Routledge Insights in Tourism Series
About the Book Series
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This series provides a forum for cutting edge insights into the latest developments in tourism research. It offers high quality monographs and edited collections that develop tourism analysis at both theoretical and empirical levels.
Metaverse and Tourism: Rethinking Implications on Virtual Reality
1st Edition
Edited
By Marco Valeri, Ahmad Albattat
November 28, 2025
This innovative and timely book presents an in-depth analysis of how the metaverse revolutionizes tourism management, transforms consumer behaviour and motivates tourists to visit destinations. Adorned with illustrative tables, figures and diagrams throughout, the volume is data-led and explores ...
Sport Tourism, Events and Sustainable Development Goals: An Emerging Foundation
1st Edition
Edited
By Anukrati Sharma, Miha Lesjak, Dušan Borovčanin
November 28, 2025
Discover the transformative potential of sports tourism and events in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with "Sport Tourism, Events and Sustainable Development Goals: An Emerging Foundation." This groundbreaking collection explores the profound impact of these sectors in shaping a more...
Tourism, Philanthropy and School Tours in Zimbabwe: Problematising “Win-Win” Discourses
1st Edition
By Kathleen Smithers
November 28, 2025
This book explores the phenomena of school tours and tourism. It explores tensions of authenticity and artificiality in the school site being both a place of community learning and a spectacle for tourism consumption. Through the example of a school in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe, the book ...
Tourism and Poverty Alleviation in Nature Conservation Areas: A Comparative Study Between Japan and Vietnam
1st Edition
By Nguyen Van Hoang
August 29, 2025
This timely book delves into the intricate relationship between tourism and poverty with a specific focus on nature conservation areas, using case studies of island economies in a developed country, Japan, and a developing one, Vietnam. The volume asserts that although the concept of pro-poor...
Amber Tourism: From Attractions and Motivations to Sustainability and Territorial Branding
1st Edition
By Waldemar Cudny, Andrzej Stasiak, Bogdan Włodarczyk
July 16, 2025
This book explores the multi-faceted nature of amber tourism, illustrating how amber, both a natural and cultural resource, has evolved into a tourist attraction. Combining theoretical insights with diverse case studies, the book examines the key factors shaping its significance in the tourism ...
Developing Industrial and Mining Heritage Sites: Lavrion Technological and Cultural Park, Greece
1st Edition
By Taşkın Deniz Yıldız
May 27, 2025
Developing Industrial and Mining Heritage Sites offers a multifaceted examination of the challenges and opportunities in the development of industrial & mining heritage. It does so through the case study of Lavrion, Turkey, by examining the historical process of this former mining site which ...
Pseudo-Authenticity and Tourism: Preservation, Miniaturization, and Replication
1st Edition
By Jesse Owen Hearns-Branaman, Andy Lihua Chen
December 19, 2024
This book explores the concept of authenticity in tourism through the analysis of six tourist sites in Guangdong Province and Macau, China. Through a review of tourism literature, it develops the concept of pseudo-authenticity in which tourist sites and cultural products function to give signs of ...
Overtourism and Cruise Tourism in Emerging Destinations on the Arabian Peninsula
1st Edition
By Manuela Gutberlet
November 28, 2024
Cruise tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors worldwide. This book is the first of its kind to provide in-depth insights into the emergence of mega-cruise tourism in destinations on the Arabian Peninsula and its impacts on local communities, their spaces, cultures, identities and tourist ...
Potentials, Challenges and Prospects of Halal Tourism Development in Ethiopia
1st Edition
By Mohammed Jemal Ahmed, Atilla Akbaba
August 26, 2024
This book explores the potential of halal tourism development and its implementation in Ethiopia. The insights presented assist key stakeholders to make informed decisions concerning commercial strategy, profitability and feasibility of halal tourism from the secular perspective. This innovative ...
Management of Tourism Ecosystem Services in a Post Pandemic Context: Global Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Vanessaa G. B. Gowreesunkar, Shem Wambugu Maingi, Felix Lamech Mogambi Ming'ate
May 27, 2024
Tourism and ecosystems services are interdependant and face unique challenges. This book explores the challenges faced by destinations regarding the management and restoration of their ecosystem services. Responding to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, this book offers unique management ...
Tourism, Knowledge and Learning
1st Edition
Edited
By Eva Maria Jernsand, Maria Persson, Erik Lundberg
May 27, 2024
This book contributes to the understanding of how tourism can be designed to provide conditions for learning. This involves learning for tourists, the tourist industry, public authorities and local communities. We explore how tourism, knowledge and learning can be used as means towards sustainable ...
Innovation Strategies and Organizational Culture in Tourism: Concepts and Case Studies on Knowledge Sharing
1st Edition
Edited
By Marco Valeri
February 06, 2024
This book analyzes the importance of innovation as the key driver of sustained success in the tourism industry and the knowledge sharing process. It explores its impact on innovation capability and innovation performance of organizations. With 12 chapters written by 22 contributors, the book offers...