2nd Edition

Tourism, Transport and Travel Management

By M.R. Dileep Copyright 2026
528 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

528 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Fully revised and updated in its second edition, Tourism, Transport and Travel Management analyses the structure, functions, activities, strategies, and practices of each of the sectors in the travel industry, such as airlines, airports, tour operators, travel agencies and cruises. The book comprises a six-part structure, covering air, land, and water transportation, travel intermediation,... Read more

Section I. Tourism and Transport

1. Travel and Tourism: An Introduction

2. Transport and Tourism

3. Post-COVID Tourism and Transportation

Section II. Air Transport

4. Introduction to Air Transportation

5. Airport

6. Airport Operations

7. Airline Management

8. Air Transport and Tourism

Section III. Land and Water Transportation

9. Land Transport and Tourism

10. Cruise Tourism

Section IV. Travel Intermediation

11. Travel Intermediaries

12. Travel Agency Management

13. Travel Distribution Systems

Section V. Tour Operations Business

14. The Business of Tour Operation

15. Package Tours

16. Tour Marketing

17. Pre-tour Preparations

18. Managing the Tour

Section VI. Impacts and Prospects

19. Impacts of Travel and Tourism

20. The Prospects

Biography

M. R. Dileep is a noted tourism academic, researcher, author and columnist. His qualifications include M.T.A., MPhil, PhD and IATA diplomas. He has worked for the Ministry of Higher Education, in the Faculty of Tourism, CAS Salalah, Sultanate of Oman; and as Director at Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies (KITTS) and at Pazhassiraja College (Calicut University), Kerala, India.