Geography of Tourism and Recreation: Environment, Place and Space, 2nd Edition

This third edition is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to tourism, leisure and recreation. Each chapter offers a distinctive series of insights into how the geographer has approached the analysis of tourism and recreation.

highlighting The Inter-relationships Between Tourism, Leisure And Recreation, This Revised Edition Introduces Growing Theoretical Debates (from Geography And The Wider Social Science Arena) To Assess How New Conceptualizations Of Tourism And Leisure Are Advancing Knowledge And Understanding.

underpinning This Book Is The Concept Of The Evolving Nature Of Geography And Social Science, And Their Role In Leading The Analysis Of The Leisure Phenomenon As A Living Subject, Which Has Recently Seen Significant Contributions From The New Cultural Geographies Of Consumption And Leisure. These Developments Are Clearly Introduced, Giving Readers New To The Subject Area Bite-sized Introductions To Key Issues.

whilst This Third Edition Retains The Successful Format And Structure Of Previous Editions, Making It Attractive And User-friendly To Students Without Being Overwhelming, It Is Completely Revised And Redeveloped To Accommodate New Case Studies, Insights, Summary Points And Learning Objectives. It Is The Only Book To Systematically Compare And Contrast In A Spatial Context, Tourism And Recreation In Relation To Leisure Time, And Its Encyclopaedic Reference Section Provides An Excellent Resource For New Students. Retaining A Global Focus, This Edition Now Features A Greater Emphasis On North America, And Investigates The Importance Of Less Developed Countries And The Critical Issues Surrounding Inequality, Exploitation, Underdevelopment And Globalization As Powerful Forces Affecting Tourism And Leisure.

The Geography of Tourism and Recreation presents the first comprehensive introduction to tourism, leisure and recreation and the relationships between them.This accessible text includes a wealth of international case studies spanning Europe, North America, Australasia and China. Each chapter highlights the methods used by geographers to analyse recreation and tourism. It also introduces new perspectives from gender studies and postmodernism and examines 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• tourism and recreation in wilderness areas and other peripheral regions.The use of student text features makes it ideal for course use. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of plates......Page 12 List of figures......Page 14 List of tables......Page 16 Acknowledgements......Page 18 INTRODUCTION: TOURISM MATTERS!......Page 22 THE DEMAND FOR RECREATION AND TOURISM......Page 51 THE SUPPLY OF RECREATION AND TOURISM......Page 109 THE IMPACTS OF TOURISM AND RECREATION......Page 152 URBAN RECREATION AND TOURISM......Page 181 RURAL RECREATION AND TOURISM......Page 228 TOURISM AND RECREATION IN THE PLEASURE PERIPHERY: WILDERNESS AND NATIONAL PARKS......Page 270 COASTAL AND MARINE RECREATION AND TOURISM......Page 304 TOURISM AND RECREATION PLANNING AND POLICY......Page 322 THE FUTURE......Page 349 References......Page 365 Index......Page 416 "The fully updated second edition of The Geography of Tourism and Recreation continues to be a comprehensive and accessible introduction to tourism, leisure and recreation. It not only introduces landmark studies and recent contributions to geographers' expanding interest in how people spend their leisure time in space, but seeks to illustrate how recreation and tourism phenomenon, are seemingly separate and yet integrated aspects of the wider leisure phenomenon. Each chapter offers a distinctive series of insights into how the geographer has approached the analysis of tourism and recreation."--Jacket This second edition is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to tourism, leisure and recreation. Each chapter offers a distinctive series of insights into how the geographer has approached the analysis of tourism and recreation.