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Tourism management / Stephen J. Page.

By: Material type: TextTextEdition: Fifth editionDescription: xix, 467 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781138784574 (hbk)
  • 9781138784567 (pbk.)
  • 9781315768267 (ebk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 910.68 23
LOC classification:
  • G155.A1 T59237 2015
Other classification:
  • BUS081000
Contents:
Tourism today: why is it a global phenomenon embracing all our lives? -- Tourism: its origins, growth and future -- Demand: why do people engage in tourism? -- Transporting the tourist I: surface transport -- Transporting the tourist II: the aviation sector -- Accommodation and hospitality services -- Tour operating and travel retailing -- Visitor attractions and events -- The management of tourism -- The public sector and tourism -- Managing the visitor and their impacts -- The future of tourism: post tourism?.
Summary: "One of the leading texts in the field, Tourism Management is the ideal introduction to the fundamentals of tourism as you study for a degree, diploma or single module in the subject. It is written in an engaging style that assumes no prior knowledge of tourism and builds up your understanding as you progress through this wide ranging global review of the principles of managing tourism. It traces the evolution and future development of tourism and the challenges facing tourism managers in this fast growing sector of the world economy. This book is highly illustrated with diagrams and colour images, and contains short case studies of contemporary themes of interest, as well as new data and statistics. This fifth edition has been revised and updated to include: New content on: sports, festivals and event tourism, social media impacts on tourism, global economic downturn affecting tourism as well as emerging themes in tourism such as slow travel, dark tourism, volunteer tourism and medical tourism. Updated case studies on BRIC markets and new case studies from Middle East and Asia. Enhanced Tourism and sustainable development coverage, which runs throughout the book as a major theme, highlighting the challenge of climate change and future tourism growth Transport section includes more international perspectives from China and South America. Updated companion website which includes: additional case studies, quizzes, PPT's, further reading, web reading as well as video links and longer reflective case study per chapter to aid both teaching and learning"--
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G154 .A485 2008 Planning Research in Hospitality and Tourism / G 155 .A1 H349 2008 Tourism planning : G155 .A1 M5 2012 The tourism system / G 155.A1 T59 2015 Tourism management / G 155 .A1 W365 2014 Tourism management / G156.5 E26 .D53 2011 Ecotourism : G 156.5.E26 W435 2006 Sustainable tourism :

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tourism today: why is it a global phenomenon embracing all our lives? -- Tourism: its origins, growth and future -- Demand: why do people engage in tourism? -- Transporting the tourist I: surface transport -- Transporting the tourist II: the aviation sector -- Accommodation and hospitality services -- Tour operating and travel retailing -- Visitor attractions and events -- The management of tourism -- The public sector and tourism -- Managing the visitor and their impacts -- The future of tourism: post tourism?.

"One of the leading texts in the field, Tourism Management is the ideal introduction to the fundamentals of tourism as you study for a degree, diploma or single module in the subject. It is written in an engaging style that assumes no prior knowledge of tourism and builds up your understanding as you progress through this wide ranging global review of the principles of managing tourism. It traces the evolution and future development of tourism and the challenges facing tourism managers in this fast growing sector of the world economy. This book is highly illustrated with diagrams and colour images, and contains short case studies of contemporary themes of interest, as well as new data and statistics. This fifth edition has been revised and updated to include: New content on: sports, festivals and event tourism, social media impacts on tourism, global economic downturn affecting tourism as well as emerging themes in tourism such as slow travel, dark tourism, volunteer tourism and medical tourism. Updated case studies on BRIC markets and new case studies from Middle East and Asia. Enhanced Tourism and sustainable development coverage, which runs throughout the book as a major theme, highlighting the challenge of climate change and future tourism growth Transport section includes more international perspectives from China and South America. Updated companion website which includes: additional case studies, quizzes, PPT's, further reading, web reading as well as video links and longer reflective case study per chapter to aid both teaching and learning"--

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