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The Development of Mexico's Tourism Industry - Pyramids by Day, Martinis by Night (Hardcover, 2006 ed.): D. Berger The Development of Mexico's Tourism Industry - Pyramids by Day, Martinis by Night (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
D. Berger
R2,867 Discovery Miles 28 670 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Berger argues that tourism was forged by Mexico's government in 1928 as the cornerstone of state-led modernization programmes. Berger presents tourism as the leading and influential facet of the post-revolutionary modernization programme. She also examines how tourism fostered nationalism and unity, and emerged as a new form of foreign diplomacy.

Trends and Issues in Global Tourism 2010 (Hardcover, 2010 ed.): Roland Conrady, Martin Buck Trends and Issues in Global Tourism 2010 (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
Roland Conrady, Martin Buck
R1,447 Discovery Miles 14 470 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

This book offers insights into important trends and future scenarios in the global tourism and travel industry and analyses current challenges in the aviation and hospitality industry, destination management and general travel behaviour. Well-known notabilities share their points of view. For example, Norbert Walter, chief economist of the Deutsche Bank, writes about the financial crisis and its impact on the tourism industry. Top executives of international operating airlines like C. Karlitekin (Turkish Airlines), J. Hunold (Air Berlin) and E. Sims (Air New Zealand) have much to say about the future of airlines and aviation management. Corporate Social Responsibility is one of the top themes to-be and therefore a focus of this book, offering the perspective of the UN Foundation and the social inclusion concept of RUHR.2010, European Capital of Culture. The articles are based on presentations and panel discussions presented at the worlds largest tourism congress, the ITB Berlin Convention.

Tourism in the USA - A Spatial and Social Synthesis (Hardcover): Dimitri Ioannides, Dallen Timothy Tourism in the USA - A Spatial and Social Synthesis (Hardcover)
Dimitri Ioannides, Dallen Timothy
R4,640 Discovery Miles 46 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The United States continues to provide opportunities for travel and tourism to domestic and international travellers. This is the first book to offer students a comprehensive overview of both tourism and travel in this region, paying specific attention to the disciplines of Geography, Tourism Studies and, more generally, Social Science. Tourism in the USA explains the evolution of tourism paying attention to the forces that shaped the product that exists today. The focus of the book includes the manner in which tourism has played out in various contexts; the role of federal, state, and local policy is also examined in terms of the effects it has had on the US travel industry and on destinations. The various elements of tourism demand and supply are discussed and the influence that transportation (especially Americans' high personal mobility rates and love affair with the auto) has had on the sector highlighted. The economics of tourism are fleshed out before focusing more narrowly on both the urban and rural settings where tourism occurs. A look into the manner in which the spatial structure of cities is transformed through tourism is also offered. Additionally, a brief examination of future issues in American tourism is presented along with explanations concerning the ascendancy of tourism as an economic development tool in various areas. The book combines theory and practice as well as integrating a range of useful student orientated resources to aid understanding and spur further debate, which can be used for independent study or in class exercises. These include: 'Closer Look' case studies with reflective questions to help show theory in practice and encourage critical thinking about tourism developments in this region 'Discussion Questions' at the end of each chapter encourage stimulating debates 'Further Reading' sections direct the readers to related book and web resources so that they can learn more about the topics covered in each chapter. Written in an engaging style and supported with visual aids, this book will provide students globally with an in-depth and essential understanding of the complexities of tourism and travel in the USA.

Queering Tourism - Paradoxical Performances of Gay Pride Parades (Paperback): Lynda Johnston Queering Tourism - Paradoxical Performances of Gay Pride Parades (Paperback)
Lynda Johnston
R1,400 Discovery Miles 14 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Gay Pride parades are annual arenas of queer public culture, where embodied notions of subjectivity are sold, enacted, transgressed and debated. From Sydney to Rome, Queering Tourism analyzes the paradoxes of gay pride parades as tourist events, exploring how the public display of queer bodies - the way they look, what they do, who watches them, and under what regulations - is profoundly important in constructing sexualized subjectivities of bodies and cities. Drawing on extensive collections of interviews, visual and written media accounts, photographs, advertisements, and her own participation in these parades, Lynda Johnston gives a vibrant account of 'queer tourism' in New Zealand, Australia, Scotland and Italy. For each place, she looks at how the relationship between the viewer and the viewed produces paradoxical concepts of bodily difference, and considers how the queered spaces of gay pride parades may prompt new understandings of power and tourism. Examining the intersection of sexuality, space and tourism, and using empirical data gathered at Gay Pride parades such as the Sydney Mardi Gras, New Zealand HERO Parade and World Pride Roma 2000, this important work produces a deconstructive account of tourism and presents new ways of thinking through the powerful processes of subjectivity formation.

