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

Hall, C. Michael; Page, Stephen J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415160030 ISBN 13: 9780415160032

Publisher: Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

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 methods of analysis used by geographers to analyse recreation and tourism, and highlights the similarities and differences between the way recreation and tourism is analysed. Recent perspectives developed in human geography are introduced (eg. gender studies and postmodernism) 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. Spanning the spectrum of recreation and tourism in a manner which is both internationally wide-ranging and student focused, this book introduces both landmark studies and the most recent contributions to the geographical analysis of recreation and tourism, and represents an invaluable contribution to those studying in this field.

About this title

Review:

'An interesting piece of work, a comprehensive treatise which would be an imminently useful introductory text and reference for undergraduate studies in the Geography-Tourism-Recreation domain, a dynamic study field that is here to stay - for a long time!' - Jan O.J. Lungren, Geografiska Annaler 81 B 'This book should be of great use for students of the cultural impacts of tourism, and is a fascinating study of an island community in its own right.' - Tourism Recreation Research

About the Author:

C. Michael Hall is Associate Professor in Tourism at the University of Otago, New Zealand and author and editor of eleven books in Tourism including Special Interest Tourism, Tourism and Politics, Tourism in the Pacific Rim, Introduction to Tourism in Australia, Wasteland to World Heritage Stephen J. Page is Associate Professor in Tourism Management at Massey University, New Zealand and is author of Transport for Tourism, Urban Tourism and co-editor of Health and the International Tourist

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0415160030
• ISBN 13: 9780415160032
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336