The holiday makers : understanding the impact of leisure and travel

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = ⅸ
• Introduction = xiii
• Part One The Model of Life in Industrial Society Work - Home - Free Time - Travel = 1
• 1 An outline of the model = 3
• 2 Under the dictates of the economy = 6
• 3 The credo for a new harmony = 10
• Part Two The Holiday Machine or : The Recreation Cycle = 13
• 4 The motives of the mobile leisureman - travel between norm, promise and hope = 15
• Man in search of balance = 15
• The social influence = 16
• The promises of the paradise sellers = 19
• The complex world of travel motives and expectations = 22
• 5 Behaviour and experiences while travelling = 30
• The favourite holiday activities = 30
• Of armour, exceptions and clich$$\acute e$$s = 31
• Example 1 : Holidays in the ghetto = 34
• Example 2 : Alternative travel = 37
• The much maligned tourist = 41
• 6 The host population - what they expect and what they get from tourism = 44
• The silent local = 44
• Economic interest dominates = 46
• The unequal exchange and the unpaid social costs = 49
• Decision making by others - a high price = 52
• 7 The encounter between tourists and locals = 57
• Understanding among peoples? = 57
• Black prospects for meaningful contact = 58
• The glasses of prejudice = 61
• 8 The return and the feedback = 62
• Recuperated? = 62
• Happy and content? = 63
• What is left? - travelling as learning and exploration = 66
• 9 Indications for a more critical understanding of tourism = 68
• The 'rebellion of the hosts' or : the awakened self-confidence of the local population = 69
• From the manipulated to the emancipated tourist = 73
• Part Three For a Humanization of Everyday Life = 75
• 10 Everyday life in working society - work, home and leisure time in a bottleneck = 77
• The working society heading for crisis = 77
• The inhospitable home and the divided life = 82
• 11 Changing values : opportunities for a new society = 86
• The purpose of life and new ideals : leisure time - the driving force of change = 86
• Consumer culture or a leisure-cultural life style = 88
• Ways out of the work crisis = 92
• The restoration of homeliness = 97
• Part Four Proposals for the Humanization of Travel = 103
• 12 The strategies and their philosophies = 105
• Advocate a soft and humane tourism - re-evaluate the ultimate goals = 106
• Take steps in the right direction without waiting for the great change = 108
• Provide the right interpretation of freedom in leisure and tourism policies = 109
• Accept the mass character of travel and one's own role as tourist = 110
• Organize a better distribution of tourist flows = 112
• Create preconditions for a fair exchange and for equal partnership = 113
• 13 About the concept of a balanced tourist development = 115
• Don't consider the promotion of tourism an end in itself nor a panacea - strive for a diversified economic structure - avoid a 'single-crop' economy = 115
• Focus on the needs and interests of tourists and locals and co-ordinate them = 117
• Keep control over property in local hands = 119
• Plan investment in tourist development = 121
• Rely on the local work force - improve job quality = 122
• Emphasize and cultivate what is typically local = 123
• 14 Ghetto or no ghetto - that is the question = 125
• Use the advantages of new artificial holiday centres = 125
• Further develop traditional forms of travel and holidays and try out new ones = 126
• 15 Conscious travel - advice and exercises for a different travel behaviour = 129
• Use the holidays as a time for self-communion = 129
• Take a critical consumer attitude = 132
• Remember some basic rules for more considerate travel = 133
• Exercise moderation in travel : less far - less changes - less often - stay at home from time to time = 135
• 16 School for a more human tourism = 138
• Opt for an honest and responsible marketing of tourism = 138
• Provide better and more comprehensive training for tourist trade personnel = 139
• Encourage holiday-makers to try new experiences and behaviour = 140
• Inform the host population about tourists and the problems involved in tourism = 143
• Learn how to travel - prepare and educate people for travel = 144
• References = 149
• Index = 159