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'This book makes an important contribution to understanding the experiences of tourists with places, spaces and peoples. Focusing on the multi-faceted, dynamic nature of host-guest interactions, it offers a trenchant critique of subject-object dualities and opens a dialogue for a sustainability-oriented approach to the travel and tourism encounter' - Tazim Jamal, Associate Professor, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences, Texas A&M University
The nature of host guest relations is of critical importance in tourism. This book provides a detail well written discussion on sustainability and tourism encounters. Highly recommended for students learning tourism planning or cultural tourism
This book presents an interesting perspective for tourism studies, particularly to sociology of tourism, giving important insights on tourism as a social practice and as a dynamic activity. Here, tourism experience is engaged in tourist's own cultural systems. This way of looking to tourism contributes to understand the links between identity, place and the traveller.
Raising valid issues and in-depth coverage for Master's level Tourist Behaviour classes.
While very insightful, I found only two chapters useful for the course since the course is designed to provide an overview of global economic development, of which tourism is only one aspect.
Will put on the supplemental list for nezt term, August- December 2011
great book, a must read for my students
the structure is a bit too fuzzy to make it the standard read, but I will definatelly recommend it to my students
The offers a multidimensional insight into the various facets of tourist cultures today. A thought provoking book that raises many issues for critical consideration. Highly informative.
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