The Sociology of Tourism: Theoretical and Empirical InvestigationsYiorgos Apostolopoulos, Stella Leivadi, Andrew Yiannakis Routledge, Abr 15, 2013 - 376 mga pahina The rapid expansion of the tourism industry has provided many economic benefits and affected every facet of contemporary societies including employment, government revenue and cultural manifestations. However, tourism can also be considered a problematic phenomenon, promoting dependency, underdevelopment and adverse sociocultural effects, especially for developing countries. This pioneering work provides a comprehensive review of these complex tourism issues from a sociological perspective. Various theoretical and empirical approaches are introduced and the following issues are discussed: * identifiable and stable forms of touristic behaviour and roles |
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Part I Towards a sociological understanding of contemporary tourism | 13 |
Part II The tourism system and the individual | 73 |
Part III Structures of social inequality in the tourism system | 113 |
Part IV Tourism underdevelopment and dependency | 153 |
Iba pang mga edisyon - Tingnan lahat
The Sociology of Tourism: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations Yiorgos Apostolopoulos,Stella Leivadi,Andrew Yiannakis Walang magamit na pagsilip - 1996 |