Event Tourism (Hardcover): Stephen J. Page, Joanne Connell Event Tourism (Hardcover)
Stephen J. Page, Joanne Connell
R22,196 Discovery Miles 221 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Edited by two leading scholars in the field, this is the first title in a new Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Tourism. It is a four-volume collection of canonical and cutting-edge research in event tourism.

The origins of event tourism as a topic of serious academic interest are comparatively recent. The subject is largely a postwar development which began especially to unfold in the 1970s, not least in response to a growing interest and recognition of the potential value of events to economies, societies, and their cultures, as well as to environmental regeneration. In part, the continued evolution of the subject has arisen from the development of convention and exhibition management as cognate areas but, through time, policy-makers, planners, and destination managers became aware of the potentially significant and wide role of events in specific localities, ranging in scale from the Olympic Games to community festivals.

Event tourism is now a vibrant and dynamic field of study and research, and the sheer scale of the growth in its output makes this Routledge collection especially timely. A wide range of social-science journals have published material about event tourism and this new Major Work makes available foundational pieces of scholarship?as well as cutting-edge research?from these disparate, and sometimes less accessible sources, as well as from the leading UK, European, and North American tourism journals, and from other hard-to-find publications.

As well as bringing together the key studies and journal articles that have shaped serious thought about event tourism, the collection will be welcomed as the first mapping of an area that to date has lacked an interdisciplinary synthesis. The thematic organization of the collection, together with the editors? introductions and their commentaries on the collected texts, will make sense of the wide range of approaches, theories, and concepts that have informed event tourism, and will review the history of the subject and the rise of its identity and research agenda. It is an essential collection destined to be valued as a vital research resource by all scholars and students of the subject.

Tourism and the Lodging Sector (Paperback): Dallen Timothy, Victor Teye Tourism and the Lodging Sector (Paperback)
Dallen Timothy, Victor Teye
R1,868 Discovery Miles 18 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Tourism and the Lodging Sector is a pioneering book, the first text of its kind to examine the lodging sector from a tourism perspective. The book highlights the importance of the lodging sector in tourism as a major income generator and essential part of the travel experience.

The book offers an international perspective on topics such as sustainability, security, economic development, technology and globalization. The issues, concepts and management concerns facing this industry are examined, highlighting important topics such as: The place of accommodations in tourism and vice versa The social ecological and economic implications of lodging development Management and restructuring issues in a globalizing industry Sustainable tourism and the accommodation sector Cross-sectoral linkages between lodging, food services, gaming, conferences, and other intermediaries The interaction between supply and demand Safety and security in tourism and lodging

Tourism and the Lodging Sector critically examines a wide range of lodging establishments from an industry and social science perspective, drawing parallels and distinctions between the various types of accommodation, from campgrounds for the cost-conscious or adventurous outdoor traveler, to luxury, 5-star resorts, and more innovative accommodation such as tree-house hotels and ecolodges.

Essential reading for students of tourism this book is an indispensable guide, unprecedented in the field of tourism management.

Dallen J. Timothy is Professor, School of Community Resources and Development, Arizona State University, USA

Victor B. Teye is Associate Professor, School of Community Resources and Development, Arizona State University, USA
* High profile authors approach lodging from a tourism perspective
* Includes treatment of booming trends like timeshare and mobile lodging
* Takes a global perspective on topics such as sustainability, economic implications and information technology

