This is a critical introduction to the relations between tourism, tourists, and tourism spaces. It fuses economic and cultural perspectives to explain how tourism is dependent on place and space, while at the same time as defining those places and spaces.Examining different levels of scale - from local to global - Tourism and Tourism Spaces is informed by the discussion of three key processes:- production and consumption of tourist spaces- consumption and commodification of tourist experiences- construction and reconstruction of tourist spacesEach chapter engages with different theoretical perspectives; is illustrated with comparative examples and case studies; uses tables, boxes and figures throughout; and concludes with a summary.An integrated and systematic review of a range of theoretical positions - that integrates economic and cultural - Tourism and Tourism Spaces will be a key resource for students of geography, sociology, management studies, hospitality studies, and leisure studies. IntroductionPART ONE: PRODUCTION, REGULATION AND COMPETITIONProduction and RegulationTourism Firms and the Organization of ProductionInter-company Cooperation and CompetitionPART TWO: CONSUMPTION, EXPERIENCE AND COMMODIFICATIONMapping Tourism ConsumptionFrom Fordism to McDonaldizationEngineering the Tourist ExperienceTourism and the Commodification of Local CommunitiesImpacts and RelationshipsPART THREE: CONSTRUCTING AND RECONSTRUCTING TOURISM PLACES AND SPACESTourism Places, Spaces and ChangeEstablished Tourism Spaces in TransitionChanges in Coastal ResortsLandscapes of PleasureThe Construction of New Tourism Spaces and PlacesConclusions