Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/2101
Title: Tourism in Crete: A form of modernisation
Authors: Andriotis, Konstantinos 
metadata.dc.contributor.other: Ανδριώτης, Κωνσταντίνος
Major Field of Science: Social Sciences
Field Category: Other Humanities
Issue Date: 2003
Source: Current Issues in Tourism, 2003, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 23-53.
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Start page: 23
End page: 53
Journal: Current Issues in Tourism 
Abstract: Tourism in Crete is an irreversible phenomenon that has resulted in a process of change under the form of modernisation. This modernisation has both positive and negative consequences. Specifically, tourism has been transformed into a primary source of income and employment generation for the island and has improved the quality of life for the locals. However, tourism development was directed to the increase of demand through the increase of the numbers of beds, as well as the concentration of tourist arrivals in space and time, rather than the balanced development of the tourism industry. In effect, various social and environmental strains have resulted, such as environmental degradation, cultural pollution, commercialisation of human relations and negative demonstration effects. It is the aim of this paper to review past studies, having examined various aspects of tourism in Crete in order to investigate the costs and benefits associated with the modernisation of the island through tourism expansion and to provide recommendations for future development.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/2101
ISSN: 13683500
DOI: 10.1080/13683500308667943
Rights: © Taylor & Francis
Type: Article
Affiliation : Middlesex University 
University of Crete 
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
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