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Book In the Wake of the Tourist

Download or read book In the Wake of the Tourist written by Conservation Foundation (United States) and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book In the Wake of the Tourist

Download or read book In the Wake of the Tourist written by Fred P. Bosselman and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Tourist in the Arab Spring

Download or read book A Tourist in the Arab Spring written by Tom Chesshyre and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2013 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An honest view, from the ground up, of the effects of the Arab Spring.

Book The Tourist

    Book Details:
  • Author : Olen Steinhauer
  • Publisher : Minotaur Books
  • Release : 2009-03-03
  • ISBN : 1429977183
  • Pages : 586 pages

Download or read book The Tourist written by Olen Steinhauer and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Tourist, Olen Steinhauer—twice nominated for the Edgar Award—tackles an intricate story of betrayal and manipulation, loyalty and risk, in an utterly compelling novel that is both thoroughly modern and yet also reminiscent of the espionage genre's most touted luminaries. “Here’s the best spy novel I’ve ever read that wasn’t written by John le Carré.” —Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly In Olen Steinhauer's explosive New York Times bestseller, Milo Weaver has tried to leave his old life of secrets and lies behind by giving up his job as a "tourist" for the CIA—an undercover agent with no home, no identity—and working a desk at the CIA's New York headquarters. But staying retired from the field becomes impossible when the arrest of a long-sought-after assassin sets off an investigation into one of Milo's oldest colleagues and friends. With new layers of intrigue being exposed in his old cases, he has no choice but to go back undercover and find out who's been pulling the strings once and for all. *BONUS CONTENT: This edition of The Tourist includes a new introduction from the author and a discussion guide

Book The End of Tradition

Download or read book The End of Tradition written by Nezar Alsayyad and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rooted in real world observations, this book questions the concept of tradition - whether contemporary globalization will prove its demise or whether there is a process of simultaneous ending and renewing. In his introduction, Nezar Alsayyad discusses the meaning of the word 'tradition' and the current debates about the 'end of tradition'. Thereafter the book is divided into three parts. The three chapters in part I explore the inextricable link between 'tradition' and 'modern', revealing the geopolitical implications of this link. Part II looks at tradition as a process of invention and here the three chapters are all concerned with the making of landscapes and landscape myths, showing how the spectacle of history can be aestheticized and naturalized. Finally, Part III shows how traditionis a regime, programmed and policed and how it has been deployed, resisted, and reworked through hegemonic struggles that seek to create both built environments and citizen-subjects.

Book Pig the Star  Pig the Pug

Download or read book Pig the Star Pig the Pug written by Aaron Blabey and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hysterical and cautionary tale about stealing the show from the award-winning and bestselling creator of the Pig the Pug series. The world's most self-centered pug wants to be the star of a fun photo shoot. He pushes his good friend, Trevor, out of the way and hogs all of the costumes. He is going to be the star! But when the photographer starts to favor Trevor, Pig must try everything to steal back the show!Rich with laugh-out-loud rhyming text and hysterical pug-eyed illustrations, Pig the Star is destined for stardom!

Book The Darwinian Tourist

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  • Author : Christopher Wills
  • Publisher : OUP Oxford
  • Release : 2010-10-28
  • ISBN : 0191625035
  • Pages : 368 pages

Download or read book The Darwinian Tourist written by Christopher Wills and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this magnificently illustrated book, Christopher Wills takes us on a series of adventures. From the underwater life of Indonesia's Lambeh Strait to a little valley in northern Israel, to an earthquake in the coral reef off the island of Yap and the dry valleys of western Mongolia, Wills demonstrates how ecology and evolution have interacted to yield the world we live in. Each chapter features a different location and brings out a different and important message. With the author's own stunning photographs of the wildlife he discovered on his travels, he draws out the evolutionary stories behind the wildlife and shows how our understanding of the living world can be deepened by a Darwinian perspective. Wills demonstrates how looking at the world with evolutionary eyes leaves us with a renewed sense of wonder about life's astounding present-day diversity, along with an appreciation of our evolutionary history.

Book Tourism and Hospitality Marketing

Download or read book Tourism and Hospitality Marketing written by Simon Hudson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 70 global case studies and vignettes, this textbook covers all the key marketing principles applied to tourism and hospitality, showing how these concepts work in practice and demonstrating the diverse range of tourism and hospitality products on offer. Chapters are packed with pedagogical features that will help readers consolidate their learning, including: - Chapter objectives - Key terms - Discussion questions and exercises - Links to useful websites - Profiles of successful individuals and organizations Tourism and Hospitality Marketing is accompanied by a website that offers lecturers answers to the discussion questions and exercises in the book, case study questions, a test bank, PowerPoint slides and a list of additional teaching resources.

Book Hosts and Guests

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  • Author : Valene L. Smith
  • Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Release : 2012-06-13
  • ISBN : 0812208013
  • Pages : 354 pages

Download or read book Hosts and Guests written by Valene L. Smith and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2012-06-13 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tourism—one of the world's largest industries—has long been appreciated for its economic benefits, but in this volume tourism receives a unique systematic scrutiny as a medium for cultural exchange. Modern developments in technology and industry, together with masterful advertising, have created temporarily leisured people with the desire and the means to travel. They often in turn effect profound cultural change in the places they visit, and the contributors to this work all attend to the impact these "guests" have on their "hosts." In contrast to the dramatic economic transformations, the social repercussions of tourism are subtle and often recognized only by the indigenous peoples themselves and by the anthropologists who have studied them before and after the introduction of tourism. The case studies in Hosts and Guests examine the five types of tourism—historical, cultural, ethnic, environmental, and recreational—and their impact on diverse societies over a broad geographical range

Book Geography

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  • Author : Peter Goddard
  • Publisher : Letts and Lonsdale
  • Release : 2005-03-24
  • ISBN : 9781843154426
  • Pages : 180 pages

Download or read book Geography written by Peter Goddard and published by Letts and Lonsdale. This book was released on 2005-03-24 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These New editions of the successful, highly-illustrated study/revision guides have been fully updated to meet the latest specification changes. Written by experienced examiners, they contain in-depth coverage of the key information plus hints, tips and guidance about how to achieve top grades in the A2 exams.

