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Tourism development: a geographical perspectives

This paper represents an effort to conceptualise tourism and development, and their interlinking features, within the broad geographical perspective. It suggests that, as an industry, tourism has evolved along the development path of dominant development theories; Modernisation, Dependency, Neo-libe...

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Main Authors: Awang, Khairil Wahidin, Wan Hassan, Wan Melissa, Mohd Zahari, Mohd Salehuddin
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Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2009
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spelling my.upm.eprints.174442017-10-20T08:24:03Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17444/ Tourism development: a geographical perspectives Awang, Khairil Wahidin Wan Hassan, Wan Melissa Mohd Zahari, Mohd Salehuddin This paper represents an effort to conceptualise tourism and development, and their interlinking features, within the broad geographical perspective. It suggests that, as an industry, tourism has evolved along the development path of dominant development theories; Modernisation, Dependency, Neo-liberalism and Alternative development. The findings suggest that, by utilising the frameworks of these development theories, one could analyse and evaluate dynamic tourism processes, a necessity in understanding how tourism works. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17444/1/17444.pdf Awang, Khairil Wahidin and Wan Hassan, Wan Melissa and Mohd Zahari, Mohd Salehuddin (2009) Tourism development: a geographical perspectives. Asian Social Science, 5 (5). pp. 67-76. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/1710 10.5539/ass.v5n5p67
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description This paper represents an effort to conceptualise tourism and development, and their interlinking features, within the broad geographical perspective. It suggests that, as an industry, tourism has evolved along the development path of dominant development theories; Modernisation, Dependency, Neo-liberalism and Alternative development. The findings suggest that, by utilising the frameworks of these development theories, one could analyse and evaluate dynamic tourism processes, a necessity in understanding how tourism works.
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author Awang, Khairil Wahidin
Wan Hassan, Wan Melissa
Mohd Zahari, Mohd Salehuddin
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Wan Hassan, Wan Melissa
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Tourism development: a geographical perspectives
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title Tourism development: a geographical perspectives
title_short Tourism development: a geographical perspectives
title_full Tourism development: a geographical perspectives
title_fullStr Tourism development: a geographical perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Tourism development: a geographical perspectives
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publisher Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate 2009
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17444/1/17444.pdf
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