| Rural Tourism Development: Localism and Cultural Change Contributor(s): George, E. Wanda (Author), Mair, Heather (Author), Reid, Donald G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1845411005 ISBN-13: 9781845411008 Publisher: Channel View Publications OUR PRICE: $132.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: Forces of economic, social, cultural, environmental, and political change are working to re-define rural spaces the world over and broad global transformations in consumption and transportation patterns have re-shaped leisure behaviour and travel. This book of cases about rural tourism development in Canada demonstrates the different ways that tourism has been positioned as a local response to political and economic shifts in a nation that is itself undergoing rapid change, both continentally and globally. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism - Social Science | Popular Culture - Political Science | Public Policy - Regional Planning |
| Dewey: 306.481 |
| LCCN: 2009001599 |
| Series: Tourism and Cultural Change |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.4" (1.05 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rural tourism represents a merging of perhaps two of the most influential yet contradictory features of modern life. Not only are the forces of economic, social, cultural, environmental and political change working to redefine rural spaces the world over, but broad global transformations in consumption and transportation patterns are reshaping leisure behaviour and travel. For those concerned with both the nature of change in rural areas and tourism development, the dynamics and impacts of integrating these two dramatic shifts are not well known but yet are becoming increasingly provocative discourses for study. This book links changes at the local, rural community level to broader, more structural considerations of globalization and allows for a deeper, more theoretically sophisticated consideration of the various forces and features of rural tourism development. While Canadian in content, the cases and discussions presented in this book can be considered generally relevant to any rural region, continentally and globally, that has undertaken or is considering rural tourism development. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mair, Heather: - Dr. Heather Mair is an Assistant Professor in the Recreation and Leisure Studies Department, University of Waterloo, Canada. Dr. Mairā s research focuses on the challenges and opportunities presented by tourism development in rural Canada. She has authored numerous publications in tourism and leisure studies with a particular focus on community-based tourism planning and development, leisure and volunteer activists, the (social) role of curling clubs in rural Canadian life and the need for enhanced critical and theoretical approaches to leisure and tourism research. |
