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This text explores the role of tourism as a potential contibutor to socio-economic development in destination areas. Establishing a link between tourism studies and development studies, it considers what is meant by development, the processes through which development may be achieved and, in particular, a number of fundamental issues related to the use of tourism as a development agent. In so doing, it challenges conventional thinking about the relationship between tourism and development.
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Tourism and Development, Richard Sharpley, David J. Telfer
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- Released
- 2002
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- Title
- Tourism and Development
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Richard Sharpley, David J. Telfer
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications
- Released
- 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 397
- ISBN10
- 1873150342
- ISBN13
- 9781873150344
- Series
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
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- This text explores the role of tourism as a potential contibutor to socio-economic development in destination areas. Establishing a link between tourism studies and development studies, it considers what is meant by development, the processes through which development may be achieved and, in particular, a number of fundamental issues related to the use of tourism as a development agent. In so doing, it challenges conventional thinking about the relationship between tourism and development.