000 01569cam a2200193 a 4500
999 _c199413
_d199413
020 _a9781118071779 (hardback)
040 _cCUS
082 0 0 _a338.4791
_bGOE/T
100 1 _aGoeldner, Charles R.
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245 1 0 _aTourism: principles, practices, philosophies/
_cCharles R. Goeldner and J.R. Brent Ritchie
250 _a12th ed.
260 _aHoboken, NJ :
_bWiley,
_cc2012.
300 _axviii, 494 p.,
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c29 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _a1. Tourism overview -- Tourism in perspective -- Tourism through the ages -- Career opportunities --2. How tourism is organized -- World, national, regional, and other organizations -- Passenger transportation -- Hospitality and related services -- Organizations in the distribution process -- Attraction, entertainment, recreation, and other tourist draws -- 3. Understanding travel behavior -- Motivation for pleasure travel -- Cultural and international tourism for life's enrichment -- Sociology of tourism -- 4. Tourism supply, demand, policy, planning, and development -- Tourism components and supply -- Measuring and forecasting demand -- Tourism's economic impact -- Tourism policy: structure, content, and process -- Tourism planning, development, and social considerations -- Tourism and the environment -- 5. Essential of tourism research and marketing -- Travel and tourism research -- Tourism marketing -- 6. Tourism prospects -- Tourism's future.
650 0 _aTourism.
_9448
700 1 _aRitchie, J. R. Brent
_97118
942 _cWB16
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