Book Lost Cosmonaut

Download or read book Lost Cosmonaut written by Daniel Kalder and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderful antidote to rose-tinted travel writing

Book Official Tourism Websites

Download or read book Official Tourism Websites written by Richard W. Hallett and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2010-03-24 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Official Tourism Websites: A Discourse Analysis Perspective investigates the construction and promotion of identity of tourist locales by the designers of the official websites for destinations such as Santiago de Compostela, Spain; the Baltic states of Latvia and Estonia; New Orleans, Louisiana and Gary, Indiana; Myanmar/Burma; US Sports Halls of Fame; and, in recognizing the influence and popularity of such sites, three websites parodying the imaginary nations of Phaic Tan, Molvania, and San Sombrero. Analysis addresses how tourism websites foster social action and, therefore, contribute to the (re)construction of nations and other communities by variably fostering re-imagination, rebirth, renaissance, promotion and caution, and patriotism. Recognizing that tourism texts can function to both construct and embody identity for their respective locales, this investigation employs critical discourse analysis, multimodal discourse analysis, and visual semiotic analysis in the investigation of web texts and images.

Book Unpacked

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  • Author : Blake C. Scott
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2022-11-15
  • ISBN : 1501766414
  • Pages : 310 pages

Download or read book Unpacked written by Blake C. Scott and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unpacked offers a critical, novel perspective on the Caribbean's now taken-for-granted desirability as a tourist's paradise. Dreams of a tropical vacation have become a quintessential aspect of the modern Caribbean, as millions of tourists travel to the region and spend extravagantly to pursue vacation fantasies. At the beginning of the twentieth century, however, travelers from North America and Europe thought of the Caribbean as diseased, dangerous, and, according to many observers, "the white man's graveyard." How then did a trip to the Caribbean become a supposedly fun and safe experience? Unpacked examines the historical roots of the region's tourism industry by following a well-traveled sea route linking the US East Coast with the island of Cuba and the Isthmus of Panama. Blake C. Scott describes how the cultural and material history of US imperialism became the heart of modern Caribbean tourism. In addition, he explores how advances in tropical medicine, perceptions of the tropical environment, and development of infrastructure and transportation networks opened a new playground for visitors.

Book The New Tourist

Download or read book The New Tourist written by Paige McClanahan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliantly evocative, surprising, and page-turning exploration of how tourism has shaped the world, for better and for worse—essential reading for anyone looking for a deeper understanding of the implications of their wanderlust. Through deep and perceptive dispatches from tourist spots around the globe—from Hawaii to Saudi Arabia, Amsterdam to Angkor Wat—The New Tourist lifts the veil on an industry that accounts for one in ten jobs worldwide and generates nearly ten percent of global GDP. How did a once-niche activity become the world’s most important means of contact across cultures? When does tourism destroy the soul of a city, and when does it offer a place a new lease on life? Is “last chance tourism” prompting a powerful change in perspective, or driving places we love further into the ground? Filled with revelations about an industry that shapes how we view the world, The New Tourist spotlights painful truths but also delivers a message of hope: that the right kind of tourism—and the right kind of tourist—can be a powerful force for good.

Book Tourism Management

Download or read book Tourism Management written by Arch G. Woodside and published by CABI. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planning and implementing successful tourism programmes requires in depth predictions of tourist behaviour. This title provides coverage of sense making, planning, implementing, evaluating and administering tourism marketing and management programmes. It offers useful descriptions, tools, and examples of tourism management decision-making.

Book Is the Sacred for Sale

Download or read book Is the Sacred for Sale written by Alison M Johnston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Definitely a book that sheds light on perspectives and perceptions about today's global economy. A must read for tourists and corporations alike - also heads of state, the media and environment groups - all of whom need to be informed on this key subject.' Chief Garry John, Chair and Spokesperson, St'at'imc Chiefs' Council 'an activist's call to action on behalf of people who have been made invisible in the merciless spread of globalization under corporate control.' Nina Rao, Southern Co Chair of the Tourism Caucus at the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, and Professor of Tourism 'A powerful and much-needed tool to fight the seemingly all-pervasive ignorance in the corporate and consumer-driven world that continues to hail ecotourism and other tourism 'alternatives' as beneficial to local people without looking at the root causes of problems.' Anita Pleumarom, Tourism Investigation and Monitoring Team, Bangkok Tourism is the fastest growing industry in the world. Ecotourism, often considered a more benign form of tourism, can in fact cause the most damage, as it targets more vulnerable environments and cultures. Is the Sacred for Sale? looks at our present crossroads in consumer society. It analyses the big questions of tourism, clarifying how tourism can support biodiversity conservation. It also offers a cross-cultural window to the divide between corporate thinking and sacred knowledge, to help us understand why collisions over resources and land use are escalating. Finally, we have a full spectrum of information for healthy dialogue and new relationships. This book is a profound wake up call to the business world and to decision-makers who shape current policy. It poses important questions to us all and is a must read for every tourist and traveller.

Book The Tourist

    Book Details:
  • Author : Olen Steinhauer
  • Publisher : Minotaur Books
  • Release : 2017-11-07
  • ISBN : 1250160367
  • Pages : 445 pages

Download or read book The Tourist written by Olen Steinhauer and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a new introduction by the author and a discussion guide.