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Understanding Urban Tourism : Image, Culture, and Experience.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
I.B. Tauris,
2003.
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables, Figures and Illustrations; Preface; 1. Introduction; Studying Urban Tourism; Urban Tourism Perspectives; 2. Urban Tourism; Introduction; Contemporary Urban Tourism; The Urban Tourism Product; Urban Tourism in Theory and Practice; Case Study 2.1; Urban Tourism Research; Case Study 2.2; Conclusion; 3. Urban Tourism and Postmodernity; Introduction; Urban Tourism and the Postmodern City; Materialist Perspectives; Limitations of the Materialist Perspective; Case Study 3.1; Acknowledging Culture; Conclusion.
- 4. Place Image and Urban TourismIntroduction; The Concept of Place Image; Place Image and Urban Tourist Decision-making; Place Image Research; Destination Marketing Implications; Case Study 4.1; Limitations of Place Image Studies; Theoretical Limitations; Conclusion; 5. The Culture of Urban Tourism; Introduction; Cultural Analysis; Culture and Urban Tourism; Urban Culture; Overlooking Consumers; The Peopling Prognosis; Case Study 5.1; Conclusion; 6. The Experience of Urban Tourism; Introduction; Experiential Urban Tourism Research; Case Study 6.1; Limitations of Experiential Approaches.
- Existential PerspectivesUrban Tourist Knowledge; Tourist Action; Conclusion; 7. Understanding Urban Tourism: A Synthesis; Introduction; Towards a Synthesis; Culture and Experience of Urban Tourism; A Research Agenda for Urban Tourism; Conclusion; 8. Conclusion; Conceptualising Urban Tourism; Urban Tourism Research; Urban Tourism Practice; Urban Tourism Praxis; References.