Tourism: Leisure and Recreation (In 3 Volumes)

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Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of leisure, recreation, and the provision of services for this act. It is one of the world’s largest industries and one of its fastest growing economic sectors. Many sovereignties, along with their respective countries and states, depend heavily upon travel expenditures by foreigners as a source of taxation and income for the enterprises that sell services to these travelers. Written for the use of students, researchers, professionals and policy planners in the field of tourism, the present publication elaborately narrates the major issues and concerns in this rapidly growing field. The first volume, Tourism: Policies, Planning and Governance is concerned with the planning and governance of tourism. The second volume, Tourism, Environment and the Society discusses the environmental and social impacts of tourism in detail. The third volume, Tourism and Resource Management describes various strategies to effectively manage tourism and its resources. This highly informative, authentic and up-to-date work will be interesting to all those concerned with tourism, leisure and recreation.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR B.K. Pandey

B.K. Pandey, a well-known researcher in the field of rural development, did his Ph.D. in development studies. Throughout his academic career he had been the recipient of many awards and fellowships. In his diverse professional career involving teaching as well as extensive research work, he has been associated with a number of academic institutions and well-known research organizations. He has participated in many national and international conferences organized by different agencies. He is a member of the administrative boards of several professional educational institutions. He has valuable publications in the form of writing eight books and editing twelve books on different important subjects.

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Title
Tourism: Leisure and Recreation (In 3 Volumes)
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8182052130
Length
x+290p.; x+285p.; x+283p., Tables; Figures; Bibliography; Index; 23cm.
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