Tourism Development and the Environment - Beyond Sustainability? (Hardcover): Richard Sharpley Tourism Development and the Environment - Beyond Sustainability? (Hardcover)
Richard Sharpley
R4,206 Discovery Miles 42 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Tourism Development and the Environment: Beyond Sustainability? challenges the sustainable tourism development paradigm that has come to dominate both theoretical and practical approaches to tourism development over the last two decades. It extends the sustainable tourism debate beyond the arguably managerialist 'blueprint' and destination-focused approach that continues to characterise even the most recent 'sustainability' agenda within tourism development. Reviewing the evolution of the sustainable tourism development concept, its contemporary manifestations in academic literature and policy developments and processes, the author compares its limitations to prevailing political-economic, socio-cultural and environmental contexts. He then proposes alternative approaches to tourism development which, nevertheless, retain environmental sustainability as a prerequisite of tourism development. This book also acts as an introduction to the Earthscan series Tourism, Environment and Development. About the series: 'Tourism, Environment and Development' aims to explore, within a variety of contexts, the developmental role of tourism as it relates explicitly to its environmental consequences. Each book will review critically and challenge 'traditional' perspectives on (sustainable) tourism development, exploring new approaches that reflect contemporary economic, socio-cultural and political contexts.

Tourism Education and Asia (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Claire Liu, Heike Schanzel Tourism Education and Asia (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Claire Liu, Heike Schanzel
R4,263 Discovery Miles 42 630 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

This book looks at various aspects of tourism education in Asian countries and the impacts of sustainable development in tourism education to the Asian student markets. It provides an insightful and authoritative account of the various issues that are shaping the higher educational world of tourism education in Asia and for its Asian students overseas, and it highlights the creative, inventive and innovative ways that educators are responding to these issues. The book is composed of contributions from specialists in the field and is international in scope. It is divided into four parts: an introduction setting the scene of tourism education and Asia; case studies of tourism education in various Asian countries; case studies of tourism education of Asian students abroad and their trans-national student experiences; and broader perspectives on intra-Asian and transnational tourism education. The book provides a systematic guide to the current state of knowledge on tourism education and Asia and its future direction, and is essential reading for students, researchers, educational practitioners, and academics in Tourism Studies.

Tourism in China - Destination, Cultures and Communities (Hardcover): Chris Ryan, Gu Huimin Tourism in China - Destination, Cultures and Communities (Hardcover)
Chris Ryan, Gu Huimin
R4,382 Discovery Miles 43 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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 to Chinese mainland academic researchers and examines the nature of tourism research and tourism development in China. Contributors, many of whom are based in China and are immersed in the daily issues of teaching, researching and planning tourism development within China, discuss issues related to resource use, destination image and community participation with case studies that combine conceptual frameworks and practical issues. This authoritative text on tourism in China will be of interest to scholars and students of tourism throughout the world.

Evolution and Innovation in Wildlife Conservation - Parks and Game Ranches to Transfrontier Conservation Areas (Hardcover):... Evolution and Innovation in Wildlife Conservation - Parks and Game Ranches to Transfrontier Conservation Areas (Hardcover)
Brian Child, Helen Suich, Spenceley Anna
R4,249 Discovery Miles 42 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The crucible of innovation in wildlife and habitat conservation is in southern Africa where it has co-evolved with decolonization, political transformation and the rise of development, ownership, management and livelihood debates. Charting this innovation, early chapters of this volume deal with the traditional 'fines and fences' conservation that occurred in the colonial and early post-independence period, with subsequent sections focussing on the experimentation and innovation that occurred on private and communal land as a result of the break from these traditional methods. The final section deals with more recent innovations in the sector, focussing on building and strengthening the relationships between parks and society. Importantly, the book provides a data-rich summary of experimentation with more inclusive models of conservation in terms of ecological, social, political and economic indicators. Published with the Southern African Sustainable Use Specialist Group (SASUSG) of IUCN.

Balancing Development and Sustainability in Tourism Destinations - Proceedings of the Tourism Outlook Conference 2015... Balancing Development and Sustainability in Tourism Destinations - Proceedings of the Tourism Outlook Conference 2015 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Akhmad Saufi, Imanuella R. Andilolo, Nor'ain Othman, Alan A. Lew
R5,426 R4,834 Discovery Miles 48 340 Save R592 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book contains 35 papers from the Tourism Outlook Conference held in Lombok, Indonesia in July 2015. The book presents comprehensive discussions on sustainability in the tourism industry. It includes research on various constituents of the tourism sector and analyses of each of them from a sustainability standpoint. Case studies that are global in nature are presented to show how sustainable applications can be used and how concerns can be addressed. The book is a response to rapid change in contemporary tourism trends brought about by global economic and social forces such as development pressures, population growth, major resource extraction, industrial fishing, global climate change and steadily rising sea levels. Balancing Development and Sustainability in Tourism Destinations serves as a platform for students and educators, government agency employees, hospitality and tourism industry practitioners, public and private land managers, community development workers, and others interested in identifying practical solutions, charting new directions, and creating opportunities for sustainable tourism development.

Sex in Tourism - Exploring the Light and the Dark (Paperback): Neil Carr, Liza Berdychevsky Sex in Tourism - Exploring the Light and the Dark (Paperback)
Neil Carr, Liza Berdychevsky
R1,154 Discovery Miles 11 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book encompasses the diversity and complexity of sex in tourism, incorporating the light, dark and shades of grey in between. It brings together work and ideas from a diverse array of researchers from around the world and examines the affects and effects of diverse sexual encounters in tourism, romance tourism, sex tourism and sexual exploitation in tourism - including the sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism, and sexual harassment. Sex in tourism has arguably been an understudied area of research relative to the central roles that sex plays within tourism experiences. This volume explores the complexity and nuanced nature of sex in tourism in more detail. It will be of interest to students and researchers of tourism impacts, tourist behaviour, hospitality management, destination management and development.

International Perspectives of Festivals and Events (Hardcover): Jane Ali-Knight, Alan Fyall, Martin Robertson, Adele Ladkin International Perspectives of Festivals and Events (Hardcover)
Jane Ali-Knight, Alan Fyall, Martin Robertson, Adele Ladkin
R5,216 Discovery Miles 52 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

International Perspectives of Festivals and Events addresses contemporary issues concerning the potential of festivals and events to produce economic, social, cultural and community benefits. Incorporating a range of international perspectives, the book provides the reader with a global look at current trends and topics, which have until now, been underrepresented by current literature.
International Perspectives of Festivals and Events includes a broad range of research, case studies and examples from well-known scholars in the field to form a unified volume that informs the reader of the current status of festivals and events around the world. In a fast-moving industry where new theory and practice is implemented rapidly, this is essential reading for any advanced student or researcher in festivals and events.

Intersections of Tourism, Migration, and Exile (Paperback): Natalia Bloch, Kathleen Adams Intersections of Tourism, Migration, and Exile (Paperback)
Natalia Bloch, Kathleen Adams
R1,064 R972 Discovery Miles 9 720 Save R92 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This book challenges the classic - and often tacit - compartmentalization of tourism, migration, and refugee studies by exploring the intersections of these forms of spatial mobility: each prompts distinctive images and moral reactions, yet they often intertwine, overlap, and influence one another. Tourism, migration, and exile evoke widely varying policies, diverse popular reactions, and contrasting imagery. What are the ramifications of these siloed conceptions for people on the move? To what extent do gender, class, ethnic, and racial global inequalities shape moral discourses surrounding people's movements? This book presents 12 predominantly ethnographic case studies from around the world, and a pandemic-focused conclusion, that address these issues. In recounting and juxtaposing stories of refugees' and migrants' returns, marriage migrants, voluntourists, migrant retirees, migrant tourism workers and entrepreneurs, mobile investors and professionals, and refugees pursuing educational mobility, this book cultivates more nuanced insights into intersecting forms of mobility. Ultimately, this work promises to foster not only empathy but also greater resolve for forging trails toward mobility justice. This accessibly written volume will be essential to scholars and students in critical migration, tourism, and refugee studies, including anthropologists, sociologists, human geographers, and researchers in political science and cultural studies. The book will also be of interest to non-academic professionals and general readers interested in contemporary mobilities.

International Business and Tourism - Global Issues, Contemporary Interactions (Hardcover): Tim Coles, C. Michael Hall International Business and Tourism - Global Issues, Contemporary Interactions (Hardcover)
Tim Coles, C. Michael Hall
R5,495 Discovery Miles 54 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Whether it's bungee jumping in Queenstown or visiting the Guinness factory in Dublin, where we travel - and what we do when we get there - has changed significantly in the past twenty years. This innovative textbook explores what is possibly the most unrecognized of international service industries, placing tourism in the context of contemporary globalization and trade in services. It provides new perspectives on tourism as a form of international business, and the implications for firms, the state and individuals.Split into four separate sections, with introductions outlining the key themes in each, the book examines such important topics as: the role of governance and regulation in tourism services the effects of increased global mobility on tourism entrepreneurship how tourism businesses are becoming internationalized why other business sectors are increasingly interested in tourism. Case studies are used throughout to highlight important issues, from developments in the aviation industry to the rise of working holidays. This book gets to the core of a crucial service industry, and is essential reading for any researcher or student of tourism or international business.

The Sustainable Museum - How Museums Contribute to the Great Transformation (Paperback): Christopher J. Garthe The Sustainable Museum - How Museums Contribute to the Great Transformation (Paperback)
Christopher J. Garthe
R1,056 Discovery Miles 10 560 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Arguing that museums must place sustainability at the centre of all their activities, if they are to become key actors with a clear societal role, Garthe considers the issues that museums will likely face as they take on their new roles. Presenting case studies from a wide range of museums around the world, the book considers different ways of implementing sustainability in different types and sizes of institutions. Whilst the book clearly outlines the need for change, it also provides guidance about how to change. Garthe does this by considering specific concepts and approaches to sustainability in relation to the different aspects of museum operations. The book includes a hands-on manual for implementing sustainability management in a museum, whilst also considering the challenges practitioners will encounter and considering what the future of the sustainable museum might look like. The Sustainable Museum will be essential reading for museum and heritage professionals around the globe. The book will also be of interest to academics and students engaged in the study of museums, arts and cultural management, business administration, change management or sustainable development..

Transforming Leisure in the Pandemic - Re-imagining Interaction and Activity during Crisis (Paperback): Briony Sharp, Rebecca... Transforming Leisure in the Pandemic - Re-imagining Interaction and Activity during Crisis (Paperback)
Briony Sharp, Rebecca Finkel, Katherine Dashper
R1,164 Discovery Miles 11 640 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Globally, we find ourselves in a novel set of circumstances where our individual and collective relationships with leisure have changed dramatically and are being dictated less by personal preferences or even affluence, but rather by health, legal, and societal factors. There is very little published work on changed practices in leisure due to the pandemic, especially focusing on activities that were previously considered ordinary and perhaps even mundane. Contribute to the compilation of a historic record of the way the pandemic has transformed various leisure behaviours in diverse cultural and national contexts at this unprecedented time.

Sport & Tourism: A Reader (Hardcover): Mike Weed Sport & Tourism: A Reader (Hardcover)
Mike Weed
R4,970 Discovery Miles 49 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This Reader provides comprehensive coverage of the scholarly literature in sports tourism. Divided into four parts, each prefaced by a substantial introduction from the editor, it presents the key themes, state of the art research and new conceptual thinking in sports tourism studies. Topics covered include: understanding the sports tourist impacts of sports tourism policy and management considerations for sports tourism approaches to research in sports tourism Articles cover a broad range of the new research that has a bearing on sports tourism and include diverse areas such as the economic analysis of sports events, sub-cultures in sports tourism, adventure tourism and tourism policy.

Marketing Tourism, Events and Food 2nd edition - A customer based approach (Paperback, 2nd New edition): Craig Hirst, Richard... Marketing Tourism, Events and Food 2nd edition - A customer based approach (Paperback, 2nd New edition)
Craig Hirst, Richard Tresidder
R1,137 Discovery Miles 11 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

* A guide to experience marketing within the Tourism, Hospitality, Events and Food (THEF) industries; * Looks at the specific nature of marketing within these industries using international examples and theories to evaluate the ways in which experiences; * Fully supported with a route map to guide the reader through the book; * Contains end of chapter review questions and case studies to consolidate learning. Targeted at second year undergraduate students through to master's level post-graduate, 'Marketing Tourism, Events and Food 2nd edition' takes the reader through a logical examination of key marketing debates, theories and approaches and encourages them to explore their own thoughts, ideas and opinions. It analyses areas such as marketplace value and value creation, consumers and consumption, taste and identity, sustainability and power, as well as semiotics and commercial myth making, and offers a contemporary examination of these industry sectors with experiential aspects of marketing and productive consumption playing an important role throughout. Divided into 10 chapters for easy semester teaching it covers issues such as: * Traditional Approaches to Marketing in THEF (Parts 1 & 2) * Marketing Perspectives and Value Creation * Consumers and Consumption of THEF; Making sense of your marketing audience * Semiotics and Meaning in THEF Marketing * THEF Experiences * Taste, taste makers and THEF Marketing * Social media marketing, brand community and communities of consumption * Sustainable Marketing in THEF It concludes by offering a fresh approach to marketing within Tourism, Hospitality, Events & Food, synthesising the experiential approach offered within this book and traditional approaches to marketing within the sector.

