An excellent book for anyone interested in the role of tourism in the post World war Two economy and culture is ‘Europe at the Seaside: the Economic History of Mass Tourism in the Mediterranean’, edited by Luciano Segreto, Carles Manera and Manfred Pohl (Berghahn Books, Oxford and New York, 2009). It’s in the ‘business history’ genre – not something I’d normally read. However, it is a better commentary on the relationship between tourism and society than most books that claim to serve that function. It is also a riposte to the consignment of mass package tourism to the cultural dustbin of history by those enamoured of the new ‘ethical’ niches.
In Defence of Holiday Fordism
In Defence of Holiday Fordism
In Defence of Holiday Fordism
An excellent book for anyone interested in the role of tourism in the post World war Two economy and culture is ‘Europe at the Seaside: the Economic History of Mass Tourism in the Mediterranean’, edited by Luciano Segreto, Carles Manera and Manfred Pohl (Berghahn Books, Oxford and New York, 2009). It’s in the ‘business history’ genre – not something I’d normally read. However, it is a better commentary on the relationship between tourism and society than most books that claim to serve that function. It is also a riposte to the consignment of mass package tourism to the cultural dustbin of history by those enamoured of the new ‘ethical’ niches.