Tourism, Hospitality and Events Books

New and Published Books

1. Adventure Tourism

   Meanings, experience and learning

   Edited by Steve Taylor, Peter Varley, Tony Johnston

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   Adventure tourism is an increasingly widespread phenomenon, appealing to an expanding proportion of the population who seek new destinations and new experiences. This timely, edited volume offers new theoretical perspectives of this emerging subset of Tourism. it uses philosophical and cutting...

   Published January 22nd 2013 by Routledge
2. Conferences and Conventions 3rd edition

   A Global Industry

   By Tony Rogers

   Series: Events Management

   Conferences and Conventions: A Global Industry 3rd edition provides a comprehensive introduction to the key elements of the global conference, convention and meetings industry. It examines the industry’s origins, structure, economic, social and environmental impacts, education, training and career...

   Published January 13th 2013 by Routledge
3. Tourist Cities

   By Dan Knox

   This book considers the relationship between tourism and the city from a range of sociological, economic and environmental approaches to fully explore the nature of tourism in cities around the world, bridging both managment and social sicence perspectives. In doing so the book offers students a...

   Published December 29th 2012 by Routledge
4. Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology

   Edited by Nigel South, Avi Brisman

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   Academic and general interest in environmental crimes, harms, and threats, as well as in environmental legislation and regulation, has grown sharply in recent years. The Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology is the most in-depth and comprehensive volume on these issues to date....

   Published December 20th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Tourism

   Edited by Melanie Smith, Greg Richards

   The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Tourism explores and critically evaluates the debates and controversies in this field of Tourism. It brings together leading specialists from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and geographical regions, to provide state-of-the-art theoretical reflection and...

   Published December 20th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Permanent Crisis

   Iran’s Nuclear Trajectory

   By Shashank Joshi

   Series: Whitehall Papers

   The quickening pace of Iran’s nuclear activities has produced an international sense of urgency. Sanctions have intensified, while fears of an Israeli strike abound. Talks have briefly eased the tension, before failing due to fundamental differences between Iran and the West. There seem to be dim...

   Published December 20th 2012 by Routledge
7. Student's Guide to Writing Dissertations and Theses in Tourism Studies and Related Disciplines

   By Tim Coles, David Timothy Duval, Gareth Shaw

   Around the world every year very many students have to complete dissertations or theses as part of their undergraduate or masters studies in tourism and related subjects. Often this substantial piece of self-directed work is the culmination of their programmes. More than just a means to consolidate...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
8. 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
9. Events, Society and Sustainability

   Critical and Contemporary Approaches

   Edited by Tomas Pernecky, Michael Lück

   Series: Routledge Advances in Event Research Series

   The growth of the events industry brings with it concerns of sustainable management, the sharing of available resources, and ensuring that people and places are not over-exploited. While the environmental and economic dimensions of sustainability have attracted a reasonable attention in the study...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
10. Tourism and Political Boundaries

    By Dallen J. Timothy

    Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

    The importance of political boundaries in the development, function and flow of tourism cannot be overemphasized. In light of today's political transformations and processes of globalization, this book provides a systematic examination of the relationships between boundaries and tourism, and...

    Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge