Tourism An Introduction
Tourism: An Introduction by Adrian Franklin, published by SAGE on April 3, 2003, is a comprehensive text that explores the multifaceted role of tourism in contemporary society. This 296-page book presents a critical examination of tourism, arguing for its significance as a central element of modern life rather than a mere escape from it. The author emphasizes the enduring nature of tourism, positioning it as emblematic of various cultural and societal dynamics.
Readers will find a thorough analysis of the theory, practice, and effects of tourism, along with insights into its relationship with culture, nation formation, and globalization. The book also delves into the ritualistic and performative aspects of tourist experiences, offering a synthesis of modern thought on the subject. This edition serves as an essential resource for students and educators in the fields of education, business, and economics, particularly those interested in adult and continuing education.
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`Argued with a real verve, it makes a plea to rethink the role of tourism in modernity seeing it not as a fleeting and marginal element, but as something enduring, emblematic and constitutive of contemporary society. Tourism is seen as a key element of modern life, not an escape from it’ – Mike Crang, Department of Geography, University of Durham
Tourism is a rapidly growing area of student enrolment. Lecturers and students who have waited patiently for an up-to-date, lucid and indispensable teaching and research text, need wait no more. This book is a matchless guide to understanding the theory, practice, development and effects of tourism.
Tourism: An Introduction:
– equips students with a critical perspective of the central processes of tourism and the relationship between tourism and culture
– places tourism at the heart of modern life rather than as a peripheral feature added on after work
– illuminates the relationship between tourism and nation formation, citizenship, consumerism and globalization
– reveals the ritual, performative and embodied dimensions of tourist experience
This book offers readers a major synthesis of modern thought on tourism. It breaks the mould of approaching tourism as a self-contained, compartment of contemporary life and treats it as a major and exciting cultural phenomenon. This is a landmark work in the study of tourism.
Adrian Franklin is the editor of the acclaimed journal Tourist Studies (SAGE Publications).
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