Description:
This book 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 and management issues.
Brief description:
Dallen J. Timothy is Professor, School of Community Resources and Development, Arizona State University, USA. His research interests include tourism and geopolitics, tourism in the Global South, sustainability and tourism development. His most recent publication is Cultural Heritage Tourism in Africa (ed., Routledge, 2023).
Review Quotes:
This is an exceptionally well-researched volume on a subject often dismissed by researchers and even marketers. It is a welcome addition to the literature on this important activity and should be of interest to a wide audience. Shopping Tourism, Retailing and Leisure is a short, well written book on a subject that is far more important than one might think. Dallen Timothy is to be congratulated for taking shopping out of the closet.
-- "Nancy E. Chesworth, Mount St. Vincent University in Annals of Tourism Research 33:1"