Tourism category: 1805 books
Contemporary Destination Governance
A Case Study Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
"Governance is about managing networks". This quote from political scientist Rod A.W. Rhodes pioneered a whole series of governance studies in different disciplines. Accordingly, destination governance describes the collective management of tourism destinations. Promoting collective action...
Craft Beverages and Tourism, Volume 2
Environmental, Societal, and Marketing Implications
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
This volume applies a mix of qualitative and quantitative research and case studies to analyze the role that the craft beverage industry plays within society at large. It targets important themes such as environmental conservation and social responsibility, as well as the psychology of the craft beer...
by Stephan Weidner
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Tourism, grade: 1,7, Stralsund University of Applied Sciences (FB Wirtschaft), course: Revenue Managment, 9 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This paper outlines the main facts about the topic 'seasonality' in general with special...
by Manuel Kaar
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2009
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Tourism, grade: 1,2, University of applied sciences, course: Tourism and Leisure Studies, language: English, abstract: When commencing to plan a study, researchers face the oftentimes challenging task to decide on the adequate research method for their...
Tourist Attractions
From Object to Narrative
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
Tourist attractions constitute the metaphorical 'heart' of tourism. This book aims to both deconstruct and construct what tourist attractions are, how we perceive them and how we can enhance our understanding of what attracts us as tourists. The volume reaches beyond current ideas about the ways tourist...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
Visitor attractions represent a complex sector of the tourism industry and are the catalytic focus for the development of tourism infrastructure and services. As this area grows, there are still many questions to be answered and issues to be understood – such as what visitor attractions actually...
by Garth Lean, Russell Staiff
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Travel and tourism have a long association with the notion of transformation, both in terms of self and social collectives. What is surprising, however, is that this association has, on the whole, remained relatively underexplored and unchallenged, with little in the way of a corpus of academic literature...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2018
Migration and forcible displacement are growing and impactful dynamics of the current global age. These processes generate mobility flows, travel patterns and touristic behaviour driven by personal and collective memories. The chapters in this book highlight the importance of travel and tourism for...
Reproductive Tourism in the United States
Creating Family in the Mother Country
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
This book examines the United States as a destination for international consumers of assisted fertility services, including egg donation, surrogacy, and sex selection. Based on interviews conducted with fertility industry insiders who market their services to an international clientele in three of...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
This book focuses on ethnic and minority communities in urban contexts and the ways in which their cultures are represented in tourism development. It offers a multi-disciplinary approach which draws on examples and case studies of ethnic and minority communities and cultural tourism development from...
World Heritage, Tourism and Identity
Inscription and Co-production
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
The remarkable success of the 1972 UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage is borne out by the fact that nearly 1,000 properties have now been designated as possessing Outstanding Universal Value and recognition given to the imperative for their protection....
Mineral Springs Resorts in Global Perspective
Spa Histories
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Spa resorts were a favoured destination for affluent seekers after health and comfortable leisure in opulent surroundings from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, although in the railway age they began to suffer from competition from new fashions in leisure and tourism, especially the seaside...
Negotiating Hospitality
Ethics of Tourism Development in the Nicaraguan Highlands
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
How do hosts and guests welcome each other in responsible encounters? This book addresses the question in a longitudinal ethnographic study on tourism development in the coffee- cultivating communities in Nicaragua. The research follows the trail of development practitioners and researchers who travel...
Revenue Management Integration
The Financial Performance Contribution of an Integrated Revenue Management Process for the Service Industry on the Example of Hotel Chains
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
Diploma Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Tourism, grade: 1,8, International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef - Bonn (Internationale Hochschule Bad Honnef-Bonn (IUBH)), course: International Tourism and Hospitality Management, language: English, abstract: The diploma thesis assesses...