The Geography of Tourism and Recreation

by Hall, Colin Michael; Page, Stephen J.

• ISBN13: 9780415160049
• ISBN10: 0415160049
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The Geography of Tourism and Recreation presents an accessible, comprehensive introduction to tourism, leisure and recreation and to the relationships between them.Illustrated throughout, this accessible text includes a wealth of international case studies spanning Europe, North America, Australasia and China.Each chapter highlights the methodologies and methods of analysis used by geographers to analyse recreation and tourism, and highlights the similarities and differences between the way recration and tourism is analysed.Recent perspectives developed in human geography are introduced (eg. gender studies and postmodernism) and a range of chapters examine the impact of recreation and tourism on key issues including: the demand and supply of recreation and tourism; the role of public policy, planning and management; the impact of tourism and recreation on urban, rural, mountain and coastal environments, and tourism and recreation in wilderness areas and other peripheral regions.

Table of Contents

List of plates
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Tourism Matters!	p. 1
The Demand for Recreation and Tourism	p. 24
The Supply of Recreation and Tourism	p. 79
The Impacts of Tourism and Recreation	p. 121
Urban Recreation and Tourism	p. 139
Rural Recreation and Tourism	p. 178
Tourism and Recreation in the Pleasure Periphery: Wilderness and National Parks	p. 214
Tourism and Recreation Planning and Policy	p. 247
The Future	p. 264
References	p. 269
Index	p. 305
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