Overbooked : the exploding business of travel and tourism / Elizabeth Becker.

By: Becker, Elizabeth .

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: x, 448 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781439160992 (hbk.); 1439160996 (hbk.); 9781439167502 (ebk.); 1439167508 (ebk.).Other title: Over-booked : the exploding business of travel and tourism.Subject(s): Tourism

| Tourism -- Cross-cultural studies

| Tourism -- Political aspects

| Tourism -- Moral and ethical aspects

DDC classification: 338.4/791 Other classification: POL011000 | BUS000000 | TRV000000

Contents:

The business. Tourism becomes an industry -- Cultural tourism : France, Venice and Cambodia. Les vacances -- Postcard from Venice -- Getting it wrong -- Consumer tourism : cruises and Dubai. Cruising : destination nowhere -- Desert fantasies -- Nature tourism : Zambia, Costa Rica and Sri Lanka. Safari -- Becoming green -- Postcard from Sri Lanka : war, revolution, tourism -- The new giant : China. Golden weeks -- The Chinese market -- The old giant : USA. America the exceptional.

Summary: Investigates the travel industry, which is 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Investigates the travel industry, which is 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.

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Overbooked : the exploding business of travel and tourism / Elizabeth Becker.

By: Becker, Elizabeth.

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By: Becker, Elizabeth .