Tourism category: 1805 books
The Heritage Tourist Experience
Critical Essays, Volume Two
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
This three volume reference series provides an authoritative and comprehensive set of volumes collecting together the most influential articles and papers on tourism, heritage and culture. The papers have been selected and introduced by Dallen Timothy, one of the leading international scholars in...
Designing travel and tourism operations
Saga´s timeless Tunisia
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Tourism, grade: 1,9, University of Birmingham, course: Operations Decision Making, 20 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Nowadays it is essential for a tour operator to have a very good management and especially a well thought-out...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
The era of globalization allows for more connectivity between nations and cultures. This increase in international association gives citizens more availability to take advantage of opportunities in other nations, such as medical assistance and accompanying services. Current Issues and Emerging Trends...
Travel Industry Economics
A Guide for Financial Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
In this book Harold L. Vogel comprehensively examines the business economics and investment aspects of major components of the travel industry, including airlines, hotels, casinos, amusement and theme parks and tourism. The book is designed as an economics-grounded text that uniquely integrates...
Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism
Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
Over generations, human society has woven a rich tapestry of culture, art, architecture, and history, personified in artifacts, monuments, and landmarks arrayed across the globe. Individual communities are looking to exploit these local treasures for the benefit of the travelers who come to see them....
by Purnima Kumari
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Hospitality is the relationship between guest and host, or the act or practice of being hospitable. Specifically, this includes the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers, resorts, membership clubs, conventions, attractions, special events, and other services for travellers...
by Scott Hipsher
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
This book explores the issue of poverty reduction within mainland Southeast Asia with a specific focus on the impact of the private sector and tourism. Covering Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and Yunnan, the book discusses how success in poverty reduction has come about largely through...
by Roberta Minazzi
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
This book describes ongoing developments in social media within the tourism and hospitality sector, highlighting impacts on both the demand and the supply side. It offers a combination of theory and practice, with discussion of real-life business experiences.
The book is divided into three...
The Tourism and Leisure Experience
Consumer and Managerial Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
People do not buy products, or even services; they purchase the total experience that the product or service provides. Experience management is seen as the way to remain competitive in markets where globalisation and technology have turned products and services into commodities. This book draws together...
Handbook of Tourist Behavior
Theory & Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2009
In today’s highly competitive and global economy, understanding tourist behavior is imperative to success. Tourist behavior has become a cornerstone of any marketing strategy and action. Choosing, buying and consuming tourism/travel products and services includes a range of psycho-social processes...
by Alan Clarke, Wei Chen
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2009
International Hospitality Management: issues and applications brings together the latest developments in global hospitality operations with the contemporary management principles. It provides a truly international perspective on the hospitality and tourism industries and provides a fresh insight into...
Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2017
Proceedings of the International Conference in Rome, Italy, January 24-26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
This book presents state-of-the-art research into the application of information and communication technologies to travel and tourism. The range of topics covered is broad, encompassing digital marketing and social media, mobile computing and web design, semantic technologies and recommender systems,...
International Sports Events
Impacts, Experiences and Identities
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
This book offers new insight into International Sports Events (ISEs), examining the relationship between sport, tourism and events. It assesses sports events through the lens of both sports participants and spectators, based on three primary themes: impacts, experiences and identities. The first section...
Kiribati Island Travel and Tourism
People, Culture and Tradition, Environment
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Kiribati Island Travel and Tourism. People, Culture and Tradition, Environment. Kiribati is for travellers those who have a passion for exploring and discovering, people who like an adventure off the tourist trail to places where few have been before, and people who want to understand a country not...