Tourism Development Research: Principles · Methods · Practice

Author: Bao Jigang
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book was first published in 1996. In 2000, it was reprinted with 8 new chapters added and 5 original chapters removed. The second edition, based on the 2000 version, includes 20 new chapters and removes 7 original chapters, collecting 54 research papers on tourism from the author's 70+ papers over 16 years. The book is divided into two parts:
Part 1 contains 45 papers, focusing on the principles and methods of tourism development research, covering 8 aspects such as basic tourism theories, quantitative models, tourist behavior, theme parks, urban tourism, spatial competition of tourist destinations, tourism development theories, and tourism impacts.
Part 2 consists of 9 papers, which are specific regional tourism development practices, primarily discussing tourism development issues in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangdong. This book is suitable for tourism managers, researchers, graduate students, and upper-level undergraduates in geography and tourism management.