An Introduction to Tourism
By Robert W. Wyllie.
Description
From the text: Why is it important to study tourism? The immediate and obvious answer to this question is that it is a global activity of major proportions and of huge economic significance. Tourism is worth studying for reasons other than its size and economic significance. The temporary displacement of millions of people worldwide has social, cultural, and political consequences that should not be ignored. This will involve consideration of humanistic or interpretive understanding of tourism, as well as positivist, statistical and empirical approaches to the subject. The study of tourism,...
ISBN(s)
1892132958, 9781892132956
