GGRA02H3 Lecture : Tourism
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Tourism now the most important single item in international trade. International tourist arrivals for 2007 grew at rate of 5. 7% = 880-900 million. (world tourism organization) http://unwto. org/facts/eng/historical. htm http://unwto. org/facts/eng/economy. htm. Read judd"s article especially pp. 327-332 on commodity chains and the tourism. Product transportation revolution economic development policies growth of tourist industry - tourism as a product tourism depends on the globalization of goods and services. All-inclusive, packaged, prepackaged: comfort and convenience, security, familiarity, affordability. Tourism is site-specific sightseeing is good example of this. Fabricates a new economic sector that does not serve local needs. Shaping or reinforcing the character of places to satisfy tourist expectations: the. Read teo and li"s article on global-local relations in tourism, especially pp. 290-301. New spaces constructed and controlled by new sets of values and fractions of. From spaces of production to spaces of consumption = leisure spaces. Impacts on visual landscapes and natural ecosystems through: Exploitation and degradation of natural resources: e. g. water.
