Geography

New Titles and Key Backlist 2012

Tourism Supplementary Reading

  1. Climate Change and Tourism

    From Policy to Practice

    By Susanne Becken, John Hay

    Series: Tourism Environment and Development

    The contribution of tourism to climate change, and the likely consequences of climate change for key tourist destinations, has been well reported and discussed. Yet, there is a lack of evidence-based systematic practical advice as to how the tourism industry should respond to the challenge of...

    Published June 13th 2012 by Routledge

  2. Cultural Heritage and Tourism in the Developing World

    A Regional Perspective

    Edited by Dallen J. Timothy, Gyan P. Nyaupane

    Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

    Cultural Heritage and Tourism in the Developing World is the first book of its kind to synthesize global and regional issues, challenges, and practices related to cultural heritage and tourism, specifically in less-developed nations. The importance of preservation and management of cultural...

    Published May 11th 2009 by Routledge

  3. Religion and Tourism

    Crossroads, Destinations and Encounters

    By Michael Stausberg

    This book explores the dynamic interaction between religion and tourism in the modern world. It considers questions such as: do travellers leave their religion at home when they are touring – and what happens if not? what are the relationships between tourism and pilgrimage? what happens to...

    Published October 26th 2010 by Routledge

  4. Tourism and Responsibility

    Perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean

    By Martin Mowforth, Clive Charlton, Ian Munt

    This book discusses the responsibility, or otherwise, of tourism activities in Latin America and the Caribbean. It considers issues such as the reduction of poverty through tourism and the conflict between increasing volumes of air travel spent in our continuing search for pleasure and the...

    Published October 3rd 2007 by Routledge

  5. Tourism, Ethnic Diversity and the City

    Edited by Jan Rath

    Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

    Tourism, Ethnic Diversity and the City fills a gap in existing research in terms of how immigration relates to urban tourism and investigates the new theoretical insights and challenges for empirical research using informative case studies drawn from several advanced economies in Europe, North...

    Published December 13th 2006 by Routledge