Tourism mobilities : places to play, places in play /
edited by Mimi Sheller and John Urry.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
- xi, 240 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-233) and index.
Places to play, places in play / Demobilizing and remobilizing Caribbean paradise / Islands in the sun : Cyprus / Ecotourists on the beach / Surfing : global space or dwelling in the waves? / Little England's global conference centre : Harrogate / Bodies, spirits and Incas : performing Machu Picchu / On the track of the Vikings / Art exhibitions travel the world / Reconstituting the Taj Mahal : tourist flows and glocalisation / The paradox of a tourist centre : Hong Kong as a site of play and a place of feat / Barcelona's games : the Olympics, urban design and global tourism / Tourists in the concrete desert / Favela tours : indistinct and mapless representations of the real in Rio De Janeiro / Playing online and between the lines : round-the-world websites as virtual places to play / 'Let's build a palm island!' : playfulness in complex times / Atomica world : the place of nuclear tourism / Death in Venice / Mimi Sheller and John Urry -- Mimi Sheller -- Richard Sharpley -- Rosaleen Duffy -- Rob Shields -- Viv Cuthill -- Alexandra Arellano -- Jørgen Ole Bærenholdt and Michael Haldrup -- Chia-Ling Lai -- Tim Edensor -- Ngai-Ling Sum with Mei-Chi So -- Monica Degen -- Tue Halgreen -- Beatriz Jaguaribe and Kevin Hetherington -- Jennie Germann Molz -- Mattias Junemo -- Kathleen Sullivan -- John Urry.
9780415338790 (pbk.) 0415338786 (hardback) 0415338794 (softcover)
2004000999
Tourism--Environmental aspects.
Tourism--Social aspects.
338.4791 , A8/1 Niranjan Associates
Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-233) and index.
Places to play, places in play / Demobilizing and remobilizing Caribbean paradise / Islands in the sun : Cyprus / Ecotourists on the beach / Surfing : global space or dwelling in the waves? / Little England's global conference centre : Harrogate / Bodies, spirits and Incas : performing Machu Picchu / On the track of the Vikings / Art exhibitions travel the world / Reconstituting the Taj Mahal : tourist flows and glocalisation / The paradox of a tourist centre : Hong Kong as a site of play and a place of feat / Barcelona's games : the Olympics, urban design and global tourism / Tourists in the concrete desert / Favela tours : indistinct and mapless representations of the real in Rio De Janeiro / Playing online and between the lines : round-the-world websites as virtual places to play / 'Let's build a palm island!' : playfulness in complex times / Atomica world : the place of nuclear tourism / Death in Venice / Mimi Sheller and John Urry -- Mimi Sheller -- Richard Sharpley -- Rosaleen Duffy -- Rob Shields -- Viv Cuthill -- Alexandra Arellano -- Jørgen Ole Bærenholdt and Michael Haldrup -- Chia-Ling Lai -- Tim Edensor -- Ngai-Ling Sum with Mei-Chi So -- Monica Degen -- Tue Halgreen -- Beatriz Jaguaribe and Kevin Hetherington -- Jennie Germann Molz -- Mattias Junemo -- Kathleen Sullivan -- John Urry.
9780415338790 (pbk.) 0415338786 (hardback) 0415338794 (softcover)
2004000999
Tourism--Environmental aspects.
Tourism--Social aspects.
338.4791 , A8/1 Niranjan Associates