Tourism category: 1805 books

More than seventy years following the D-Day Landings of 6 June 1944, Normandy's war heritage continues to intrigue visitors and researchers. Receiving well over two million visitors a year, the Normandy landscape of war is among the most visited cultural sites in France. This book explores the significant...

This case study examines the gender aspects of the Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. The program has contributed to economic growth, and provides evidence of the capacity of gender-responsive tourism development to promote community participation...

This book is an annual research report prepared by the cruise industry experts and scholars at home and abroad invited by Shanghai International Cruise Business Institute based on the current development situations of the international cruise industry, is an important part of the “X Book Series”...

Cross-Cultural Behaviour in Tourism: Concepts and Analysis is important reading for those in the following areas of industry: * Tourism: illustrates the importance of cultural background in the tourist experience and how it is a major determinant in repeat visitation * Marketing: provides an...

Projektarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Touristik / Tourismus, Note: 1,0, accadis Hochschule - Internationale Berufsakademie Bad Homburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema Sustainable Tourism. Ziel der Unter-suchung ist es, die Bedeutung dieses Themas...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Touristik / Tourismus, Note: 1, Management Center Innsbruck Internationale Fachhochschulgesellschaft mbH, Veranstaltung: Touristik / Tourismus , Wirtschaft, Politik, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich damit,inwiefern Krisenmanagement...

This book links research in wine marketing/management and wine tourism, offering international and multidisciplinary perspectives.  Addressing the evolving nature of the wine tourism industry and market, the book brings in new research streams and technology advances such as; social media, customer...

The immense tourism offer available able to fulfil the individual needs leads the way to interchangeable products. For the consumer it doesn’t make much of a difference whether travelling to destination A or B, with the tour operator X or Y etc. Actually, with all the communication channels and...

Traditionally ‘heritage’ was defined as architecture or archaeology or movable objects. Now ‘heritage’ includes buildings, monuments, landscapes, urban areas, countryside, maritime sites, buried remains and objects. ‘Historic environment’ or ‘place’ are now common terms. These trends...

Service is about people, how they relate to one another, fulfill each other’s needs, and ultimately care for each other. Customer service is directly related to tourism because the travel industry is based on money, and without customers, there is no income. Throughout the tourism industry, good...

In See America First, Marguerite Shaffer chronicles the birth of modern American tourism between 1880 and 1940, linking tourism to the simultaneous growth of national transportation systems, print media, a national market, and a middle class with money and time to spend on leisure. Focusing on the...

This book is the first to examine the depth, complexity and uniqueness of global Christian pilgrimage, travel and tourism, and how they manifest in terms of both supply and demand. It explores the places and spaces of production and consumption of this increasingly important tourism phenomenon. The...

Is a native-born tour guide who has sex with tourists—in exchange for dinner or gifts or cash—merely a prostitute or gigolo? What if the tourist continues to send gifts or money to the tour guide after returning home? As this original and provocative book demonstrates, when it comes to sex—and...

In 2050, it is predicted that 4.7bn or nearly 50% of the world's population will take an international holiday. But can humankind meet that forecast given the issues of ageing populations, peak oil, the global financial crisis and climate change? This book constructs scenarios from Shanghai to Edinburgh,...