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Tourism Destination Development: Turns and Tactics
Arvid Viken (Ed.)
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Description for Tourism Destination Development: Turns and Tactics
Paperback. Editor(s): Viken, Arvid; Granas, Brynhild. Series: New Directions in Tourism Analysis. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: KNSG; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 232 x 23. Weight in Grams: 452.
Although blurred and heavily contested, the concept of 'tourist destination' still deserves careful attention. Despite its unstable characteristics, 'destination' is a central and meaningful term in play among all parties in the field of tourism, including tourists, tourism operators, and politicians, as well as students and tourism scholars. This anthology draws on different approaches and discourses of tourism destination development, while focusing on how they are shaped and reshaped and how they should be read and rehearsed. The book reveals dominant as well as alternative approaches to the field. The authors demonstrate how tourism destinations are commercial, but socially embedded; ... Read more
Although blurred and heavily contested, the concept of 'tourist destination' still deserves careful attention. Despite its unstable characteristics, 'destination' is a central and meaningful term in play among all parties in the field of tourism, including tourists, tourism operators, and politicians, as well as students and tourism scholars. This anthology draws on different approaches and discourses of tourism destination development, while focusing on how they are shaped and reshaped and how they should be read and rehearsed. The book reveals dominant as well as alternative approaches to the field. The authors demonstrate how tourism destinations are commercial, but socially embedded; ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
New Directions in Tourism Analysis
Condition
New
Weight
451g
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138247468
SKU
V9781138247468
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Ref
99-1
About Arvid Viken (Ed.)
Arvid Viken is Professor in Tourism at UiT - the Arctic University of Norway. He has written extensively within the field of tourism, particular with a focus on northern aspects. Together with Torill Nyseth he edited Place Reinvention. Northern perspectives also published by Ashgate. Dr Brynhild GranAYs is Associate Professor at UiT - the Arctic University of Norway, Department ... Read more
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