Sustainable Tourism (Hardcover): Stephen J. Page, Joanne Connell Sustainable Tourism (Hardcover)
Stephen J. Page, Joanne Connell
R22,243 Discovery Miles 222 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Edited by two leading scholars in the field, this new title in the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences, is a four-volume collection of canonical and cutting-edge research in sustainable tourism. The origins of sustainable tourism as a topic of serious academic interest are comparatively recent. The subject is largely a postwar development which began to unfold in the 1960s, initially in the USA and Europe. With the continuing growth in concern about the grave impacts of tourism on the environment, society, and cultures, the subject area has continued to evolve internationally from a number of other disciplines and cognate areas-most notably environmental studies and geography, economics, and sociology, but also planning and management-and there has been a corresponding growth in sustainable-tourism scholarship. Sustainable tourism is now a vibrant and dynamic field of study and research, and the sheer scale of the growth in its output makes this collection especially timely. A wide range of social-science journals have published material about sustainable tourism and this new Routledge Major Work makes available foundational pieces of scholarship-as well as cutting-edge research-from these disparate, and sometimes less accessible sources, as well as from the leading UK, European, and North American tourism journals, and from other publications, some of which are no longer in print. As well as bringing together the key studies and journal articles that have shaped serious thought about sustainable tourism, the collection will be welcomed as the first mapping of an area that to date has lacked an interdisciplinary synthesis. The thematic organization of the collection, together with the editors' introductions and their commentaries on the collected texts, help to make sense of the wide range of approaches, theories, and concepts that have informed sustainable tourism, and review the history of the subject and the rise of its identity and research agenda. Sustainable Tourism is an essential collection, destined to be valued as a vital research resource by all scholars and students of the subject.

Thanatourism - Case Studies in Travel to the Dark Side (Hardcover): Tony Johnston, Pascal Mandelartz Thanatourism - Case Studies in Travel to the Dark Side (Hardcover)
Tony Johnston, Pascal Mandelartz
R3,125 Discovery Miles 31 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Thanatourism, or dark tourism, is an increasingly pervasive feature of the contemporary tourism landscape. Travel to have actual or symbolic 'encounters with death' is not a new phenomenon and is now one of the fastest growing areas for debate and research in the study of Tourism. Thanatourism is an important new overview of the growing field. It introduces more rigorous scholarship, new philosophical perspectives and a wealth of empirical material on the contemporary and historical consumption of death with case studies designed to stretch and challenge current discourse. Contexts presented in the book will include- * well known religious sites * battlefield locations * genocide camps *lesser known exhibition centres and a plague site. It takes a broad methodological approach and discusses both research and teaching approaches in thanatourism as well as acknowledging its emotive nature. It is an essential new resource for all those who research or teach in the area as well as for upper level students.

Asian Tourism: Growth and Change (Hardcover): Janet Cochrane Asian Tourism: Growth and Change (Hardcover)
Janet Cochrane
R4,240 Discovery Miles 42 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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 -the first second and fourth biggest countries in the works. Despite the significance of the tourism industry in this area it is still under researched.
Asian Tourism is a unique book and the first to addresses this imbalance by providing a high quality edited collection of chapters which explore the domestic and intraregional tourism in Asia. Divided into three sections it explores:
* Policy aspects of tourism development and the role of the public sector exploring issues such as: Cross-national tourism collaboration in Asia, The growth of aviation in Asia and Economic Corridors and Ecotourism.
* Changing markets exploring issues such as: The role of Japanese popular culture in Asian tourism, Management Challenges for Bali's Tourism Industry and religious tourism in North India.
* Destination and industry responses exploring issues such as: Tourism-Generated Employment in Cambodia, sex workers and tourism in India and responsible destination development in the Philippines.
With contributions from well respected and eminent names in the field, Asian Tourism provides a ground breaking insight into topical, industry focused issues while benefiting from academic depth and rigour and an awareness of tourism history in this region.

