| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 213 pages) |
| Series |
Aspects of tourism |
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Aspects of tourism.
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| Contents |
1. An Introduction to Mallorca's Tourism and its Origins -- Links between Past and Present? -- The Perceptions of Some 19th-Century Visitors from Northern Europe to Mallorca before about 1880 -- An Island in the Mediterranean -- Changing Perceptions: Mallorca Then and Now -- 2. Environmental Resources, Perceptions and Constraints for Tourism -- Resources: What Do They Mean? -- Climate and Weather -- Landforms -- 3. The Historical Development of the Tourism Industry from the late 19th Century to the mid-1950s -- Introduction: A Complex of Historical Factors -- Mallorca in the late 19th Century: A Changing Economy -- The Beginnings of Commercial Tourism -- The Civil War and the Second World War -- Post-War Mallorca: The Beginnings of Mass Tourism -- 4. When Majorca Was Spelled with a J̀': The First B̀oom' of the 1960s -- Introduction: Towards the First Boom -- Growth Factors 1960-1973: The British Are Coming! -- Tourism and Urbanisation -- Negative Impacts -- A Few Facts and Figures: Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Tourist Numbers, 1960-1973 -- 5. From Crisis to Crisis (1973-2010) with a Continuing Boom in Between! -- The First Crisis -- Second Homes -- Immigration and Tourism -- The New Tourists -- 6. Environmental Impact and Sustainability -- Introduction: Rising Environmental Consciousness -- Demographics -- Sustainability -- Spatial and Temporal Variations -- Technical Problems and Partial Solutions -- Getting There and Getting About -- Tourism and Climate Change -- Eco Taxes -- 7. Policy and Planning for Tourism -- The Origins of Planning Concepts in Mallorca -- Planning and Political Economy -- P̀lanning' before Planning -- Planning in the Modern Era -- 8. Economy, Business and Politics -- Introduction: Some Macroeconomic Aspects -- Employment -- The Hotel Business, the Economy and Politics -- The Ecotax: A Political Perspective -- Internationalisation of Mallorca's Hotel Business -- Some Conclusions -- 9. New Markets and Diversification -- Introduction: Dependence -- New Markets -- Diversifying the Tourism Product -- Conferences -- Cruise Tourism -- Golf -- Urban Tourism: The Case of Palma -- Rural Tourism and the Interior -- Sailing -- Hiking, Walking and Cycling -- Has an Alternative to Diversification Been Found? -- 10. Future Trends -- Introduction: Adjustment or Seismic Shift? -- History of the Balearic Model -- Conclusions |
| Summary |
This book provides a comprehensive and detailed critical analysis in English of the tourism industry in Mallorca. With origins in the end of the nineteenth century, the emphasis is on the development of mass tourism since the mid-1950s and the attempts to manage its environmental impact and to introduce diversification into the market |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Tourism -- Spain -- Majorca -- History
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GEOGRAPHY.
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THE ENVIRONMENT.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Hospitality, Travel & Tourism.
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Ecology
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Economic history
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Tourism
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| SUBJECT |
Majorca (Spain) -- Economic conditions
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Majorca (Spain) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005002616
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Majorca (Spain) -- Environmental conditions
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| Subject |
Spain -- Majorca
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1845411803 |
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9781845411800 |
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184541179X |
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9781845411794 |
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1845411811 |
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9781845411817 |
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