Making the World Safe for Tourism

by Patricia Goldstone

Book Overview

Over the past hundred years, tourism has evolved into the world's biggest business, and few countries today question the common wisdom that the road to economic development is paved with tourist dollars. Yet questions should be raised, Patricia Goldstone argues in this pathbreaking book on the social and political impacts of tourism. She examines for the first time the close connections between business and politics as government and industry leaders...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300087632
• ISBN13: 9780300087635
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"