The Tourism Area Life Cycle, Volume 1

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Richard Butler
Channel View Publications, 2006 - Business & Economics - 385 pages

This volume contains specially commissioned chapters by leading researchers who have used and modified the original TALC model over the past two decades, a reprint of the original article, a discussion of its origins, and a comprehensive review of most of the published material using the TALC. The book is divided into four sections, the foundations of the TALC, the TALC in heritage settings, local involvement and the TALC, and the TALC and rejuvenation. The concluding chapter discusses the relevance of the model to both sustainability and the late Elvis Presley.

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Contents

A Literature Survey
27
Evolution of Tourism Areas and the Tourism Industry
51
Implementation of the TALC
71
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About the author (2006)

Richard Butler has researched tourism from a geographical perspective for over forty years in Canada and the UK. He is most well known for his adaptation of the life cycle model to tourist destination, and has also published widely on sustainable tourism, and tourism development and impacts.

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