Understanding Tourism: Concepts and Theories

rigorous synthesis of perspectives from a range of academic disciplines tourism studies, also referred to as "silofication", defined in the book as "a varied field of study examined strictly within the confines of indiit elucidates the challenge of defining tourism, arguing for a comprehensive definition that encompasses both heuristic and technical defithe tourism sector, including accessibility, attractions and political primary, evolutionary and lifecycle models that have informed our understanding of the evolution of tourism, with a particular emphasis on Subsequently, the fourth section of the book represents the central regarding tourism, such as the idea of "tourism as a quest for contrived