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Understanding urban tourism: London in the early 1990s

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Abstract

Using London as an example this paper demonstrates that the idea of tourism as ‘pleasure and recreation’ is wholly inadequate for an understanding of the published evidence on tourism in major cities. In the UK this results directly from the definition adopted by the main statistical sources such that tourists become travellers, irrespective of purpose, who stay overnight at their destination. In so doing the paper highlights two areas for future research, the growing trend in short-distance tourism and the increasing importance of visiting friends and relatives.

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Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 141-150

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

International Journal of Tourism Research (Volume 3, Issue 2)

Publication milestones

  • Accepted/In press - 14/10/1999
  • Published - 23/05/2001

Publication status

Published - 23/05/2001

ISSN

1099-2340

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/625176

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