Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries

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.

An exploration of Arctic tourism, focusing on tourist experiences and industry provision of those experiences; this is the first compilation to concentrate on the fundamental essence of the Arctic as being a geographical periphery, but also an experiential core that offers peak tourism experiences.

An exploration of Arctic tourism, focusing on tourist experiences and industry provision of those experiences; this is the first compilation to concentrate on the fundamental essence of the Arctic as being a geographical periphery, but also an experiential core that offers peak tourism experiences.

This book reviews all aspects of the phenomenon of mass tourism.

The economic links arising from tourism that now exist between what used to be regarded as 'developed' and 'developing' societies make it imperative they are considered component parts of a global system rather than distinct entities.

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

Climate Change and Coastal Tourism includes case studies on climate change and coastal tourism that explore current threats to, and consequences of, climate change on existing tourism coastal destinations.

Climate Change and Coastal Tourism includes case studies on climate change and coastal tourism that explore current threats to, and consequences of, climate change on existing tourism coastal destinations.

With a focus on the creation and distribution of packaged holidays, this text covers the fundamentals of business and the relationship between tour operators and destinations.

With a focus on the creation and distribution of packaged holidays, this text covers the fundamentals of business and the relationship between tour operators and destinations.

This is the first book to address the concept of resilience and its specific application and relevance to tourism, in particular tourism destinations.

This is the first book to address the concept of resilience and its specific application and relevance to tourism, in particular tourism destinations.

Tourist Behaviour: International Perspectives provides a collection of all consumer-related topics from both theoretical and practical approaches to building and examining the theory of how consumers think and act within the context of tourism consumption.

This book explores the social and cultural constructions and debates of what are dogs and what is leisure.

With 29 contributors from across Europe and beyond, this work represents a unique and important resource that examines the many relationships between tourism and geopolitics, with a focus on experiences drawn from Central and Eastern Europe.

With 29 contributors from across Europe and beyond, this work represents a unique and important resource that examines the many relationships between tourism and geopolitics, with a focus on experiences drawn from Central and Eastern Europe.

Nautical tourism encompasses aspects of marine tourism such as sailing, yachting, cruising and diving, as well as harbour-side developments, coastal water sports such as jet skiing, boat shows, port tours, and marine heritage destinations.

Sixty years after its birth, contemporary tourism is at crossroads.

This field guide provides methods and studies on how-to-do case study research in natural settings.

Tourism services all over the world currently face rapid changes due to market globalization, intensified competition and the dynamic evolution of new technologies.