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Holiday Makers
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Holiday Makers

by Jost Krippendorf
February 2010
Beginner
157 pages
5h 41m
English
Routledge
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Preface

When I tell people that thinking about leisure and tourism is my profession, they often smile. Obviously, they do not find it serious, they do not see it as work, and only work can be serious. At these moments I almost always feel I should apologize. Of course, they say, leisure and travel are perhaps two of the nicest things in the world, but really, when you get down to it, they are rather trivial matters. I believe they are much more than that, for they concern the happiness of the individual and the well-being of our society, and these, everyone would agree, are central issues in our lives. Leisure and holidays should not be reduced to something that one can leave without further ado to the entertainment industry. For many years ...

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ISBN: 9780750643481