Advances in Tourism

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1. Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainable Tourism

   By Alisha Ali, Andrew Frew

   Series: Advances in Tourism

   Sustainable development is a highly topical issue and is of critical importance to tourism as the environment is of utmost importance for the continued development and prosperity of the industry. There have been numerous texts written on sustainable tourism and the measures to mitigate and manage...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
2. Future Tourism

   Political, Social and Economic Challenges

   Edited by James Leigh, Craig Webster, Stanislav Ivanov

   Series: Advances in Tourism

   This book investigates and considers the urgent political, social, and economic challenges that confront society and tourism. It attempts to look at what is threatening society, and makes suggestions on what the impact will be and how tourism will be changed to integrate with the new...

   Published August 8th 2012 by Routledge
3. Contemporary Tourist Experience

   Concepts and Consequences

   Edited by Richard Sharpley, Philip Stone

   Series: Advances in Tourism

   This significant and timely volume aims to provide a focused analysis into tourist experiences that reflect their ever-increasing diversity and complexity, and their significance and meaning to tourists themselves. Written by leading international scholars, it offers new insight into emergent...

   Published May 27th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Cultural Moment in Tourism

   Edited by Laurajane Smith, Emma Waterton, Steve Watson

   Series: Advances in Tourism

   This book is a response to the burgeoning interest in cultural tourism and the associated need for a coherently theorized approach for understanding the practices that such an interest creates. Cultural tourism has become an important and popular aspect of contemporary tourism studies, as well as...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
5. Tourism and Retail

   The Psychogeography of Liminal Consumption

   Edited by Charles McIntyre

   Series: Advances in Tourism

   Tourists are drawn to explore new environments and peoples. What better way to interact with a locality than to seek out and roam its marketplaces? The nature of tourist shopping activity thus goes beyond mere functional purchasing into multi-sensory explorations of place and space. Awareness of...

   Published February 27th 2012 by Routledge
6. International Sports Events

   Impacts, Experiences and Identities

   Edited by Richard Shipway, Alan Fyall

   Series: Advances in Tourism

   This book offers new insight into International Sports Events (ISEs), examining the relationship between sport, tourism and events. It assesses sports events through the lens of both sports participants and spectators, based on three primary themes: impacts, experiences and identities. The first...

   Published January 31st 2012 by Routledge
7. Tourism Supply Chain Management

   By Haiyan Song

   Series: Advances in Tourism

   Fierce global competition in the tourism industry is now focused on integral parts of supply chains rather than on individual firms. The highly competitive environment has forced tourism firms to look for ways to enhance their competitive advantage. Tourism products are often viewed by consumers as...

   Published November 13th 2011 by Routledge
8. The Critical Turn in Tourism Studies

   Creating an Academy of Hope

   Edited by Irena Ateljevic, Nigel Morgan, Annette Pritchard

   Series: Advances in Tourism

   In today’s increasingly complex tourism environment, decision-making requires a rounded, well-informed view of the whole. Critical distance should be encouraged, consultation and intellectual rigour should be the norm amongst managers and there needs to be a radical shift in our approach to...

   Published August 17th 2011 by Routledge
9. Drive Tourism

   Trends and Emerging Markets

   Edited by Bruce Prideaux, Dean Carson

   Series: Advances in Tourism

   Since the post World War Two boom in private automobile ownership, Drive Tourism has transformed the tourism landscape by facilitating dispersal and the growth of attractions and tourism related infrastructure beyond the zones that had previously emerged around seaports and railway terminals. The...

   Published October 31st 2010 by Routledge
10. Sustainable Tourism in Rural Europe

    Approaches to Development

    Edited by Donald Macleod, Steven Gillespie

    Series: Advances in Tourism

    Rural Europe is a highly developed tourism region, representing advanced tourism experience and supposed modern approaches to this industry. That said, it remains highly sensitive and fragile in terms of environmental, social, economic and cultural impacts. This volume focuses on rural Europe as a...

    Published September 6th 2010 by Routledge