The geography of tourism and recreation. Environment, place and space by C.M. Hall and S.J. Page. Routledge, London, 1999. No. of pages: xvii + 309. ISBN 0 415 16003 0 (hard back). ISBN 0 415 16006 9 (paper back).
✍ Scribed by Jim Macbeth
- Book ID
- 102441556
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 50 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1099-2340
- DOI
- 10.1002/jtr.284
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✦ Synopsis
cultures and people. Bearing in mind economic objectives, tour operators often neglect the importance of spending enough resources to provide tourists with information about their destinations. Despite its relatively small size this chapter addresses an important issue that, one has to agree, ought to be placed right in the heart of ecotourism courses.
Despite this book being written as an introductory text, it provides plenty of guiding references that may be useful for postgraduate students interested in conducting research into this ®eld.
The book also includes several case studies that help the reader to better understand the matters and situations described in two hundred and eighty pages of text. Despite the number of books published in the ®eld, Ecotourism: an introduction ful®ls its objective Ð this is a good and pleasant book that students and instructors will enjoy.