Shopping Tourism, Retailing and Leisure

Shopping Tourism, Retailing and Leisure provides a comprehensive examination of the relationships between tourism, leisure, shopping, and retailing. Critical issues are examined within the framework of the dichotomous relationship between utilitarian and hedonic forms of shopping, shopping as a primary and secondary attraction in tourist destinations, the development of various tourist-retail venues, the role of souvenirs in tourism, and management issues (e.g. merchandising, venue design, and customer service).

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Dr. Dallen J. Timothy is Associate Professor at Arizona State University and Visiting Professor of Heritage Tourism at the University of Sunderland, UK. His primary research areas in tourism include heritage, politics, co-operation/collaboration, planning, developing regions, consumption, migration and ethnicity. He has published numerous books, chapters and scholarly articles related to these and other subjects. His research has involved extensive work in Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, and the Caribbean.

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Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Leisure Consumption, Shopping, and Tourism
2 Recreational Shopping, Leisure and Labor
3 Shopping Tourism
4 Tourist Shopping
5 What Tourists Buy: The Ubiquitous Souvenir
6 Shopping Venues and Contexts
7 Management Issues for Place and People
8 Conclusion
References
Index