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De Gruyter 2011; US$ 231.00Up-to-date information on some 7,000 institutions and approx. 12,000 persons in public life in Bavaria: authorities and departments of local, state and federal administration jurisdiction syndicates and other organizations from politics, business, academic life, the arts etc. notaries, church offices, schools, universities, museums, libraries, hospitals,... more...
Island Tourism and Sustainable Development
ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 144.00This multidisciplinary volume dicusses the impact of tourism on sustainable development in the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Mediterranean. Bringing together scholars, development practitioners, international experts, and professionals, the contributors discuss the issues from a holistic and transnational perspective. This work provides a much-needed,... more...
Women as Producers and Consumers of Tourism in Developing Regions
ABC-CLIO 2001; US$ 161.00Tourism has become the world's largest industry, according to the World Tourism Organization; no surprise when one considers that it incorporates the world's oldest profession. In some developing regions, such as the Caribbean or the South Pacific, tourism is the primary sector in which significant economic growth takes place. In other regions, including... more...
Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Central Asia
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 75.00This atlas graphically illuminates the region's history tracing back to the 8th-7th century B.C. From the spread of Islam to the invasion of the Mongols, the area has been at the crossroads of some of the world's most important developments, all succinctly explained in this book. more...
Jane Dolinger
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 95.00Jane Dolinger was an anomaly in her time, a dynamic woman with an impressive literary talent who lived and documented an unconventional life. This book analyzes her life and literary contributions, situating her in a historical feminist discourse and highlighting her contribution the emerging genre of modern travel writing. more...
Taking Tourism to the Limits
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 124.00The concept of margins and limits is often referred to within the tourism academic literature and includes subjects as diverse as carrying capacities, peripheral economies, technological advancement, adventure tourism, dark tourism and socially marginalized communities. After identifying a number of ways in which ?limits? might be defined Taking Tourism... more...
Indigenous Tourism
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 122.00In a world characterized by an encroaching homogeneity induced by the growth of multi-national corporations and globalization, the causes of difference accrue new levels of importance. This is as true of tourism as in many other spheres of life ? and one cause of differentiation for tourism promotion is the culture of Indigenous Peoples. This offers... more...
Tourism in China
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 166.00Tourism in China has grown rapidly since the country started implementing its open-door policy in 1978. Tourism development is now an essential agenda item for the Chinese government's plan for economic & social growth. Policy and policy-making for tourism therefore provides the essential background to understand tourism development in China. This... more...
An International Handbook of Tourism Education
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 137.00As tourism matures as an academic subject and the number of tourism higher education providers continues to expand world-wide, there is an increasing interest in its educational aspects. At the same time the development of research into education issues related to tourism means that there is now a developing literature on the subject. This international... more...









