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Cruise ship tourism

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Back cover: "Completely updated and revised, Cruise Ship Tourism, 2nd Edition covers the economic, social and environmental impacts of cruising, combining the latest knowledge and research to provide a comprehensive account of the subject. Despite the industry growing rapidly, t…

Cruise ship tourism

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Covering the economic, social and environmental impacts of cruising, this book combines the latest research with practical case studies to provide a comprehensive account of the subject. It reviews the fundamental principles of the industry, the cruise experience from a passenge…

Slum tourism: poverty, power and ethics

by Frenzel, Fabian, Koens, Ko

fromContemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility

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Slum tourism is a globalizing trend and a controversial form of tourism. Impoverished urban areas have always enticed the popular imagination, considered to be places of ‘otherness’, ‘moral decay’, ‘deviant liberty’ or ‘authenticity’. ‘Slumming’ has a long tradition in the Glo…

Improving tourism and hospitality services

by Laws, Eric

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The central theme of Improving Tourism and Hospitality Services is rooted in the author’s belief that the main issue for tourism and hospitality managers as the twenty-first century begins should be improving the nature and quality of experiences for the industry’s clients, its …

Service quality in leisure and tourism

by Williams, Christine, Buswell, John

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This book aims to develop knowledge and understanding of the theories and principles of service quality within the context of leisure and tourism. Suitable for students, researchers, leisure and tourism professionals, it relates the nature of the consumer experience to the plann…

Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism

by Kotler, Philip, Makens, James C., Bowen, John, (John T.)

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Persons employed in hospitality and tourism-related businesses have to be customer oriented; they are part of the product their company is selling. How they answer the phone, greet customers, and sole customers' problems can make the difference between satisfied customers and di…

The ethics of tourism: critical and applied perspectives

by Lovelock, Brent, Lovelock, Kirsten M.

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1. Introduction 2. Ethical Concepts and Principles 3. Mobility, Borders and Security 4. Human Rights 5. Medical Tourism 6. Sex Tourism 7. Tourism and Indigenous Peoples 8. Tourism and Disability 9. Nature-based Tourism 10. Tourism and Animals 11. Climate Change 12. Hospitality a…

Responsible tourism: critical issues for conservation and development

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A selection of seasoned practitioners tackle the vexing 'parks versus people' debate by looking at whether tourism can serve both conservation and development objectives.

Tourist destination governance: practice, theory and issues

by Richins, Harold, Laws, Eric, Agrusa, Jerome Francis

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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…

Critical debates in tourism

by Singh, Tejvi Virr

fromAspects of tourism

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In this volume tourism experts collectively discuss and debate some intriguing questions that the tourism industry poses, such as the relevance of mass tourism, the dilemma of authenticity, whether small tourism is beautiful, whether volunteer tourism is benign, whether tourism …

The competitive destination: a sustainable tourism perspective

by Crouch, Geoffrey I., (Geoffrey Ian), Ritchie, J. R. Brent

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This book is primarily intended to provide destination managers with an overall understanding of the complex and multifaceted factors that affect destination competitiveness. Following an introductory chapter, chapter 2 reviews the literature on competition and sustainable touri…

The competitive destination: a sustainable tourism perspective

by Crouch, Geoffrey I., (Geoffrey Ian), Ritchie, J. R. Brent

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"The purpose of this book is to provide a framework for understanding the complex and multifaceted factors that affect destination competitiveness. It offers guidance on how to create successful destinations by developing and presenting a conceptual model of destination competit…

Corporate rivalry and market power: competition issues in the tourism industry

by Papatheodorou, Andreas

fromTourism, retailing and consumption

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"Conventional wisdom paints a picture of the tourism industries as made up of many small and medium enterprises with no strategic behaviour. The reality, however, is different: in addition to these small and medium enterprises a powerful oligopoly of service providers and interm…

Managing visitor attractions: new directions

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Visitor attractions represent a complex sector of the tourism industry and are the catalytic focus for the development of tourism infrastructure and services. As this area grows, there are still many questions to be answered and issues to be understood - such as what visitor att…

Sport tourism development

by Hinch, Thomas, Higham, James

fromAspects of tourism

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"Rapid growth in demand for sport and tourism experiences in recent decades has heightened the need for advanced, in-depth and critical insights into sport tourism that are theoretically informed. Sport Tourism Development achieves these insights in a manner that is intended to …

Sport tourism development

by Hinch, Thomas, Higham, James E. S.

fromAspects of tourism

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In setting the foundation for this book, the unique qualities of sport as a tourist attraction are presented and discussed theoretically. It then addresses in six chapters central themes of sport tourism development.