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Tourism in destination communities

This book describes both the positive and negative effects of tourism on the destination community. It examines together many of the issues and critical concepts that pertain to the relationship between destination communities and tourism. These issues include economics, society and culture, heritage identity, politics and power, indigenous rights, ethical stakeholder interactions, development theory, planning, environment/ecology, management and marketing. Each of these issues forms the nucleus of an individual chapter. The 14 chapters are divided into three sections under the headings of: community tourism perspectives; community tourism dynamics; and challenges and opportunities for destination communities. Each chapter contains brief case studies and empirical examples. The book has a subject index
eBook, English, 2003
CABI Pub., Wallingford, Oxon, UK, 2003
1 online resource (xii, 282 pages) : illustrations, map
9780851997605, 9781280833564, 9786610833566, 0851997600, 1280833564, 6610833567
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Tourism and destination communities / S. Singh, D.J. Timothy and R.K. Dowling
Destination communities : structures, resources and types / S.W. Boyd and S. Singh
The economics of tourism in host communities / D. Ioannides
Tourism and local society and culture / M. Fagence
Heritage, identity and places : for tourists and host communities / G.J. Ashworth
Politics and place : an analysis of power in tourism communities / C.M. Hall
Self-determination : exercising indigenous rights in tourism / A.M. Johnson
Generating goodwill in tourism through ethical stakeholder interactions / D.A. Fennell and K. Przeclawski
Development issues in destination communities / D.J. Telfer
Appropriate planning for tourism in destination communities : participation, incremental growth and collaboration / D.J. Timothy and C. Tosun
Community attitudes : tourism development in natural environments / R.K. Dowling
Local involvement in managing tourism / R. Scheyvens
Presenting destinations : marketing host communities / G. Moscardo and P. Pearce
Understanding tourism and destination communities / D.J. Timothy, S. Singh and R.K. Dowling
English