International Tourism Futures - The Drivers and Impacts of Change (Hardcover): Clare Lade, Paul Strickland, Elspeth Frew, Paul... International Tourism Futures - The Drivers and Impacts of Change (Hardcover)
Clare Lade, Paul Strickland, Elspeth Frew, Paul Willard, Swati Nagpal, …
R3,134 Discovery Miles 31 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In order to ensure the long-term sustainability of tourism in different countries and destinations, it is vital to examine and analyse emerging trends in today’s international tourism industry. International Tourism Futures: The Drivers and Impacts of Change examines influential factors such as the demographic, political, economic and technological changes, which will affect the nature, trends and participation in tourism, hospitality and events. It discusses contemporary concepts associated with the tourism, hospitality and event sector, generating plausible ideas and identifying future trends. The COVID-19 crisis outbreak reinforces the vulnerability of the international tourism industry operating as an open system and some of these impacts of change on future industry development are highlighted. A multi-disciplinary text, International Tourism Futures: The Drivers and Impacts of Change covers a range of inter-related trends which include: • Tourists of the Future • Hospitality of the Future • The Future of Visitor Attractions • Events of the Future • The Future of Film Tourism • Health and Wellness Tourism • Sustainable Development and Responsible Tourism • Future Proofing a Crisis • Building Future Scenarios Using a considered pedagogic structure, each chapter uses international case studies to contextualise the theory, including: Chinese outbound travel, the ‘personalisation’ of the travel experience, robotic hospitality in Asia, the 2028 LA Summer Olympics, Wellness Spa Tourism in Thailand, France’s ‘International Action Against Terrorism’ initiative and many more. This research textbook is perfect for tourism, hospitality and event education and courses that focus on the future direction of the T,H and E sectors and industry in general.

Developments in Tourism Research (Hardcover): David Airey, John Tribe Developments in Tourism Research (Hardcover)
David Airey, John Tribe
R3,374 Discovery Miles 33 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book aims to be a showcase for cutting edge research offering a high-edited selection of the best paper submitted to the 2006 tourism conference at the University of Surrey, which itself is a celebration of 40 years of tourism education at the University. The emphasis of the book is on contributions, which offer new insights and approaches to tourism research rather than case studies or applications of existing research methods to new contexts, and this is where the book is unique. Chapters are carefully themed and juxtaposed to expose the key directions and challenges that confront researchers in tourism.

Sustainable Tourism IX (Hardcover): J.J. Casares Long, F. Pineda Sustainable Tourism IX (Hardcover)
J.J. Casares Long, F. Pineda
R3,253 Discovery Miles 32 530 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Today, tourism is an important component of development, not only in economic terms but also for knowledge and human welfare. Tourism today is an activity accessible to a growing number of people. The phenomenon has many more advantages than disadvantages. New forms of economic development and increasing wealth of human societies depend on tourism. Our knowledge of the world now includes a strong component due to tourism. Human welfare has physiological and psychological elements, which tourism promotes, both because of the enjoyment of knowing new territories and increasing contacts with near or far away societies and cultures. The tourism industry has nevertheless given rise to some serious concerns, including social costs and ecological impacts. Many ancient local cultures have practically lost their identity. Their societies have orientated their economy only to this industry. Both the natural and cultural – rural or urban - landscapes have also paid a high price for certain forms of tourism. These problems will persist if the economic benefit is the only target, leading to economic gains that eventually become ruinous. It is also important to consider that visitors nowadays are increasingly demanding in cultural and environmental terms. Never before have transport and communication links been so important as today. Natural ecosystems are now a rarity on the planet and ecologists talk today about ‘socio-ecosystems’. Given this, tourism and environmental education are facing a major challenge. The 9th International Conference on Sustainable Tourism had the aim of finding ways to protect the natural and cultural landscape through the development of new solutions which minimise the adverse effects of tourism. A selection of the papers presented at the meeting form this volume.

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