Tourism: Rethinking the Social Science of Mobility
- ISBN-10
- 058232789X
- ISBN-13
- 9780582327894
- Series
- Tourism
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pearson Education
- Author
- Colin Michael Hall
Description
'Tourism' helps provide an understanding of the contemporary forces shaping tourism in a manner that connects the field to broader policy and scientific debate that is approachable by students of tourism at all levels. Issues are examined in terms of key concepts of contemporary social and environmental studies.
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