Regional Perspectives on Tourism Geographies: The Case of Greece
ISBN: 978-1-78190-212-7, eISBN: 978-1-78190-261-5
Publication date: 30 December 2013
Abstract
The aim of this chapter is to provide a holistic overview of issues and topics regarding tourism geography in Greece: from its origins to its current situation. By following a historical tracking of tourism activities in this country and the growth of tourism geography as an academic domain at the university level, the main goal is to analyze the shift of academic research on tourism from geographical perspective, as presented in both the Greek and English language literature. The chapter concludes that there is a need for practical orientation and redefinition of typologies of tourism geographies in order to apply a more sustainable and cross-disciplinary approach in the academic discourse on Greek tourism.
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Citation
Tsartas, P., Coccossis, H. and Vasileiou, M. (2013), "Regional Perspectives on Tourism Geographies: The Case of Greece", Geographies of Tourism (Tourism Social Science Series, Vol. 19), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 91-103. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1571-5043(2013)0000019006
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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