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  • Testing take-up of academic concepts in an influential commercial tourism publication

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    Buckley, Ralf
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    Buckley, Ralf
    Year published
    2008
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    Abstract
    Many independent travelers read and rely on the Lonely Planetestination guidebooks. In 2006 the company published two global selections which effectively define its perspectives on adventure, culture and ecotourism. By analysing the content of these volumes, we can test whether information reaching individual tourists is congruent with relevant theoretical constructs. Broadly, it is: but it is less precise, comprehensive or up to date than published research, and relies more on example than synthesis. In addition, it has a strong emphasis on social aspects, commonly described as community ecotourism. Opportunities ...
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    Many independent travelers read and rely on the Lonely Planetestination guidebooks. In 2006 the company published two global selections which effectively define its perspectives on adventure, culture and ecotourism. By analysing the content of these volumes, we can test whether information reaching individual tourists is congruent with relevant theoretical constructs. Broadly, it is: but it is less precise, comprehensive or up to date than published research, and relies more on example than synthesis. In addition, it has a strong emphasis on social aspects, commonly described as community ecotourism. Opportunities such as this, to analyse the affects of academic tourism research on commercial tourism publishing, are relatively rare. Keywords: adventure, code, destination, ecotourism, guidebooks, responsible
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    Journal Title
    Tourism Management
    Volume
    29
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2007.07.015
    Copyright Statement
    © 2008 Elsevier. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Commercial services
    Marketing
    Tourism
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/21276
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