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Outlining the need for fresh perspectives on change in tourism,
this book offers a theoretical overview and empirical examples of
the potential synergies of applying evolutionary economic geography
(EEG) concepts in tourism research. EEG has proven to be a powerful
explanatory paradigm in other sectors and tourism studies has a
track record of embracing, adapting, and enhancing frameworks from
cognate fields. EEG approaches to tourism studies complement and
further develop studies of established themes such as path
dependence and the Tourism Area Life Cycle. The individual chapters
draw from a broad geographical framework and address distinct
conceptual elements of EEG, using a diverse set of tourism case
studies from Europe, North America and Australia. Developing the
theoretical cohesion of tourism and EEG, this volume also gives
non-specialist tourism scholars a window into the possibilities of
using these concepts in their own research. Given the timing of
this publication, it has great potential value to the wider tourism
community in advancing theory and leading to more effective
empirical research.
This volume examines and contrasts different perspectives on and
approaches to the geography of tourism from across European regions
and language traditions. Authors have critiqued the dominance of
Anglo Saxon voices in research on tourism geographies - not just in
linguistic terms - but also in relation to the framing and
theorizing of space, place and tourism appearing largely based on
Anglo-Saxon research contexts. This is a tendency observed across
the whole spectrum of research in human geography. In an attempt to
redress this imbalance, nine internationally renowned contributors
from across Europe share their knowledge and experiences of
research and scholarship in their respective regional contexts,
plus an overview chapter is provided by C. Michael Hall, editor of
the journal Tourism Geographies. This volume aims to: map out the
past and present of the tourism geographies sub-discipline within -
and more importantly - beyond the English language contributions
learn from the historical trajectories as well as experiences of
tourism geographers working in different cultural and linguistic
contexts.
Outlining the need for fresh perspectives on change in tourism,
this book offers a theoretical overview and empirical examples of
the potential synergies of applying evolutionary economic geography
(EEG) concepts in tourism research. EEG has proven to be a powerful
explanatory paradigm in other sectors and tourism studies has a
track record of embracing, adapting, and enhancing frameworks from
cognate fields. EEG approaches to tourism studies complement and
further develop studies of established themes such as path
dependence and the Tourism Area Life Cycle. The individual chapters
draw from a broad geographical framework and address distinct
conceptual elements of EEG, using a diverse set of tourism case
studies from Europe, North America and Australia. Developing the
theoretical cohesion of tourism and EEG, this volume also gives
non-specialist tourism scholars a window into the possibilities of
using these concepts in their own research. Given the timing of
this publication, it has great potential value to the wider tourism
community in advancing theory and leading to more effective
empirical research.
Since the 1980s, the theme park industry has developed into a
global phenomenon, with everything from large, worldwide theme
parks to countless smaller ventures. From the first pleasure
gardens to the global theme park companies, this book provides an
understanding of the nature and function of theme parks as spaces
of entertainment. Illustrated throughout by worldwide case studies,
empirical data and practical examples, the book portrays the
impacts of theme parks as global competitive actors, agents of
global development and cultural symbols, particularly in the
context of their role in the developing experience economy. In
conclusion, this book is a practical guide to the planning and
development of theme parks.
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