Tourism

Tourism Governance

Critical Perspectives on Governance and Sustainability

Edited by Bill Bramwell, Bernard Lane

The role of governance has only recently begun to be researched and discussed in order to better understand tourism policy making and planning, and tourism development. Governance encompasses the many ways in which societies and industries are governed, given permission or assistance, or steered by...

Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge

Tourism Management

4th Edition

By Stephen Page

One of the leading texts in the field, Tourism Management is the ideal introduction to the fundamentals of tourism as you study for a degree, diploma or single module in the subject. It is written in an engaging style that assumes no prior knowledge of tourism and builds up your understanding as...

Published March 21st 2011 by Routledge

Strategic Management for Hospitality and Tourism

By Fevzi Okumus, Levent Altinay, Prakash K. Chathoth

Strategic Management for Hospitality and Tourism is a vital text for all those studying cutting edge theories and views on strategic management. Unlike others textbooks in this area, it goes further than merely contextualizing strategic management for hospitality and tourism, and avoids using a...

Published January 6th 2010 by Routledge

Adventure Tourism Management

By Ralf Buckley

The academic study of adventure tourism is rapidly increasing in popularity, with research beginning to focus on it heavily. This book is a cohesive and comprehensive look at this multi-million dollar industry sector from a variety of perspectives relevant to the teaching of tourism. Ideal for the...

Published October 29th 2009 by Routledge

Managing Volunteers in Tourism

By Kirsten Holmes, Karen Smith

Recent years have seen an explosion in research on tourism volunteering. Volunteers are an essential part of tourism, whether they are volunteering in their local museum, at a sporting mega-event, as an airport ambassador, or travelling the global as a volunteer tourist. Managing Volunteers in...

Published August 24th 2009 by Routledge

Tourism and Entrepreneurship

Edited by Jovo Ateljevic, Stephen Page

Tourism and Entrepreneurship: International Perspectives provides an innovative, interdisciplinary approach. This book takes, as its central theme, the role of entrepreneurship in the context of regional, local and national tourism development. By engaging with top academics in both tourism and...

Published May 18th 2009 by Routledge