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  1. The Impact and Evaluation of Major Sporting Events

    Edited by Holger Preuss

    The aim of politicians is to attract new investment to their city or region in order to develop infrastructure such as telecommunications, transportation, housing or even sport and entertainment facilities. Sporting events are also intended to achieve intangible ends such as a better image, more...

    Published February 22nd 2009 by Routledge

  2. Tourism in China

    Destination, Cultures and Communities

    Edited by Chris Ryan, Gu Huimin

    Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

    China is forecast to be the primary tourist destination and tourist-generating country by 2020. However, much of the writing on tourism in China has come from people within the English academic world who are not involved in the issues related to Chinese tourism development. This book provides...

    Published December 11th 2008 by Routledge

  3. European Forest Recreation and Tourism

    A Handbook

    Edited by Simon Bell, Murray Simpson, Lisa Tyrväinen, Tuija Sievänen, Ulrike Pröbstl

    In an increasingly urbanized world more and more people are turning to our forests and woodland for recreation and tourism. Planning and providing for this growing demand poses challenges that need to be addressed by managers and designers alike. Based on a study of forest recreation from across...

    Published December 11th 2008 by Taylor & Francis

  4. Tomorrow's Tourist

    By Ian Yeoman

    By 2030, China will be the world’s largest tourism destination, holidays in Outer Space will be the ultimate luxury experience, extreme Swedish ironing will be an Olympic Sport, embedded technologies will be the norm in future tourists and skiing in the Alps will be no more. These are some of the...

    Published June 18th 2008 by Routledge

  5. 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 April 6th 2008 by Routledge

  6. Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management

    2nd Edition

    By Peter Mason

    Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management is a unique text, which links these three crucial areas of tourism - impacts, planning and management.Tourism impacts are multi-faceted and therefore are difficult to plan for and manage. Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management looks at all the key players...

    Published March 30th 2008 by Routledge

  7. Tourism and Innovation

    By Michael C. Hall, Williams Allan

    Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

    Tourism is often described as an industry with high growth rates, and it is subject to radical change in how it is produced and consumed. However, there is still a relatively poor understanding of how such changes are brought about – that is, through innovation. This book is the first to...

    Published February 6th 2008 by Routledge

  8. Designing Sustainable Forest Landscapes

    By Simon Bell, Dean Apostol

    Designing Sustainable Forest Landscapes is a definitive guide to the design and management of forest landscapes, covering the theory and principles of forest design as well as providing practical guidance on methods and tools. Including a variety of international case studies the book focuses on...

    Published December 23rd 2007 by Taylor & Francis

  9. Tourism Policy and Planning

    By David Edgell, Sr., Maria DelMastro Allen, Jason Swanson, Ginger Smith

    For many communities and countries throughout the world tourism is the most valuable industry. Economic changes taking place in China, India, and the United States (with almost 3 billion people, half the world's population), for example, will have major impacts on the global tourism markets of...

    Published November 1st 2007 by Routledge

  10. Tourism and Politics

    Edited by Peter M. Burns, Marina Novelli

    Tourism and Politics aims to disseminate ideas on the critical discourse of tourism and tourists as they relate to politics, through a series of case studies from around the world written by specialists with an emphasis on linking theory to practice. That tourism is a profoundly important economic...

    Published November 1st 2006 by Routledge