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"At a time when COVID-19 is transforming the tourism industry, this book presents many contemporary inconsistencies and paradoxes in tourism contexts and studies. It offers a reconsideration of what may be needed in order to equip researchers and practitioners in tourism and related fields to b...
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| Published: |
Channel View Publications,
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| Publisher Address: | Bristol, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | [2021] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Tourism and cultural change ;
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| Summary: |
"At a time when COVID-19 is transforming the tourism industry, this book presents many contemporary inconsistencies and paradoxes in tourism contexts and studies. It offers a reconsideration of what may be needed in order to equip researchers and practitioners in tourism and related fields to better interpret and manage the future of tourism"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 170 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781845418120 1845418123 9781845418113 1845418115 |
| Index Number: | G155 |
| CLC: | F590 |
| Call Number: | F590/T727-40 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- The paradox of modernity: Power, identity and tourism in rural Cyprus -- Go West! Overcoming the paradoxes of Kinh tourism in Vietnamese mountains: a postcolonial geography -- The 'Logical Paradox' of preservation via change: The touristic potential of Malaysia's Catholic mission schools -- Empowering package tour travellers by disempowering tourism operators? Assessing the effectiveness of the tourism law of China -- Cross-cultural encounter: Sustaining racial prejudice or prompting reflection? -- Contemporary polemics of Chinese outbound tourism to Europe: Paradoxes, inconsistencies and contradictions -- International tourism academia: A paradoxical challenge -- The call for 'Dynamic Genesis' (after Deleuze) in tourism studies -- Afterword: Reflections on paradoxes in understanding, culture, mobility, and tourism. |