Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries

Funerals are among the most important life events in Western society, and fashioning a personalized ceremony for yourself or for a loved one is often the most meaningful way to celebrate the life of the deceased.

The authors propose that complexity theory holds great promise in improving understanding of guests' evaluations of their service experiences.

The book examines the extent to which Coser's (1956) 16 propositions can apply to tourism impact studies and, where possible, to enhance, deepen and challenge the original theory, using evidence from communities in China that differ from the context used by Coser.

Marketing Places and Spaces' covers a broad range of issues that hospitality and tourism executives will benefit from addressing, but frequently forget to do so.

Have slums become 'cool'?

Have slums become 'cool'?

This book explores the changing landscape of tourism education in the global context.

This book recognizes that while tourism research has undoubtedly penetrated and gone beyond a number of knowledge frontiers, frontiers are never static, but are constantly shifting and changing form in the context of a dynamic environment.

The theme of this book is the phenomenon of tourism and knowledge construction in tourism.

Tourism, travel and leisure (TTL) are highly diverse and fragmented industries.

The volume advances theory on hospitality meanings from both conscious and unconscious processing of stimuli (sights, actions, consequences).

Ritual happens in distinct places – in temples, in caves, along pilgrimage routes – and religious activities there incorporate a diverse set of objects such as holy water, cult statues, and sacred texts.

Ritual happens in distinct places – in temples, in caves, along pilgrimage routes – and religious activities there incorporate a diverse set of objects such as holy water, cult statues, and sacred texts.

It is hard to imagine tourism without the creative use of seductive, as well as restrictive, imaginaries about peoples and places.

Based on a detailed ethnography, this book explores the promises and expectations of tourism in Cuba, drawing attention to the challenges that tourists and local people face in establishing meaningful connections with each other.

The changing patterns of Japanese tourism and the views of the Japanese tourist since the Meiji Restoration, in 1868, are given an in-depth historical, geographical, economic and social analysis in this book.

This volume addresses the transformative power of tourism social media and offers novel theoretical and methodological approaches to its academic investigation.

This volume examines and contrasts different perspectives on and approaches to the geography of tourism from across European regions and language traditions.

Mountains have long held an appeal for people around the world.

This book presents the re-theorisation of travel and transformation.

Marketing and management processes across industries can be very similar, but contexts vary where political intervention, public interest and local sustainability are involved.

Marketing and management processes across industries can be very similar, but contexts vary where political intervention, public interest and local sustainability are involved.

This book covers the ideological motives and religious perceptions behind travel to sites prescribed with sanctity in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

This book covers the ideological motives and religious perceptions behind travel to sites prescribed with sanctity in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Visitor management (VM) can be considered a component of destination management and involves a wide range of stakeholders.

Visitor management (VM) can be considered a component of destination management and involves a wide range of stakeholders.

Theories within tourism can be difficult, even confusing areas to understand.

Theories within tourism can be difficult, even confusing areas to understand.

Regenerating Forests and Livelihoods in Nepal: A New Lease on Life documents the success story of an innovative rural development programme in the Himalayan foothills, Nepal.

Regenerating Forests and Livelihoods in Nepal: A New Lease on Life documents the success story of an innovative rural development programme in the Himalayan foothills, Nepal.

It often seems that there is more confusion than consensus regarding tourism theory.

It often seems that there is more confusion than consensus regarding tourism theory.

Heritage tourism is tied to myth making and stories; creative content that can be shared, stored, combined and manipulated, but that depends on a unique cultural or natural history.

Heritage tourism is tied to myth making and stories; creative content that can be shared, stored, combined and manipulated, but that depends on a unique cultural or natural history.

Covering the applied managerial perspective of the travel industry, this book looks at the core disciplines and the application of theory to practice.

The cruise ship industry is growing rapidly, but there is a substantial gap in the related literature.

Special interest tourism is growing rapidly, due to a discerning and heterogeneous travel market and the demand for more focused activity or interest-based tourism experiences.

Service quality is at the forefront of how the leisure, events, tourism and sport (LETS) sectors operate.

This is the first book to provide coverage on the best practice of sustainable tourism in island destinations, focussing on the unique perspective of exploring the interplays of seasonality, competitiveness, and quality of life of islands as destinations.

Within the past 10 years 'Religious Tourism' has seen both economic and education-sector growth on a global scale.

The fastest growth in tourism is the culinary sector.

Mountains have long held an appeal for people around the world.

This text provides an innovative approach to the pedagogy of contemporary planning processes within different cultural contexts globally.

Risk management can often be poorly understood and applied in the leisure, sport, tourism (including adventure) and event industries.

This book presents the re-theorisation of travel and transformation.

The environmental quality and popularity of any tourist destination is the outcome of sustained development, shaped by the socio-economic and physical dimensions of the local environment.

There is an ever growing importance of events in modern society and until now existing literature on events has been dominated by the economic perspective.

The Asia-Pacific area is notable as one of the fastest growing tourism regions and not surprisingly, tourism in this region has become the major driver of global tourism in general.

Training in research methods is increasingly important for students of tourism, and this broad, accessible textbook outlines the concepts and tools essential to understand, manage, and conduct research.

Training in research methods is increasingly important for students of tourism, and this broad, accessible textbook outlines the concepts and tools essential to understand, manage, and conduct research.