Identity and Intercultural Exchange in Travel and Tourism:

This book looks at the relationship between questions of identity formation and modern practices in travelling and tourism. Unprecedented levels of mobility and international exchange over the last 100 years have raised questions about the stability of national and personal identities and new and cr...

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Weitere beteiligte Personen: Barker, A. D. 1954- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Blue Ridge Summit, PA Multilingual Matters [2014]
Schriftenreihe:Tourism and Cultural Change 42
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Links:https://doi.org/10.21832/9781845414641
https://doi.org/10.21832/9781845414641
https://doi.org/10.21832/9781845414641
https://doi.org/10.21832/9781845414641
https://doi.org/10.21832/9781845414641
https://doi.org/10.21832/9781845414641
https://doi.org/10.21832/9781845414641
https://doi.org/10.21832/9781845414641
Zusammenfassung:This book looks at the relationship between questions of identity formation and modern practices in travelling and tourism. Unprecedented levels of mobility and international exchange over the last 100 years have raised questions about the stability of national and personal identities and new and creative patterns of behaviour and self-realisation are now emerging due to the enormous commercial interests that lie behind the modern travel and tourism industries. The volume will consider these issues and the challenges they create in various geographical contexts (Germany, Spain, Romania, Italy, Africa) and concludes with a number of case studies from the Portuguese context, where the revenues from tourism are integral to its economy and a lifeline in the current economic crisis
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)
Umfang:1 online resource (248 pages)
ISBN:9781845414641
DOI:10.21832/9781845414641