Philippe Violier with the collaboration of Benjamin Taunay
Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: World Connectiveness of Tourist Places -- 1. An Overview of the Tourism World -- 1.1. Presentation of data and criticisms -- 1.1.1. Development of statistics -- 1.1.2. Limitations induced by these sources -- 1.2. A hierarchical world -- 1.2.1. Disparities -- 1.2.2. Paradigms in action: wealth of nations, distance and otherness -- 1.2.3. Toward a multipolar world -- 1.2.4. Conclusion -- 1.3. Touristic mobility: tourists conquering the World -- 1.3.1. Places, a social construction -- 1.3.2. Diversity of biophysical worlds -- 1.3.3. Variety of human constructs -- 1.3.4. Attendance modalities -- 1.3.5. Social scales -- 1.3.6. Conclusion -- 1.4. Constraints on the movement of tourists opposed by the worlds -- 1.4.1. Combination between the unequal wealth of nations and distance -- 1.4.2. The heterogeneity of the world -- 1.4.3. Tensions -- 1.4.4. Health and biophysical risks -- 1.4.5. Risks of everyday life: accident situations -- 1.5. Tourist traffic -- 1.5.1. By means of globalization -- 1.5.2. By means of mediation -- 1.5.3. By means of the mobilization of skills -- 1.6. A question of method -- 1.6.1. Method based on the analysis of tour operators' catalogs -- 1.6.2. A method not free of bias -- 1.6.3. A method with many limitations -- 1.7. Conclusion -- 2. North America -- 2.1. A continent with a high level of touristicity -- 2.1.1. A population that is not very dense but with a high departure rate -- 2.1.2. Hierarchy of States -- 2.2. Touristicity of the places -- 2.2.1. To the east, the cities are dominant -- 2.2.2. To the west, natural parks: a level playing field with cities -- 2.2.3. A confidential space for indigenous nations -- 2.2.4. A typology of tourist places -- 2.3. Societal practices -- 2.3.1. European society practices.
