This book approaches the tourism and hospitality industry from a regional science perspective. By analyzing the spatial context of tourist travels, the hospitality sector, and the regional impacts of tourist activities, it demonstrates the value of the regional science paradigm …
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Provides an introduction to the theory of marketing and its application in the various sectors of the travel and tourism industry.
This book is designed to be read by students and other starting out their careers in the travel and tourism business. It is ideally suited to those studying for General National Vocational Qualifications in Leisure and Tourism at levels 3 and 4, as well as those on Higher Nation…
This book is designed to be read by students and other starting out their careers in the travel and tourism business. It is ideally suited to those studying for General National Vocational Qualifications in Leisure and Tourism at levels 3 and 4, as well as those on Higher Nation…
The author explores the agency of display in a variety of settings: museums, festivals, world's fairs, historical re-creations, memorials, and tourist attractions. She talks about how objects - and people - are made to perform their meaning for us by the very fact of being colle…
This book features a collection of high-quality research papers presented at the International Conference on Tourism, Technology & Systems (ICOTTS 2020), held at the University of Cartagena, in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, from 29th to 31st October 2020. The book is divided in…
This book provides an in-depth analysis of and discussion about the relationship between green tourism, economic growth and globalization. It explores numerous topics relating to tourism including transport efficiency, foreign direct investment, clean energy, climate change dyna…
Travel and tourism 'stories' have been told and recorded within every culture, in every period of oral and written history, and across the breadth of the fact/fiction continuum. Taking two broad themes as its starting point - travellers and their narratives, and place narratives…
This book discusses applied life cycle and supply chain management approaches for the sustainable development of tourism in Asian countries. The book describes the current state of the tourism industry in Asia from a perspective of sustainability, and analyzes the trade-offs bet…
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…
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.
This book explores the theory, issues, impacts and management considerations surrounding the growing industry of cruise tourism. It begins by giving an overview of the cruise industry, followed by chapters focusing on the increasing demand for cruising. It presents case-studies …
Written for HND and undergraduate students, this text offers a practical guide to the methodology and techniques of conducting research specifically in leisure and tourism fields.
A selection of seasoned practitioners tackle the vexing 'parks versus people' debate by looking at whether tourism can serve both conservation and development objectives.
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…
Managing and co-ordinating tourism in a destination requires the organisation and co-operation of a large number of sectors, businesses, local authorities and individuals. Since tourism is an important driver in many economies, destination governance in tourist destinations need…
