Contemporary issues in tourism development by Douglas G. Pearce and Richard W. Butler (eds). Routledge, London and New York, 1999. No. of pages: 277. Price: £ 55 (hardback). ISBN 0-415-20691-X.
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- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 73 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1099-2340
- DOI
- 10.1002/jtr.254
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✦ Synopsis
This compilation of papers emerged from Tourism development: issues for a new agenda', the theme for the ®fth biennial meeting of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism (held in Melaka, Malaysia, in conjunction with Malaysian authorities). Well-organised, well-written and accessible to both scholars and practitioners (who should note that it is not a step-by-step how to' guide), an impressive range of issues are covered under broad topic areas: tourism research (Chapters 2±4), integrated tourism development (Chapter 5), politics and uses of tourism for economic development (Chapters 6±10), and sustainable tourism/nature tourism/managing impacts (Chapters 11±15). Chapter 1 (D. Pearce) offers a concise summation and analysis of key contributions and common themes. One main objective of the book was to address a range of contemporary tourism development issues, drawing from both developed and developing areas globally, but particularly from those regions where little tourism research or information has been available. Furthermore, the reader will ®nd in this book an attempt to offer a multidisciplinary perspective, with a focus on research and methodological considerations.
Several authors in this book point out that despite sustainability and impact management awareness, the emphasis is still on economic development and growth, where tourism is used as a strategy for urban renewal (cf. Chapter 6 by M. Jansen Verbeke and E. Lievois, on heritage tourism for urban European cities), or economic diversi®cation (e.g. Chapter 8 by W. Eadington, on casino impacts). National Tourism Organizations in small `developing' countries, example Samoa (Chapter 9, D. Pearce), small-scale enterprise development in Ghana (Chapter 10, W. Gartner), sustainable tour-