Overbooked the exploding business of travel and tourism
"Travel is no longer a past-time but a colossal industry, arguably one of the biggest in the world and second only to oil in importance for many poor countries. One out of 12 people in the world are employed by the tourism industry which contributes $6.5 trillion to the world's economy. To...
| Main Author: | Becker, Elizabeth. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1.
- The business.
- Tourism becomes an industry
- pt. 2.
- Cultural tourism : France, Venice and Cambodia.
- Les vacances
- Postcard from Venice
- Getting it wrong
- pt. 3.
- Consumer tourism : cruises and Dubai.
- Cruising : destination nowhere
- Desert fantasies
- pt. 4.
- Nature tourism : Zambia, Costa Rica and Sri Lanka.
- Safari
- Becoming green
- Postcard from Sri Lanka : war, revolution, tourism
- pt. 5.
- The new giant : China.
- Golden weeks
- The Chinese market
- pt. 6.
- The old giant : USA.
- America the exceptional.