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Free Download Hosts and Guests: The Anthropology of Tourism, 2nd Edition edited by Valene L. Smith
English | February 1, 1989 | ISBN: 0812212800 | True EPUB | 352 pages | 2.9 MB
Tourism-one of the world’s largest industries-has long been appreciated for its economic benefits, but in this volume tourism receives a unique systematic scrutiny as a medium for cultural exchange. Modern developments in technology and industry, together with masterful advertising, have created temporarily leisured people with the desire and the means to travel. They often in turn effect profound cultural change in the places they visit, and the contributors to this work all attend to the impact these "guests" have on their "hosts."

Free Download Augmented Reality in Tourism, Museums and Heritage: A New Technology to Inform and Entertain by Vladimir Geroimenko
English | PDF,EPUB | 2021 | 327 Pages | ISBN : 3030701972 | 125.4 MB

Free Download Tourism and Biopolitics in Pandemic Times
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031463986 | 160 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 3 MB
This edited collection brings together interventions on the geographies of tourism in pandemic times approached from a biopolitical perspective. Whilst the "management of bodies" has always been a constitutive part of tourism and its spatialities, the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the emergence of entirely new "states of exception" and emergency regimes, geared towards tight restrictions and control over the mobility and embodied practices of millions of travelers and tourists. Debates in tourism over the "politics of life", now more than ever, ought to concern health and wellbeing for both individuals and selected populations, not in the least because tourism has provided in many instances the socio-spatial conditions for the virus to spread. This book intends to show how a biopolitical analytical framework may provide a set of insights and critical perspectives that are key to the understanding of contemporary tourism practices and regimes of mobility, security, and in/exclusion – particularly in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Free Download Sex Tourism in Thailand: Inside Asia’s Premier Erotic Playground by Ronald Weitzer
English | November 7, 2023 | ISBN: 1479813400, 1479813419 | True EPUB/PDF | 352 pages | 10.2/6.5 MB
An in-depth portrait of Thailand’s billion-dollar sex industry

Free Download Drawn to the Dark: Explorations in Scare Tourism Around the World by Chris Kullstroem
English | June 5, 2017 | ISBN: 145562294X | True EPUB | 368 pages | 11.4 MB
Inspired by a fascination with fear culture, writer Chris Kullstroem left her job and home to experience firsthand some of the world’s most legendary scare shows. Under the guidance of locals, she saw it all: attractions like the Day of the Dead, the haunts of New Zealand, and even the mythical Krampus brought to life in the streets of Austria. Each eerie enactment evokes a sense of wonder, demonstrating powerful emotions that transcend language and culture to reveal a connection we all share.

Free Download Management, Tourism and Smart Technologies: ICMTT 2023 Volume 1
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031441303 | 773 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 49 MB
This book presents advances in the research of various entities in the world, which are working on the application of technology or management in tourism. Indeed, one of the sectors hardest hit by the pandemic was tourism, likewise one of the post-pandemic effects is the rapid recovery of the sector, but more importantly is the great innovation that has occurred in marketing strategies for tourism using technology and applying management strategies not only to be more profitable but to have the best customer satisfaction. The book is aimed at the general public that seeks to innovate, learn from lessons learned and establish a knowledge base in mechanisms that apply technology or management in tourism, with the aim of improving the experience of all those involved in the business chain.

Free Download Management, Tourism and Smart Technologies: ICMTT 2023 Volume 2
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031437322 | 684 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 22 MB
This book presents advances in the research of various entities in the world, which are working on the application of technology or management in tourism. Indeed, one of the sectors hardest hit by the pandemic was tourism, likewise one of the post-pandemic effects is the rapid recovery of the sector, but more importantly is the great innovation that has occurred in marketing strategies for tourism using technology and applying management strategies not only to be more profitable but to have the best customer satisfaction. The book is aimed at the general public that seeks to innovate, learn from lessons learned and establish a knowledge base in mechanisms that apply technology or management in tourism, with the aim of improving the experience of all those involved in the business chain.

Free Download Space Tourism: Adventures in Earth Orbit and Beyond by Michel Pelt
English | PDF (True) | 2005 | 229 Pages | ISBN : 0387402136 | 5.3 MB
Many scientific papers and popular articles have been written on the topic of space tourism, describing everything from expected market sizes to the rules of 3-dimensional microgravity football. But what would it actually feel like to be a tourist in space, to be hurled into orbit on top of a controlled explosion, to float around in a spacecraft, and to be able to look down on your hometown from above the atmosphere?

Free Download Tim Hollis, "See Alabama First:: The Story of Alabama Tourism"
English | 2013 | pages: 208 | ISBN: 1609494881, 1540231119 | EPUB | 8,2 mb
Tourism in the Southeast is often associated with Florida-a state that essentially defined the industry in America. Yet Alabama has a fascinating history of tourism all its own. It all began with an enterprising politician. In 1916, John Hollis Bankhead went to great lengths to ensure that one of America’s first transcontinental highways went directly through Alabama. Though it was a less efficient route for highway travelers, it marked the birth of Alabama’s fledgling tourism industry, which grew exponentially with each passing decade. Since he was a boy, author Tim Hollis has traveled from the Shoals to the coast and amassed an unrivaled knowledge of Alabama tourism. From restored and preserved historic destinations to campy tourist traps and outrageous roadside attractions, this is the complete story of tourism in Alabama.

Free Download Jamie Gillen, "Entrepreneurialism and Tourism in Contemporary Vietnam"
English | ISBN: 0739173308 | 2016 | 128 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
Entrepreneurialism and Tourism in Contemporary Vietnam examines the intersection of entrepreneurialism and the tourism industry in modern-day Vietnam and uses case studies from tourism operators in Ho Chi Minh City to understand the effects of market reforms on Vietnam’s society. The primary argument undertaken in this study is that in order to understand changes to the Vietnamese economy, one must take an approach that combines the "cultural" with the "economic." The tourism case studies presented here collectively demonstrate that there is no easy analytic distinction between the cultural and economic dimensions of the Vietnamese tourism industry. The empirical material is primarily drawn from interviews with private tour operators and participant observation on tours. This book also examines the collaboration between the private sector and the Vietnamese government in the tourism industry. These coordinative entrepreneurial relationships between two unlikely bedfellows are shaped by the interpersonal exchanges that produce the tourism cultural-economy. Lastly, there are links between entrepreneurialism, tourism, and other case studies in urban Southeast Asia illustrated in the conclusion.