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1、TourismGeographyTourismhasbecomeoneofthemostsignificantforcesforchangeintheworldtoday.Regardedbymanyastheworld’slargestindustry,tourismpromptsregularmassmigrationsofpeople,exploitationofresources,processesofdevelopmentandinevitablerepercussionsonplace
2、s,economies,societiesandenvironments.Itisaphenomenonthatincreasinglydemandsattention.TourismGeographyrevealshowgeographicperspectivescaninformandilluminatethestudyoftourism.Thebookexploresthefactorsthathaveencouragedthedevelopmentofbothdomesticandinte
3、rnationalformsoftourism,highlightingwaysinwhichpatternsoftourismhaveevolvedandcontinuetoevolve.Thedifferingeconomic,environmentalandsocio-culturalimpactsthattourismmayexertupondestinationsareexamined,togetherwithaconsiderationofwaysinwhichplanningfort
4、ourismcanassistintheregulationofdevelopmentandproducesustainableformsoftourism.Drawingoncasestudiesfromacrosstheworld,TourismGeographyoffersaconcisereviewofestablishedgeographiesoftourismandshowshownewpatternsintheproductionandconsumptionoftouristplac
5、esarefashioningthenewtourismgeographiesofthetwenty-firstcentury.StephenWilliamsisPrincipalLecturerinGeographyatStaffordshireUniversity,UK.RoutledgeContemporaryHumanGeographySeriesSeriesEditors:DavidBellandStephenWynWilliams,StaffordshireUniversityThis
6、seriesof12textsoffersstimulatingintroductionstothecoresubdisciplinesofhumangeography.Buildingbetween‘traditional’approachestosubdisciplinarystudiesandcontemporarytreatmentsofthesesameissues,theseconciseintroductionsrespondparticularlytothenewdemandsof
7、modularcourses.Uniformlydesigned,withafocusonstudent-friendlyfeatures,thesebookswillformacoherentserieswhichisuptodateandreliable.ForthcomingTitles:UrbanGeographyRuralGeographyPoliticalGeographyHistoricalGeographyCulturalGeographyTheoryandPhilosophyDe
8、velopmentGeographyTransport,Communications&TechnologyGeographyRoutledgeContemporaryHumanGeographyTourismGeographyStephenWilliamsLondonandNewYorkFirstpublished1998byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadab
