Retail and wholesale industries

An important challenge facing tourism is the anticipation of the threat of crises precipitated by natural and people-made catastrophes, and being adequately prepared for them.

With the exponential rise in leisure mobility, tourism has increasingly become of great economic significance.

With the exponential rise in leisure mobility, tourism has increasingly become of great economic significance.

The business of cruise tourism in recent years has commanded news media attention especially on issues of environmental pollution, passenger safety and worker rights, yet consumer interest in cruise vacations has not been adversely affected by negative publicity and it continues to grow at an average of 8-9% per annum.

The business of cruise tourism in recent years has commanded news media attention especially on issues of environmental pollution, passenger safety and worker rights, yet consumer interest in cruise vacations has not been adversely affected by negative publicity and it continues to grow at an average of 8-9% per annum.

The historic phenomenon of pilgrimage is experiencing a resurgence around the world.

The historic phenomenon of pilgrimage is experiencing a resurgence around the world.

'Sense of place' has become a familiar phrase, used to describe emotional attachment to a particular location.

'Sense of place' has become a familiar phrase, used to describe emotional attachment to a particular location.

Making Place, Making Self explores new understandings of place and place-making in late modernity, covering key themes of place and space, tourism and mobility, sexual difference and subjectivity.

Making Place, Making Self explores new understandings of place and place-making in late modernity, covering key themes of place and space, tourism and mobility, sexual difference and subjectivity.

This three volume reference series provides an authoritative and comprehensive set of volumes collecting together the most influential articles and papers on tourism, heritage and culture.

This three volume reference series provides an authoritative and comprehensive set of volumes collecting together the most influential articles and papers on tourism, heritage and culture.

Although there has been an increasing interest in rural tourism in terms of research, training and teaching in recent years, its conceptualization and the relationships between concept and strategy are still poorly represented and not well understood.

Although there has been an increasing interest in rural tourism in terms of research, training and teaching in recent years, its conceptualization and the relationships between concept and strategy are still poorly represented and not well understood.

This book looks at the making and the consuming of places in the contemporary world.

This book looks at the making and the consuming of places in the contemporary world.

Since its discovery by German romantics and nationalists, Rothenburg has been an established icon of the German nation and its medieval past.

Since its discovery by German romantics and nationalists, Rothenburg has been an established icon of the German nation and its medieval past.

Planning and management for tourism growth is becoming essential in the context of sustainable development.

Planning and management for tourism growth is becoming essential in the context of sustainable development.

Along with basic practical reasons, our practices concerning food and drink are driven by context and environment, belief and convention, aspiration and desire to display - in short, by culture.

Along with basic practical reasons, our practices concerning food and drink are driven by context and environment, belief and convention, aspiration and desire to display - in short, by culture.

Photographs create visual narratives of experiences, places, peoples and objects that collectively and individually comprise the tourist gaze.

Photographs create visual narratives of experiences, places, peoples and objects that collectively and individually comprise the tourist gaze.

Focusing on the political economy of the international tourism sector in the era of globalization and its impact in developing contexts, this book employs a case study analysis of South Africa to assess how international tourism as a global system of trade, production, exchange and governance plays out in developing countries.

Focusing on the political economy of the international tourism sector in the era of globalization and its impact in developing contexts, this book employs a case study analysis of South Africa to assess how international tourism as a global system of trade, production, exchange and governance plays out in developing countries.

This three volume reference series provides an authoritative and comprehensive set of volumes collecting together the most influential articles and papers on tourism, heritage and culture.

This three volume reference series provides an authoritative and comprehensive set of volumes collecting together the most influential articles and papers on tourism, heritage and culture.

This three volume reference series provides an authoritative and comprehensive set of volumes collecting together the most influential articles and papers on tourism, heritage and culture.

This three volume reference series provides an authoritative and comprehensive set of volumes collecting together the most influential articles and papers on tourism, heritage and culture.

When tourists travel, they often seek the exotic.

When tourists travel, they often seek the exotic.

Tourism has increasingly become a vital element in the economic development of the Indian Ocean region.

Tourism has increasingly become a vital element in the economic development of the Indian Ocean region.

In the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, legions of English citizens headed north.

In the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, legions of English citizens headed north.

Tourist visits used to be a less common activity in the past.

Tourist visits used to be a less common activity in the past.

India has been in transition for the last two decades, moving from a mixed economy toward a market economy model, and the Indian hospitality industry is metamorphosing into a mature industry.

India has been in transition for the last two decades, moving from a mixed economy toward a market economy model, and the Indian hospitality industry is metamorphosing into a mature industry.

Ethnodevelopment is a well-established concept in the field of development studies.

Ethnodevelopment is a well-established concept in the field of development studies.

The practice of packing a bag is a situation where subtle, daily processes can attune us to the relationships and experiences formed in mobile situations.

The practice of packing a bag is a situation where subtle, daily processes can attune us to the relationships and experiences formed in mobile situations.

Although one perspective depicts young consumers as vulnerable and passive in the marketplace system, our knowledge of this consumer group will be inadequate if limited to this contention.

Although one perspective depicts young consumers as vulnerable and passive in the marketplace system, our knowledge of this consumer group will be inadequate if limited to this contention.

The history of China's National Games reflects both the transformation of elite sport in China and wider Chinese society.

The history of China's National Games reflects both the transformation of elite sport in China and wider Chinese society.

A timely and up-to-date "e;go-to"e; reference work for business events, The Routledge Handbook of Business Events explores and critically evaluates the key debates and controversies inherent to this rapidly expanding subject of study and industry.