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There is an ever growing importance of events in modern society and
until now existing literature on events has been dominated by the
economic perspective. Social and Cultural Aspects of Events
addresses the social and cultural side of events and explores the
role they have in fostering change and community development. It
examines the transformatory function of events in the context of
development studies - as phenomena that can promote and facilitate
human development, including social, societal and individual
change. This book provides vital and timely exploration and
encourages the study of more diverse themes within event
management.
There is an ever growing importance of events in modern society and
until now existing literature on events has been dominated by the
economic perspective. Social and Cultural Aspects of Events
addresses the social and cultural side of events and explores the
role they have in fostering change and community development. It
examines the transformatory function of events in the context of
development studies - as phenomena that can promote and facilitate
human development, including social, societal and individual
change. This book provides vital and timely exploration and
encourages the study of more diverse themes within event
management.
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Controversies in Tourism (Hardcover, New)
Jorge Ferraz; Edited by Omar Moufakkir; Contributions by Sibel Aykin; Edited by Peter Burns; Contributions by Dilip Bhandari, …
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R2,807
Discovery Miles 28 070
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Tourism impacts on locations in many ways - socially,
environmentally, culturally, and economically. This book examines
some well established controversies in tourism and some newly
emerging controversial aspects associated with tourism as an
activity and a business. Controversies involving clashes between
visitors and host communities, the rights and wrongs of
eco-tourism, the impacts of mega-events, the legitimacy of dark
tourism, and the costs and benefits of medical and wildlife tourism
are assessed. This book is an interesting and thought provoking
work ideal for tourism students, researchers and academics.
Most tourism theories have been developed from the tourists'
perspective, including the seminal work by John Urry, 'The Tourist
Gaze', which is now a classic text. The Host Gaze in Global Tourism
is a unique book for researchers and students as it is the first to
look at the host gaze from within the host community. It discusses
how the gaze is constructed, how it has developed, how it varies
between countries and how the tourism industry can affect it. By
looking at the gazes of both Western and non-Western hosts, this
book analyses the dynamics of a host destination and consequences
the gaze can have upon the tourist.
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Tourism, Progress and Peace (Hardcover)
Senija Causevic; Edited by Omar Moufakkir; Contributions by Deepak Chhabra; Edited by Ian Kelly; Contributions by Giovanni Di Cola, …
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R2,639
Discovery Miles 26 390
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Tourism has the potential to contribute to world peace, and through
appropriate management, to address current realities such as
globalization, migration, conflicts, prejudices and poverty. By
providing a range of international perspectives and case studies,
this book discusses the interrelation between peace, conflict
resolution and tourism, the role of industry and the role of the
individual, and tourism as a catalyst for change and development.
Exploring the ideas that there is more to peace than the absence of
war and that there is more to tourism than economic interests, this
book is the first of its kind and an essential resource for
researchers, students and policymakers in tourism and related
subjects.
This book is a collection of essays from specialist scholars
evaluating tourism as a means of simulating economic growth and
fighting economic inequalities in poor countries. As a tool for
poverty reduction in economically underdeveloped regions, tourism
has been at the forefront of the international development agenda.
This book takes an in-depth look at the successes and failures of
tourism in this role, and considers why tourism as a catalyst for
economic development can be a controversial device.
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