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
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 ...
Leisure and Tourism Landscapes: Social and Cultural Geographies
1st Edition
By Cara Aitchison, Nicola E. MacLeod, Nicola E Macleod, Stephen J. Shaw
December 14, 2001
Increasingly significant as mediators of spatial identity and meaning, leisure, tourism, culture and heritage are only now beginning to be located within the rapidly evolving discourses of poststructuralist geographies. Exploring the influence of leisure and tourism on the production, ...
Contemporary Issues in Tourism Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Richard W. Butler, Douglas G. Pearce
December 07, 2001
This work combines a study of contemporary issues in tourism development with a close examination of approaches to tourism research. Looking beyond the much-studied mass tourism industries, leading international academics who are members of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism, ...
The Sociology of Tourism: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations
1st Edition
Edited
By Yiorgos Apostolopoulos, Stella Leivadi, Andrew Yiannakis
December 07, 2001
The rapid expansion of the tourism industry has provided many economic benefits and affected every facet of contemporary societies including employment, government revenue and cultural manifestations. However, tourism can also be considered a problematic phenomenon, promoting dependency, ...
The Tourist-Historic City
1st Edition
By G.J. Ashworth, J.E. Tunbridge
November 07, 2000
Reflects the importance of heritage to cities, and cities to the creation and marketing of heritage products, not least within tourism. This book presents a review of the state of urban heritage tourism at the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries....
Marine Tourism: Development, Impacts and Management
1st Edition
By Mark Orams
December 08, 1998
Marine Tourism examines both successful and unsuccessful tourism in coastal and marine environments. The author provides an overview of the history, development and growth of marine tourism and describes the characteristics of 'marine tourists' and the 'vendors' of these tourist activities. The ...
The Economics of Tourism
1st Edition
By M. Thea Sinclair, Mike Stabler
December 22, 1997
Makes a key contribution from an economic standpoint to the understanding of tourism. Examining such issues as how tourism firms operate in national and global contexts, the effects of tourism on destination areas, the demand for tourism, and the interaction between tourism and natural environments...