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  • Beyond Backpacker Tourism: Mobilities and Experiences

    Author: Kevin Hannam y Anya Diekmann
    Publishers: Channel View Publications, 2010
    ISBN: 1845411307
    Number of pages: 248

    This book examines new theoretical debates surrounding mobility and experience-based tourism, of which the most famous example is ‘backpacker tourism'. It also looks at the alternative destinations that have become popular and new growing models, such as the flashpacker, referring to backpacker tourists who are in their 30s and have greater economic resources.

  • Hotel Control - Practical economic management and analysis of operations in a Tourist Accommodation Business

    Author: Lluís Mesalles Canals
    Publishers: Laertes, 2010
    ISBN: 9788475846675
    Number of pages: 281

    The different types and possible structures of a hotel, or the distances between them, often make managing these establishments a complex task. This manual explains the different accounting tools available and basic concepts that will allow companies to adopt a more effective economic control system for their business.

  • Official Tourism Websites: A Discourse Analysis Perspective

    Author: Rick Hallett y Judith Kaplan-Weinger
    Publishers: Channel View Publications, 2010
    ISBN: 1845411374
    Number of pages: 136

    The digital world in which we find ourselves increasingly immersed compels organisations, cities and countries to have an on-line presence, using the Internet as a means of promotion and building the image of the product or destination they are publicising. The authors of this book study different tourism websites to analyse the creation of a place identity and its repercussions.

  • Travel journalism. Analysis of tourism through cover stories

    Author: Antonio Rodríguez Ruibal
    Publishers: UOC, 2009
    ISBN: 9788497888523
    Number of pages: 118

    The rapid development of tourism in recent years and its widespread access have put this activity at the forefront of everyday life. So, with a view to understanding its motivations, functioning and evolution, the author of this book suggests an analysis of the tourist industry through two of Spain's leading newspapers.

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