The Holiday Makers

The Holiday Makers is thought-provoking and profound in its analysis of the present and future patterns of work and leisure.

The author analyses the different forms of tourism, examines the effects on the indigenous countries and their people, and outlines positive steps to reconcile people's holiday requirements with the world's economic and social structures.

Autorentext

Jost Krippendorf, Vera Andrassy

Inhalt

Part 1 The model of life in industrial society Work - Home - Free Time - Travel; Chapter 1 An outline of the model; Chapter 2 Under the dictates of the economy; Chapter 3 The credo for a new harmony; Part 2 The holiday machine or: the recreation cycle; Chapter 4 The motives of the mobile leisureman - travel between norm, promise and hope; Chapter 5 Behaviour and experiences while travelling; Chapter 6 The host population - what they expect and what they get from tourism; Chapter 7 The encounter between tourists and locals; Chapter 8 The return and the feedback; Chapter 9 Indications for a more critical understanding of tourism; Part 3 For a humanization of everyday life; Chapter 10 Everyday life in working society - work, home and leisure time in a bottleneck; Chapter 11 Changing values: opportunities for a new society; Part 4 Proposals for the Humanization of Travel; Chapter 12 The strategies and their philosophies; Chapter 13 About the concept of a balanced tourist development; Chapter 14 Ghetto or no ghetto - that is the question; Chapter 15 Conscious travel - advice and exercises for a different travel behaviour; Chapter 16 School for a more human tourism;