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This book offers traditional perspectives on shopping and tourism and updates current thinking in relation to experiences, and internal and external forces that affect retail change and shopping behaviour. It…
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The Routledge Handbook of Borders and Tourism examines the multiple and diverse relationships between global tourism and political boundaries. This book offers theoretical frameworks for understanding borders and tourism and…
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The Routledge Handbook of Religious and Spiritual Tourism provides a robust and comprehensive state-of-the-art review of the literature in this growing sub-field of tourism.
This book examines the unique characteristics of the Himalaya that mark them as a special region among other orographic regions of the world. The Himalayan range is an important global…
Provides the most influential articles and papers on tourism, heritage and culture. This work focuses on the nature of the heritage experience, the demand for heritage, and managing visitors and…
Dallen J. Timothy
Provides the most influential articles and papers on tourism, heritage and culture. This book addresses contemporary issues such as heritage dissonance, the debate an authenticity, conflict, and contested heritage. It…
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Provides the most influential articles and papers on tourism, heritage and culture. This volume deals primarily with issues of conservation, interpretation, impacts of tourism and the management of those impacts…
In light of today’s political transformations and processes of globalisation, this book provides a systematic examination of the relationships between boundaries and tourism.
Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Africa examines the multiple and diverse manifestations of cultural heritage-based tourism in Africa from a regional, social science, and sustainability perspective.
This book consolidates into a single volume what is known about cuisines and foodways from a heritage perspective and examines and challenge the existing paradigms, concepts and practices related to…
This book offers a critical synthesis of social psychology’s contribution to the study of contemporary racism, with a special emphasis on aspects that have been relatively neglected.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the issues, practices, current debates, concepts and management concerns associated with cultural heritage-based tourism, as well as applied knowledge. The 2nd edition expands…
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the relationships between tourism, leisure, shopping, and retailing. Critical issues are examined within the framework of the dichotomous relationship between utilitarian and hedonic…
This book facilitates a critical investigation of gaps in theorizing and framing dark tourism by navigating through some onto-epistemological issues, theoretical entanglements, future possibilities, and the application of critical theoretical…
This handbook provides a comprehensive statement about the supply and demand for tourism in the Middle East, deconstructs the challenges and opportunities facing the region from a tourism perspective, and…
Dallen J Timothy (Arizona State University, USA)
Tourism in European Microstates and Dependencies carefully examines the nuances and realities associated with tourism, social and economic development, geography, and geopolitics of Europe’s microstates and dependencies.
Dallen Timothy,Victor Teye
Examines the lodging sector from a tourism perspective. This book highlights the importance of the lodging sector in tourism as a major income generator and essential part of the travel…
This work introduces features of diasporas, exploring their implications for the consumption, production and practices of tourism. It examines experiences of diaspora tourists, the settings and spaces of diaspora tourism…
In a vibrant inter-disciplinary collection of essays from leading scholars in the field, this book introduces the main features and constructs of diasporas, and explores their implications for the consumption…
Dallen J. Timothy,Geoffrey Wall
In light of today’s political transformations and processes of globalization, this book provides a systematic examination of the relationships between boundaries and tourism.
This is the first book of its kind to synthesize global and regional issues, challenges, and practices related to cultural heritage and tourism, specifically in less-developed nations.
Jeanne Kay Guelke
This volume is possibly the first ever book to address the geographical and scholarly aspects of Genealogy. It highlights tools and information sources used by geographers and their application to…
Dallen J. Timothy,Stephen W. Boyd
This book provides a comprehensive overview of trails and routes from a tourism and recreation perspective. This cutting-edge volume addresses conceptual and management issues systematically, examining supply, demand, development and…
Amos S. Ron,Dallen J. Timothy
This book is the first to examine the complexity of global Christian travel and how it manifests in terms of both supply and demand. It considers the places and spaces…
This book provides a global examination of the relationships between archaeology and tourism. It offers a critical analysis of current issues and implications from both tourism and archaeological perspectives. It…
C Michael Hall,Dallen J. Timothy,David Timothy Duval
Hall (tourism, U. of Otago, New Zealand) introduces 16 chapters addressing how post-9/11 security concerns have effected tourism in both psychological and practical terms. Contributors discuss their research on risk…
A valuable contribution to tourism studies, women’s studies, and the literature of economic development. The premises of this unique collection of research are that women’s roles in tourism are gendered…
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism had permeated all spaces of experience, reaching every country, region, settlement, and corner of the globe. In recent decades, the meanings, implications, and roles…
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This book approaches special interest tourism from the perspective of both supply and demand, and has a clear, user-friendly structure. Covering the practical applications of research and the key emerging…
This book discusses responsible tourism as a whole, including the politics, policy and planning behind it, and major sub-topics such as poverty reduction, the environment, transport, governance, wildlife tours and…
Borders represent an intriguing paradox as globalization continues to leap barriers at a vigorous pace, yet the political boundaries separating peoples remain pervasive and problematic. Suitable for undergraduates, this work…