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…
Travel is no longer a past-time but a colossal industry, arguably one of the biggest in the world and second only to oil in importance for many poor countries. One out of 12 people in the world are employed by the tourism industry which contributes $6.5 trillion to the world's e…
Tourism in Asia is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, driven by the increasing wealth of countries like Taiwan, South Korea and Malaysia, and by the huge populations of China, India and Indonesia. This book addresses this imbalance by providing collection of chapter…
Das Wort "Geschäftsmodell" ist in aller Munde. Doch was verbirgt sich dahinter? Ziel dieses Buches ist es, Licht in das Dunkel zu bringen: Es versucht, Definitionen und tragfähige Konzepte des Konstruktes "Geschäftsmodell" zu bieten und illustriert sie an verschiedenen Branchen-…
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 interme…
Introduction to The Elephant Tourism Business / John Koldowski, Eric Laws, Noel Scott and Xavier Font -- Section 1. Personal Experiences of Elephant Tourism -- Section 2. Expectations and Experiences of Interactions with Elephants -- Section 3. Ethical and Moral Perspectives -- …
Pt. 1. Foundations for tourism research. An outline of the history of tourism theory: source material (for future research) / Boris Vukonicʹ -- Modern mass tourism in China: some theoretical issues / Julio Aramberri, Yanjun Xie -- Remodelling the language of tourism: from monolo…
