Routledge Advances in Tourism

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1. The Advanced Econometrics of Tourism Demand

   By Haiyan Song, Stephen F. Witt, Gang Li

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   Tourism demand is the foundation on which all tourism-related business decisions ultimately rest. Governments and companies such as airlines, tour operators, hotels, cruise ship lines, and recreation facility providers are interested in the demand for their products by tourists. The success of many...

   Published March 15th 2012 by Routledge
2. Handbook of Tourist Behavior

   Theory & Practice

   Edited by Metin Kozak, Alain Decrop

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   In today’s highly competitive and global economy, understanding tourist behavior is imperative to success. Tourist behavior has become a cornerstone of any marketing strategy and action. Choosing, buying and consuming tourism/travel products and services includes a range of psycho-social processes...

   Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
3. 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
4. Creating Island Resorts

   By Brian King

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   This work studies tropical island resorts, the people who live and work there and the tourists who visit them. The author includes, but goes beyond the more commonly encountered marketing and economic analyses of resort destinations, by examining social, cultural, mythical, environmental,...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
5. Tourism and Gastronomy

   Edited by Anne-Mette Hjalager, Greg Richards

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   In recent years, a growing emphasis has been placed on tourism experiences and attractions related to food. In many cases eating out while on holiday includes the 'consumption' of a local heritage, comparable to what is experienced when visiting historical sites and museums.Despite this increasing...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
6. Destinations

   Cultural Landscapes of Tourism

   Edited by Greg Ringer

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   This book presents new directions both for tourism and cultural landscape studies in geography, crossing the traditional boundaries between the research of geographers and scholars of the tourism industry.Drawing on selected research from Europe, Southeast Asia, the Pacific and North America, the...

   Published November 28th 2011 by Routledge
7. New Perspectives in Caribbean Tourism

   Edited by Marcella Daye, Donna Chambers, Sherma Roberts

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   The Caribbean is one of the most tourism dependent regions of the world. This edited volume extends beyond the frontiers of normative perspectives of tourism development to incorporate "new" ideas and perspectives that relate to the socio-cultural, political and economic realities of these...

   Published July 28th 2011 by Routledge
8. Tourism and Poverty

   By Regina Scheyvens

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   Tourism and Poverty addresses a critical question facing many academics, governments, aid agencies, tourism organizations, and conservation bodies around the world: can tourism work as a tool to overcome poverty? This book is the first to present a focused description and critique of the issues...

   Published December 13th 2010 by Routledge
9. Tourist Shopping Villages

   Forms and Functions

   By Laurie Murphy, Pierre Benckendorff, Gianna Moscardo, Philip L. Pearce

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   Shopping is perhaps the most universal of tourist activities. Tourists form a separate retailing segment from the general population and place importance on different products and product attributes, contributing billions of dollars each year for both the private and public sector by which retail...

   Published December 1st 2010 by Routledge
10. Managing and Marketing Tourist Destinations

    Strategies to Gain a Competitive Edge

    By Metin Kozak, Seyhmus Baloglu

    Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

    Destination marketing is more challenging than other goods and services. The basis of competitive advantage shifts from tourism resources only (destination marketing) to a location-based or city-wide integrated management (place marketing). In this book, tourism scholars Metin Kozak and Seyhmus...

    Published October 20th 2010 by Routledge