Forthcoming Tourism Books

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11. The Ethics of Tourism

    Critical and Applied Perspectives

    By Brent Lovelock, Kirsten Lovelock

    There are increasingly strident calls from many sectors of society for the tourism industry, the world’s largest industry, to adopt a more ethical approach to the way it does business. In particular there has been an emphasis placed on the need for a more ethical approach to the way the tourism...

    To Be Published June 13th 2013 by Routledge
12. Destination NATO

    Defence Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2003–13

    By Rohan Maxwell, John Andreas Olsen

    Series: Whitehall Papers

    Defence reform has been a major component of Bosnia’s stabilisation and nation-building. Though true for many cases of post-conflict transition, it is especially so for Bosnia, which arguably has the most complex state structure in Europe. Ten years on from the start of Bosnia’s defence-reform...

    To Be Published June 18th 2013 by Routledge
13. 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...

    To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
14. Mineral Springs Resorts in Global Perspective

    Spa Histories

    Edited by John K. Walton

    Spa resorts were a favoured destination for affluent seekers after health and comfortable leisure in opulent surroundings from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, although in the railway age they began to suffer from competition from new fashions in leisure and tourism, especially the seaside...

    To Be Published July 4th 2013 by Routledge
15. Managing Tourism in a Changing World

    Issues and Cases

    Edited by Rodolfo Baggio, Wojciech Czakon, Marcello M. Mariani

    Managing Tourism in a Changing World provides an overview of state-of-the-art research surrounding today’s tourism management. Recognising the relevance of tourism activities as major economic drivers, this book offers a significant contribution to the advancement of managerial practice in the...

    To Be Published July 8th 2013 by Routledge
16. Personal Security

    A Guide for International Travelers

    By Tanya Spencer

    This practical, user-friendly guide prepares international business travelers for the realities they might face while working or living abroad. Concise and easy-to-read, this manual will be a huge time-saver for corporations who want to educate their staff on safety and security awareness when...

    To Be Published July 11th 2013 by CRC Press
17. Unspeakable Awfulness

    America Through the Eyes of European Travelers, 1865-1900

    By Kenneth Rose

    The period from 1865 to 1900 was the golden age for European travel in the United States. A journey to America was far from the stale and predictable European tour, promising encounters with vast, wild terrain, and people whose culture was similiar enough to theirs to be familiar, but different...

    To Be Published July 18th 2013 by Routledge
18. Power, Politics and International Events

    Socio – Cultural Analyses of Festivals and Spectacles

    Edited by Udo Merkel

    Series: Routledge Advances in Event Research Series

    Although the event management field has grown considerably over the last decade, critical, social-scientific studies of the international events industry are rare. This book intends to help fill this void. It focuses on power, social and political relations, conflicts and controversies in the...

    To Be Published July 21st 2013 by Routledge
19. Sport, Tourism and National Identities

    Edited by John Harris

    The role of both sport and tourism in the (re)creation and (re)presentation of national identities is well established, yet relatively little work has critically explored the inter-relationship between sport, tourism and the creation and maintenance of national identities. Despite the advances of...

    To Be Published August 5th 2013 by Routledge
20. Responsible Tourist Behaviour

    By Clare Weeden

    Series: Advances in Tourism

    What is important to ethical consumers when thinking about going on holiday and how do they incorporate their lifestyle choices into these holidays? What values inform their lifestyles and how do they satisfy these values on holiday? Do ethical consumers automatically become ethical tourists or is...

    To Be Published August 13th 2013 by Routledge