Tourism category: 1805 books
Tourism and Oil
Preparing for the Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
This book is the first to examine oil constraints and tourism, and addresses one of the key challenges for the tourism industry in the future. It provides an estimate of how much oil tourism consumes globally and summarises state-of-the-art information on oil resources, oil data and public discourse....
Tourism in China
Destination, Cultures and Communities
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2009
China is forecast to be the primary tourist destination and tourist-generating country by 2020. However, much of the writing on tourism in China has come from people within the English academic world who are not involved in the issues related to Chinese tourism development. This book provides a voice...
Lifelong Learning for Tourism
Concepts, Policy and Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Since the middle of the last century tourism has demonstrated almost continual growth, with international tourist arrivals now recorded in excess of one billion per annum. Given the global socio-economic significance of tourism, it is imperative to develop educational opportunities for those working...
Social Entrepreneurship and Tourism
Philosophy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
This volume explores the links between the rapidly growing phenomenon of social entrepreneurship (SE) and the international tourism and hospitality industry. This unique industry is particularly ripe for transformation by SE and the book’s authors delve deeply into the reasons for this. The book...
Tourism Imaginaries at the Disciplinary Crossroads
Place, Practice, Media
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
Maria Gravari-Barbas is Professor of Geography at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. She is also in charge of the IREST (Institute of Research and Higher Studies on tourism) and EIREST (Interdisciplinary Research Group on Tourism Studies). She leads the UNESCO Chair "Culture, Tourism,...
Backpacker Tourism
Concepts and Profiles
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2007
The search for new tourism experiences as well as changes in the tourism industry itself has led to new forms of individualised travel and consequentially new forms of backpacker tourism. This volume provides an up to date examination of the behaviour, attitudes and motivations of backpacker tourists...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
In this volume leading experts from different disciplines and diverse geographic regions discuss fundamental, often controversial topics in the field of tourism studies. The book attempts to understand, identify and analyse some of the perennial problems and challenges encountered by tourism researchers....
by Douglas Frechtling
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
'Forecasting tourism demand' is a text that no tourism professional can afford to be without. The tourism industry has experienced an overwhelming boom over recent years, and being able to predict future trends as accurately as possible is vital in the struggle to stay one step ahead of the competition.
Building...
Tourism in the Arab World
An Industry Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
This book is the first to explore Arabic tourism from a business viewpoint, rather than taking a sociological, anthropological or political stance. It focuses on business planning, management and marketing destinations in the Arab World, which are topics crucial for industry stakeholders and which...
Coastal Mass Tourism
Diversification and Sustainable Development in Southern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2004
The Mediterranean coastal regions of Southern Europe have long been world leaders in mass tourism. This book examines some key questions for tourism development in these areas, with implications for similar regions across the world. The standardised forms of mass tourism are diversifying – with...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Tourism is well established as an important part of the new service economy, and the rewards it offers have stimulated intense competition in the tourism industry. Many destinations compete to attract potential tourists, each place having to work hard to distinguish itself from rivals offering similar...
by Stephanie Watson, Kathy Stolley
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Medical Tourism: A Reference Handbook provides an accessible overview of the state of medical tourism, written from a balanced, unbiased perspective. The authors provide relevant social context for this controversial topic, discussing the state of extremely limited research data on medical tourism;...
Tourism and Ethnodevelopment
Inclusion, Empowerment and Self-determination
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Ethnodevelopment is a well-established concept in the field of development studies. Despite its relevance to tourism initiatives and processes in the Global South, it continues to be an underutilised concept in the field.
This book bridges this gap, presenting an original conceptual framework...
Sustainable Tourism in Southern Africa
Local Communities and Natural Resources in Transition
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2009
Tourism has become a major economic agent and an important social and cultural element in contemporary southern Africa. As such, tourism has a wide range of impacts on environment, economy, cultures, and the everyday life of people. These processes have highlighted the role of sustainability in tourism...