71381Tourism and social marketing
This book provides significant insights into how the behaviours of visitors and businesses may be changed so as to develop more sustainable forms of tourism and improve the quality of life of destination communities. It further provides a powerful impetus to the development of tourism related forms of sustainable consumption and the promotion of ethical tourism and marketing. This innovative book is comprehensive in scope by considering a variety of relevant fields relevant to tourism and social marketing practice including, health, non - profit organisations, governance, the politics of marketing and consumption, consumer advocacy and environmental and sustainable marketing.
71382Tourism destination development
The book reveals dominant as well as alternative approaches to the field. The authors demonstrate how tourism destinations are commercial, but socially embedded; how they are both material and territorial, but at the same time socially constructed; how production of touristic brands and images are vital, but contested. Such tensions are unfolded through paradigmatic discussions and a series of case studies from the northern hemisphere. The chapters in the book investigate how destination development is catalysed through theming
71383Tourism economic report 1998
This report represents a major new initiative by the World Tourism Organization. It is the first analysis of the economic contribution of tourism conducted on a country-by-country basis worldwide. The study is complimented by seven essays on specialist economic issues relevant to tourism, contributed by acknowledged authorities in their respective fields.
71384Tourism economics and policy : 2nd ed.
This revised edition incorporates new material on the sharing economy, AI, surface and marine transport, resident quality of life issues, the price mechanism, the economic contribution of tourism, and tourism and economic growth. It remains an accessible text for students, researchers and practitioners in tourism economics and policy.
71385Tourism management (Wiley Australia tourism): 3rd ed.
Introduction to tourism management, the tourism system, the evolution and growth of tourism, destinations, the tourism product, tourism markets, tourism marketing, economic impacts of tourism.
71386Tourism management: 3rd ed.
New Technology in Tourism highlights the increasing role of technology tools and systems in the tourism industry, including virtual reality, artificial reefs, geographical information systems, energy cogeneration and hand-held computers; Australian and international statistics and information updated as of 2004; Increased coverage of regional tourism issues and initiatives; More coverage of the key tourism players: government, industry and individuals, and their role in managing tourist systems in times of uncertainty; A thorough discussion of the economic, sociocultural and environmental impacts of tourism; A chapter on sustainable tourism including ecotourism, sustainable mass tourism and industry responses and practices; A chapter on tourism research, which introduces students to the important role of research in tourism; Three practical features in each chapter illustrate and reinforce the theory.
71387Tourism marketing and management handbook
This work provides a practical reference source to crucial issues in tourism marketing and management. it aims to guide tourism students with the help of coverage of various management decision areas. the applied analysis and discussion featured includes pertinent examples.
71388Tourism marketing in Australia
Introduction tourism commissions, travel agents and tour operators, surface transport, the airlines, attractions, hotels and motels, resorts, consultants...
71389Tourism research : critiques and challenges
As research in tourism expands at such a rapid rate, the development of concepts and methodologies which underpin the research has often suffered. In order to address the current questions and work through the key debates that challenge tourism researchers, certain criteria need to be laid out and a conceptual framework established to help research progress in rigorous and useful way. This collection offers an up-to-date analysis of research issues in tourism, testing conceptual and methodological issues from a variety of perspectives including sociology, psychology, management and planning.
71390Tourism, public transport and sustainable mobility
This book offers a comprehensive global examination of the relationship between public transport and tourism. It offers a unique analysis of the transport experience and shows how the public transport system, the tourism industry and the environment all benefit when public transport is widely used by tourists.