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1. Sustainable Culinary Systems

   Local Foods, Innovation, and Tourism & Hospitality

   Edited by C. Michael Hall, Stefan Gossling

   Series: Routledge Studies of Gastronomy, Food and Drink

   There is increasing public and academic interest in local and sustainable foods and food tourism. These interests have been reflected in such diverse elements as the growth of farmers markets, green restaurants, food miles, crabon and sustainability labelling, concerns over food supply and security...

   To Be Published October 31st 2012 by Routledge
2. Medical Tourism

   The Ethics, Regulation, and Marketing of Health Mobility

   Edited by C. Michael Hall

   Medical and health tourism is a significant area of growth in the export of medical, health and tourism services. Although spas and improved well-being have long been part of the tourist experience, health tourism now includes travel for medical purposes ranging from cosmetic and dental surgery...

   To Be Published July 17th 2012 by Routledge
3. Tourism and Climate Change

   Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation

   By Daniel Scott, C. Michael Hall, Stefan Gossling

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   Climate change is the single most important global environmental and development issue facing the world today and has emerged as a major topic in tourism studies. Climate change is already affecting the tourism industry and is anticipated to have profound implications for tourism in the...

   Published April 11th 2012 by Routledge
4. Sustainable Tourism Futures

   Perspectives on Systems, Restructuring and Innovations

   Edited by Stefan Gössling, C. Michael Hall, David Weaver

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   A global industry and an important tool for economic development, international tourism is facing an increasingly uncertain future. Global environmental change, including climate change; increasing fuel prices; and growing criticism from environmental and social interest groups are posing...

   Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
5. Fieldwork in Tourism

   Methods, Issues and Reflections

   Edited by Michael C. Hall

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   The inherent mobility of tourists and consequent relative ephemerality of contact between the visitor and the visited tourism phenomenon have specific characteristics that challenge the usual fieldwork practices of the social and physical sciences. Such conditions create specific concerns for the...

   Published September 7th 2010 by Routledge
6. Understanding and Managing Tourism Impacts

   An Integrated Approach

   By C. Michael Hall, Alan A. Lew

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   As one of the world’s largest industries, tourism carries with it significant social, environmental, economic and political impacts. Although tourism can provide significant economic benefits for some destinations, the image of tourism as a benign and environmentally friendly industry has often...

   Published July 8th 2009 by Routledge
7. Tourism and National Parks

   International Perspectives on Development, Histories and Change

   Edited by Warwick Frost, C. Michael Hall

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   In 1872 Yellowstone was established as a National Park. The name caught the public’s imagination and by the close of the century, other National Parks had been declared, not only in the USA, but also in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Yet as it has spread, the concept has evolved and...

   Published March 12th 2009 by Routledge
8. Food and Wine Festivals and Events Around the World

   Edited by C. Michael Hall, Liz Sharples

   Food and Wine Festivals and Events Around the World is a pioneering text that recognises the importance of this rapidly growing aspect of the tourism industry. Food and wine festivals and events play a significant role in rural and urban development and regeneration and the impacts of these events...

   Published June 9th 2008 by Routledge
9. International Business and Tourism

   Global Issues, Contemporary Interactions

   Edited by Tim Coles, C. Michael Hall

   Series: Routledge International Series in Tourism, Business and Management

   Whether it’s bungee jumping in Queenstown or visiting the Guinness factory in Dublin, where we travel – and what we do when we get there - has changed significantly in the past twenty years. This innovative textbook explores what is possibly the most unrecognized of international service industries...

   Published March 9th 2008 by Routledge
10. Tourism and Innovation

    By Michael C. Hall, Williams Allan

    Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

    Tourism is often described as an industry with high growth rates, and it is subject to radical change in how it is produced and consumed. However, there is still a relatively poor understanding of how such changes are brought about – that is, through innovation. This book is the first to...

    Published February 6th 2008 by Routledge