Routledge Advances in Tourism
About the Book Series
Tourism has been the fastest growing industry of the last decade as disposable incomes grew throughout the world. This series highlights state of the art and cutting edge Tourism research in the following areas:
* the management and organization of tourism
* tourism and development
* the benefits and the disadvantages of the effects of tourism
Destinations: Cultural Landscapes of Tourism
1st Edition
Edited
By Greg Ringer
November 24, 2011
This book presents new directions both for tourism and cultural landscape studies in geography, crossing the traditional boundaries between the research of geographers and scholars of the tourism industry.Drawing on selected research from Europe, Southeast Asia, the Pacific and North America, the ...
Tourism and Gastronomy
1st Edition
Edited
By Anne-Mette Hjalager, Greg Richards
August 12, 2011
In recent years, a growing emphasis has been placed on tourism experiences and attractions related to food. In many cases eating out while on holiday includes the 'consumption' of a local heritage, comparable to what is experienced when visiting historical sites and museums.Despite this increasing ...
New Perspectives in Caribbean Tourism
1st Edition
Edited
By Marcella Daye, Donna Chambers, Sherma Roberts
July 29, 2011
The Caribbean is one of the most tourism dependent regions of the world. This edited volume extends beyond the frontiers of normative perspectives of tourism development to incorporate "new" ideas and perspectives that relate to the socio-cultural, political and economic realities of these ...
Developments in Tourism Research
1st Edition
Edited
By David Airey, John Tribe
October 17, 2007
This book aims to be a showcase for cutting edge research offering a high-edited selection of the best paper submitted to the 2006 tourism conference at the University of Surrey, which itself is a celebration of 40 years of tourism education at the University. The emphasis of the book is on ...
Battlefield Tourism
1st Edition
Edited
By Chris Ryan
August 29, 2007
Through a series of case studies that involve past conflict in China, the United States, The South Pacific and Europe, the nature of battlefield sites as tourist locations are explored. As places of past conflict and individual acts of heroism, these sites are places of story telling. How are these...
The Critical Turn in Tourism Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By Irena Ateljevic, Annette Pritchard, Nigel Morgan
March 21, 2007
New approaches to tourism study demonstrate a notable ‘critical turn’ – a shift in thought that emphasises interpretative and critical modes of tourism inquiry. The chapters in this volume reflect this emerging critical school of tourism studies and represent a coordinated effort of tourism ...
Micro-Clusters and Networks
1st Edition
By Ewen Michael
December 28, 2006
This book introduces a new approach to the analysis and management of growth in small tourism markets for regional and rural locations. It recognizes from the outset that the vast bulk of the tourism industry’s product is delivered by small business enterprises and that many of these are located ...
Hospitality
1st Edition
Edited
By Paul Lynch, Alison Morrison, Conrad Lashley
December 13, 2006
Hospitality: a social lens follows on from the unique contribution made by In Search of Hospitality: theoretical perspectives and debates. It progresses debate, challenges the boundaries of ways of knowing hospitality, and offers intellectual insights stimulated by the study of hospitality. The ...
Progress in Tourism Marketing
1st Edition
Edited
By Metin Kozak, Luisa Andreu
June 08, 2006
The aim of this book are two-fold: (1) to evaluate the current progress of theoretical approaches to tourism marketing and (2) to show the ways to further develop the concept of tourism marketing for application within tourist destinations and individual businesses and evaluate its potential impact...
Outdoor Recreation Management
2nd Edition
By John Jenkins, John Pigram
January 13, 2006
It is now widely recognized that recreation is as important as work. This revealing book analyzes leisure and outdoor recreation in terms of both their management and their wider importance to society. Specifically, it: clarifies the link between leisure, recreation, tourism and resource ...
Destination Marketing Organisations
1st Edition
By Steven Pike
December 30, 2004
Travellers are now spoilt by choice of available holiday destinations. In today's crowded tourism market place, destination competitiveness demands an effective marketing organisation. Two themes underpin Destination Marketing Organisations. The first is the challenges associated with promoting ...
Tourism and Sustainable Community Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Derek Hall, Greg Richards
January 23, 2003
As the tourist industry becomes increasingly important to communities around the world, the need to develop tourism in a sustainable manner has also become a primary concern. This impressive collection of international case studies addresses this crucial issue by asking what local communities can ...