The Geography of Tourism and Recreation : Environment, Place and Space

This new edition builds on the model of success established in the previous editions, by providing students with a comprehensive introduction to the interrelationship between tourism, leisure and recreation from geographical and social science perspectives. It still remains the only book to systematically compare and contrast in a spatial context, tourism and recreation in relation to leisure time. It therefore offers insight into the demand, supply, planning, destination management and impacts of tourism and recreation.This fourth edition has been significantly updated to reflect recent developments and new concepts from geography which are beginning to permeate the tourism and recreational field, whilst retaining its accessible style and approach. The 4th edition features:New content on climate change, sustainability, mobilities and crisis management in time and space as well as recent trends such as low cost airlines and the control of land transport by transnational operators in the EU such as Arriva.More attention to management issues such as innovation and the spatial consequences for tourism and leisure development.New case studies & examples to showcase real life issues, from both developed and developing countries, especially US , China & South Africa.User-friendly to students, it is completely revised and redeveloped to accommodate new case studies, insights, summary points and learning objectives.Written by leading academics, this is essential reading for is essential reading for all Tourism, Geography, Leisure and Recreation students. --,This fourth edition of The Geography of Tourism and Recreation provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the interrelationship between tourism, leisure and recreation from geographical and social science perspectives. It still remains the only book to systematically compare and contrast in a spatial context, tourism and recreation in relation to leisure time, offering insight into the demand, supply, planning, destination management and impacts of tourism and recreation. Whilst retaining its accessible style and approach this edition has been significantly updated to reflect recent developments and new concepts from geography which are beginning to permeate the tourism and recreational field. New features include: - Content on the most recent developments, climate change, sustainability, mobilities and crisis management in time and space as well as trends such as low cost airlines and the control of land transport by transnational operators in the EU such as Arriva. - More attention to management issues such as innovation and the spatial consequences for tourism and leisure development. - New case studies and examples to showcase real life issues, from both developed and developing countries, especially the US, China and South Africa. - Completely revised and redeveloped to accommodate new, user- friendly features: case studies, insights, summary points and learning objectives. Written by leading academics, this is essential reading for all tourism, geography, leisure and recreation students-- Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of figures List of tables List of boxes Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: tourism matters! Tourism, recreation, leisure and mobility The issue of scale: empiricism, paradigms and transformations Development of the geography of tourism and recreation Status of the geography of tourism and recreation Knowledge Exploration Environmental determinism and possibilism The region Geographical trends and the geography of tourism and recreation The ‘applied vs theory’ debate Action: development of an applied geography of tourism and recreation Culture Tourism, the environment and physical geography Inside/outside Transforming the geography of tourism and recreation Further reading Questions to discuss 2. The demand for recreation and tourism Geographers and demand: historical and temporal perspectives The geographers’ contribution to demand-based research: an overview Recreational demand Maslow’s hierarchy model of human needs and recreational and tourist motivation Barriers to recreation Seasonality Financial resources and access to recreational opportunity Gender and social constraints The geography of fear in recreation and leisure spaces: gender-based barriers to participation Social exclusion: conditioning leisure participation Resources and fashions Walking as a leisure pursuit: a function of resources and fashion Measuring recreational demand Problems and methods of measuring recreational demand Time budget survey techniques Leisure time budgets Tourism time budgets Spatial analysis of demand at the micro level: site surveys Tourism demand What is tourism demand? Tourist motivation Maslow’s hierarchy model and tourist motivation Measurement of tourism demand: tourism statistics Defining tourism Technical and statistical definitions of tourism Domestic tourism statistics International tourism statistics Methodological issues Patterns of global tourism Future trends in the geography of international tourism to 2030 Patterns of domestic tourism Micro studies of tourism demand: innovations in technology Conclusions Further reading Questions to discuss 3. The supply of recreation and tourism What is supply? The supply factor in leisure and recreation How has the geographer approached the analysis of recreational supply issues? Recreational research: descriptive, explanatory, predictive and normative perspectives Supply and demand in recreational contexts: spatial interactions Classifying recreational resources Recreational resources and the urban fringe The green belt concept Multiple use of recreational resources The supply of tourism Towards a critical geography of tourism production? International hotel chains The leisure product Role of the public and private sector in tourism supply Spatial analytical approaches to the supply of tourism facilities The tourism business district Tourism attractions Tourist facilities Accommodation Restaurant, café and catering facilities Tourist shopping Conditional elements Conclusion Further reading Questions to discuss 4. The impacts of tourism and recreation The concept of ‘impact’ Understanding change in the tourism system Impacts: recreation resource management Carrying capacity The Recreation Opportunity Spectrum The Limits of AccepChange The Tourism Optimisation Management Model (TOMM) Economic analysis Tourism Satellite Accounts Competitiveness Analysis of tourism’s social impacts Physical environmental impacts Conclusion Further reading Questions to discuss 5. Urban recreation and tourism Geographical approaches to urban recreation Evolution of urban recreation in Britain Phase 1: foundation Phase 2: consolidation Phase 3: expansion Urban recreation: a socio-geographic perspective The 1800s The 1840s The 1880s The 1920s The 1960s and beyond Methods of analysing urban recreation Urban recreational planning Open space planning: spatial principles Urban tourism Approaches to urban tourism: geographical analysis Interpreting urban tourism: from concepts to theoretically informed analysis The tourist experience of urban tourism The urban tourism market: data sources Urban tourism: behavioural issues Tourist perception and cognition of the urban environment Tourism cognitive mapping Service quality issues in urban tourism Conclusion Further reading Questions to discuss 6. Rural recreation and tourism In pursuit of the ‘rural’ Conceptualising the rural recreation–tourism dichotomy The geographer’s contribution to theoretical debate in rural contexts Towards a concept of rural tourism What makes rural tourism distinctive? The geographer’s approach to rural recreation and tourism Studies of demand Site studies Supply of rural recreation Impact of rural recreation Rural tourism: spatial analytical approaches Impact of rural tourism Economic impact Farm tourism Food and tourism Recreation, tourism and sustainability Mobilities and multiple dwelling: second homes in the countryside Conclusion Further reading Questions to discuss 7. Tourism and recreation in wilderness and protected areas The changing meaning of wild nature in western society Environmental histories of protected and wilderness areas The value of natural areas and wilderness Identifying wilderness Wilderness inventory in Australia National wilderness inventory and beyond Managing tourist and recreational demand for wilderness and protected areas Supplying the wilderness and outdoor recreation experience Conclusion Further reading Questions to discuss 8. Coastal and marine recreation and tourism Coastline as a recreation and tourist resource: its discovery and recognition as a leisure resource The geographer’s contribution to the analysis of coastal recreation and tourism Historical analysis of recreation and tourism in the coastal zone Models of coastal recreation and tourism Tourist and recreational travel to the coast Tourist and recreational behaviour: use and activity patterns in coastal environments Environmental perspectives on coastal recreation and tourism Integrated coastal zone management Conclusion Further reading Questions to discuss 9. Tourism and recreation planning, policy and governance Recreation planning and policy Recreation planning: the concern with space and place Tourism planning and policy What is tourism planning? Approaches to tourism planning Co-operative and integrated control systems Raising consumer awareness Raising producer awareness Strategic planning to supersede conventional approaches Tourism policy Governance Conclusion Further reading Questions to discuss 10. The future Geography – the discipline: direction and progress Revisiting applied geography Contributions The role of the geographer in the new millennium: whither tourism and recreation? Transformations? Further reading Questions to discuss Bibliography Index "This new edition builds on the model of success established in the previous editions, by providing students with a comprehensive introduction to the interrelationship between tourism, leisure and recreation from geographical and social science perspectives. It still remains the only book to systematically compare and contrast in a spatial context, tourism and recreation in relation to leisure time. It therefore offers insight into the demand, supply, planning, destination management and impacts of tourism and recreation. This fourth edition has been significantly updated to reflect recent developments and new concepts from geography which are beginning to permeate the tourism and recreational field, whilst retaining its accessible style and approach. The 4th edition features:New content on climate change, sustainability, mobilities and crisis management in time and space as well as recent trends such as low cost airlines and the control of land transport by transnational operators in the EU such as Arriva. More attention to management issues such as innovation and the spatial consequences for tourism and leisure development. New case studies & examples to showcase real life issues, from both developed and developing countries, especially US, China & South Africa. User-friendly to students, it is completely revised and redeveloped to accommodate new case studies, insights, summary points and learning objectives. Written by leading academics, this is essential reading for is essential reading for all Tourism, Geography, Leisure and Recreation students."-- Provided by publisher "This fourth edition of The Geography of Tourism and Recreation provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the interrelationship between tourism, leisure and recreation from geographical and social science perspectives. It still remains the only book to systematically compare and contrast in a spatial context, tourism and recreation in relation to leisure time, offering insight into the demand, supply, planning, destination management and impacts of tourism and recreation. Whilst retaining its accessible style and approach this edition has been significantly updated to reflect recent developments and new concepts from geography which are beginning to permeate the tourism and recreational field. New features include: - Content on the most recent developments, climate change, sustainability, mobilities and crisis management in time and space as well as trends such as low cost airlines and the control of land transport by transnational operators in the EU such as Arriva. - More attention to management issues such as innovation and the spatial consequences for tourism and leisure development. - New case studies and examples to showcase real life issues, from both developed and developing countries, especially the US, China and South Africa. - Completely revised and redeveloped to accommodate new, user- friendly features: case studies, insights, summary points and learning objectives. Written by leading academics, this is essential reading for all tourism, geography, leisure and recreation students"-- Provided by publisher This fourth edition of __The Geography of Tourism and Recreation__ provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the interrelationship between tourism, leisure and recreation from geographical and social science perspectives. It still remains the only book to systematically compare and contrast in a spatial context, tourism and recreation in relation to leisure time, offering insight into the demand, supply, planning, destination management and impacts of tourism and recreation. Whilst retaining its accessible style and approach this edition has been significantly updated to reflect recent developments and new concepts from geography which are beginning to permeate the tourism and recreational field. New features include: * Content on the most recent developments, climate change, sustainability, mobilities and crisis management in time and space as well as trends such as low cost airlines and the control of land transport by transnational operators in the EU such as Arriva. * More attention to management issues such as innovation and the spatial consequences for tourism and leisure development. * New case studies and examples to showcase real life issues, from both developed and developing countries, especially the US, China and South Africa. * Completely revised and redeveloped to accommodate new, user- friendly features: case studies, insights, summary points and learning objectives. Written by leading academics, this is essential reading for all tourism, geography, leisure and recreation students.