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Tourism over the past three decades has grown phenomenally but is continually modified by ongoing events and forcessuch as increasing or abating pollution and congestion issues, new forms of transportation, and altered economic, social, or political conditions.The contributions in this work are of great importance to the advancement of knowledge of tourism, and, as a first theoretical book in the area, it establishes a significant benchmark for subsequent tourism research.
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Tourism Alternatives : Potentials and Problems in the Development of Tourism Publication of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism
author
:
Eadington, William R.
publisher
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University of Pennsylvania Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0812213912
print isbn13
:
9780812213911
ebook isbn13
:
9780585127293
language
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English
subject
Tourism.
publication date
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1992
lcc
:
G155.A1T5893 1992eb
ddc
:
338.4/791
subject
:
Tourism.
Page i
Tourism Alternatives
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A Publication of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism
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Tourism Alternatives
Potentials and Problems in the Development of Tourism
Edited by Valene L. Smith and William R. Eadington
University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia
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Copyright 1992 by the International Academy for the Study of Tourism All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tourism alternatives : potentials and problems in the development of tourism / edited by Valene L. Smith and William R. Eadington. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8122-3148-1 (cloth).ISBN 0-8122-1391-2 (pbk.) 1. Tourist trade. I. Eadington, William R. G155.A1T5893 1992 338.4'791dc20 92-10657 CIP
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To Jafar Jafari Founder and President of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism
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CONTENTS
List of Tables and Figures
ix
List of Contributors
xi
Preface
Valene L. Smith and William R. Eadington
xiii
Introduction: The Emergence of Alternative Forms of Tourism
William R. Eadington and Valene L. Smith
1
Part I-Theoretical Perspectives
13
1. Alternative Tourism: Concepts, Classifications, and Questions
Douglas G. Pearce
15
2. Alternative Tourism: The Thin End of the Wedge
Richard Butler
31
3. Making the Alternative Sustainable: Lessons from Development for Tourism
Emanuel De Kadt
47
4. Alternative Tourism: Tourism and Sustainable Resource Management
John J. Pigram
76
Page viii
5. International Tourism Reconsidered: The Principle of the Alternative
Marie-Franoise Lanfant and Nelson H. H. Graburn
88
Part II-Case Studies
113
6. Tourism as an Element in Sustainable Development: Hana, Maui
Bryan Farrell
115
7. Boracay, Philippines: A Case Study in "Alternative" Tourism
Valene L. Smith
133
8. Predisposition Toward Alternative Forms of Tourism Among Tourists Visting Barbados: Some Preliminary Observations
Graham Dann
158
9. Tourism by Train: Its Role in Alternative Tourism
Martinus J. Kosters
180
10. Tourism Alternatives in an Era of Global Climatic Change
Geoffrey Wall
194
Epilogue: A Research Agenda on the Variability of Tourism
Dennison Nash
216
References
227
Author Index
247
Subject Index
251
Page ix
TABLES AND FIGURES
Tables
Introduction
Table 1. International travelers: volume and expenditure patterns
2
Chapter 1
Table 1. Variables used in classification of tourism
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