Authors:Valene L. Smith, William R. Eadington,
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Keywords: tourism, international, academy, study, publication, development, alternatives, potentials, problems
Number of Pages: 274
Published: 1992-08-01
List price: $26.50
ISBN-10: 0812213912
ISBN-13: 9780812213911
Tourism over the past three decades has grown phenomenally but is continually modified by ongoing events and forces—such as increasing or abating pollution and congestion issues, new forms of transportation, and altered economic, social, or political conditions.The contributions in this work are of great importance to the advancement of knowledge of tourism, and, as a first theoretical book in the area, it establishes a significant benchmark for subsequent tourism research.
Author: Helmut Wachowiak
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: tourism, new, directions, analysis, research, policies, borders, contemporary, issues, international
Number of Pages: 275
Published: 2006-09-30
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0754647757
ISBN-13: 9780754647751
Despite the fact that globalisation has led to increased cross-border activities, especially in terms of holiday, leisure and business trips, there has been little examination of how crossing political boundaries affects tourism and vice versa. Bringing together case studies from Europe, the US and Southern Africa, this book discusses current issues and policies, destination management and communication, and planning in cross-border areas. Topics studied include borders as tourist attractions and destinations in their own right, as barriers to travel and the growth of tourism, boundaries as li
Author: Gavin Jack
Publisher: Multilingual Matter
Keywords: tourism, change, cultural, exchange, intercultural
Number of Pages: 181
Published: 2005-06-01
List price: $56.95
ISBN-10: 1845410173
ISBN-13: 9781845410179
This book asks the question; why is it that tourism matters? It looks at how it is we do tourism and learn to be tourists when we are on holiday. Tourism is a dynamic way of being that may facilitate or hinder intercultural exchange. The ways in which we do tourism and the places in which we are tourists raise practical, material and emotional questions about tourist life. These questions are at the heart of this book. This book draws on both empirical work and a range of theoretical frameworks, arguing that tourism matters precisely because of the lessons it can teach us about living everyday
Author: Clive L. Morley
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Keywords: tourism, management, economics, firms, managing
Number of Pages: 585
Published: 2007-04-07
List price: $295.00
ISBN-10: 1845423755
ISBN-13: 9781845423759
`In this volume Dr Clive Morley presents a series of papers designed to illustrate facets of managing organisations engaged in tourism. The book begins with Clive’s thought provoking review of why tourist organisations pose specific, special concerns for management, and the state of the literature covering these issues. While all may not necessarily agree with the views expressed, the book is worth buying for almost this introduction alone as it demands a response from readers to clarify their own views about these issues. Dr Morley has also done readers a service in his selection of pap
Author: Richard Sharpley
Publisher: Multilingual Matter
Keywords: tourism, aspects, issues, concepts, development
Number of Pages: 397
Published: 2002-07-12
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 1873150342
ISBN-13: 9781873150344
This text explores the role of tourism as a potential contibutor to socio-economic development in destination areas. Establishing a link between tourism studies and development studies, it considers what is meant by "development", the processes through which development may be achieved and, in particular, a number of fundamental issues related to the use of tourism as a development agent. In so doing, it challenges conventional thinking about the relationship between tourism and development.
Authors:Tom Baum, Svend Lundtor,
Publisher: Pergamo
Keywords: tourism, research, advances, seasonality
Number of Pages: 202
Published: 2001-12-21
List price: $122.00
ISBN-10: 0080436749
ISBN-13: 9780080436746
Seasonal variation in demand is a reality for most tourism destinations. To challenge seasonality or to work within its constraints is a destination management issue that faces tourism planners throughout the world. It is an issue that is recognised particularly in regions of the extreme north or south where climate variation imposes directly on the management of tourism.This book is the first to gather a wide range of current thinking on seasonality under one cover. It provides a balanced overview of the evidence and issues relating to tourism seasonality using European, North American and Pa
Author: Adele Ladkin
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Keywords: tourism, aspects, planning, analysis, employment, amp
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2002-04-11
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 187315030X
ISBN-13: 9781873150306
This text is an attempt to understand tourism employment in a holistic way. Using ideas from labour economics, work psychology and industrial sociology, the authors look at tourism employment in both its workplace context and its wider economic and social environment and attempt to tell a coherent story. Both behavioural and economic perspectives are used to address questions that are salient to manpower planning, education planning and tourism management. By examining the diversity and commonality within occupations against the background of a dynamic labour market, the text develops themes t
