Routledge Advances in Tourism

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21. Progress in Tourism Marketing

    Edited by Metin Kozak, Luisa Andreu

    Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

    The aim of this book are two-fold: (1) to evaluate the current progress of theoretical approaches to tourism marketing and (2) to show the ways to further develop the concept of tourism marketing for application within tourist destinations and individual businesses and evaluate its potential impact...

    Published March 29th 2006 by Routledge
22. Outdoor Recreation Management

    2nd Edition

    By John Jenkins, John Pigram

    Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

    It is now widely recognized that recreation is as important as work. This revealing book analyzes leisure and outdoor recreation in terms of both their management and their wider importance to society. Specifically, it: clarifies the link between leisure, recreation, tourism and resource...

    Published December 14th 2005 by Routledge
23. Destination Marketing Organisations

    By Steven Pike

    Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

    Travellers are now spoilt by choice of available holiday destinations. In today's crowded tourism market place, destination competitiveness demands an effective marketing organisation. Two themes underpin Destination Marketing Organisations. The first is the challenges associated with promoting...

    Published November 12th 2004 by Routledge
24. Tourism and Sustainable Community Development

    Edited by Derek Hall, Greg Richards

    Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

    As the tourist industry becomes increasingly important to communities around the world, the need to develop tourism in a sustainable manner has also become a primary concern. This impressive collection of international case studies addresses this crucial issue by asking what local communities can...

    Published January 8th 2003 by Routledge
25. Leisure and Tourism Landscapes

    Social and Cultural Geographies

    By Cara Aitchison, Nicola E. MacLeod, Nicola E Macleod, Stephen J. Shaw

    Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

    Increasingly significant as mediators of spatial identity and meaning, leisure, tourism, culture and heritage are only now beginning to be located within the rapidly evolving discourses of poststructuralist geographies. Exploring the influence of leisure and tourism on the production,...

    Published October 17th 2001 by Routledge
26. The Sociology of Tourism

    Theoretical and Empirical Investigations

    Edited by Yiorgos Apostolopoulos, Stella Leivadi, Andrew Yiannakis

    Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

    The rapid expansion of the tourism industry has provided many economic benefits and affected every facet of contemporary societies including employment, government revenue and cultural manifestations. However, tourism can also be considered a problematic phenomenon, promoting dependency,...

    Published October 17th 2001 by Routledge
27. Tourism Development

    Edited by Richard W. Butler, Douglas G. Pearce

    Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

    This work combines a study of contemporary issues in tourism development with a close examination of approaches to tourism research. Looking beyond the much-studied mass tourism industries, leading international academics who are members of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism,...

    Published October 17th 2001 by Routledge
28. 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 June 13th 2001 by Routledge
29. Tourism in the Age of Globalisation

    Edited by Chris Cooper, Salah Wahab

    Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

    The revolutionary progress achieved in information and communication technology is gradually transforming the world into a global village. This volume, edited by an eminent board of international specialists, evaluates the nature and resilience of the emerging global economy and its implications...

    Published March 21st 2001 by Routledge
30. Mediterranean Tourism

    Facets of Socioeconomic Development and Cultural Change

    Edited by Yorgos Apostolopoulos, Lila Leontidou, Philippos Loukissas

    Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

    This book comments on the complexities of Mediterranean tourism, with contributions from researchers, consultants, managers and advisors from thirteen countries. It is an excellent reference tool for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as industry practitioners, for the examination of...

    Published December 13th 2000 by Routledge