For most of us, traveling means visiting the most beautiful places on Earth—Paris, the Taj Mahal, the Grand Canyon. It’s rare to book a plane ticket to visit the lifeless moonscape of Canada’s oil sand strip mines, or to seek out the Chinese city of Linfen, legendary as the mos…
"When it comes to holidays, some talk about "seeing the world," others about "getting away from it all." These two basic philosophies of travel are elaborated delightfully in Orvar Lofgren's investigation of "elsewhereness" as a human pursuit. Whether we set out in search of a m…
"When it comes to holidays, some talk about "seeing the world," others about "getting away from it all." These two basic philosophies of travel are elaborated delightfully in Orvar Lofgren's investigation of "elsewhereness" as a human pursuit. Whether we set out in search of a m…
Shifting global consumption patterns, tastes and attitudes towards food, leisure, travel and place have opened new opportunities for rural producers in the form of agritourism, ecotourism, wine, food and rural tourism and specialized niche market agricultural production for tour…
The academics who contributed to this collection are chiefly concerned with reflecting useful insights into the study of hospitality that encompass the commercial provision of hospitality and its counterpart in the private domestic setting.
The academics who contributed to this collection are chiefly concerned with reflecting useful insights into the study of hospitality that encompass the commercial provision of hospitality and its counterpart in the private domestic setting.
Venice is viewed from a new perspective, offers a heady, one-city tour of tourism itself. Conducting readers from the beginnings of Venetian tourism in the late Middle Ages to its emergence as a form of mass entertainment in our time, the authors explore what happens when indust…
'Venice, the Tourist Maze' charts the history of tourism in the most tourist-visited place on the planet, & at the same time offers a critique of the city-as-tourist-destination. The 'maze' is the paradox created when a city becomes a theme park entertaining visitors on an indus…
Covers the relevant issues in the field of hospitality management organized by sector, such as lodging, restaurants, clubs, time-shares, and conventions and function, such as accounting & finance, marketing, human resources, information technology, and facilities management.
"The International Encyclopedia of Hospitality Management is the definitive reference work for any individual studying or working in the hospitality industry. Global in scope, this text is composed of 728 entries written by 218 leading authors from 23 different countries includi…
"The International Encyclopedia of Hospitality Management is the definitive reference work for any individual studying or working in the hospitality industry." "It covers all of the relevant issues in the field of hospitality management from both a sectoral level: lodging, resta…
This book explores the most important established and emerging qualitative and quantitative research methods in tourism. The authors provide a detailed overview of the nature of the research method, its use in tourism, the advantages and limitations, and future directions for re…
by Fullagar, Simone, Wilson, Erica, Markwell, Kevin
This book examines the emerging phenomenon of slow tourism. The book explores the range of travel experiences that are part of growing consumer concerns with quality leisure time, environmental and cultural sustainability, as well as the embodied experience of place. Slow touris…
