Managing Visitor Attractions

ISBN-13: 9780367486198 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 448 str.

Alan Fyall; Brian Garrod; Anna Leask

Opis

Visitor attractions represent a complex sector of the tourism industry and are the catalytic focus for the development of tourism infrastructure and services. The third edition of this successful text investigates these issues further and provides more solutions and suggestions for the present and future.

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Part I: The Nature and Role of Visitor Attractions.  Chapter 1.The Nature and Role of Visitor Attractions.  Chapter 2.The Market for Visitor Attractions.  Part II: The Development of Visitor Attractions.  Chapter 3.The Visitor Attraction Development Process.  Chapter 4.Visitor Attraction Concept, Market Feasibility and Site Selection.  Chapter 5.Financial Management for Visitor Attraction Projects.  Chapter 6.Visitor Attraction Success and Failure.  Part III: Managing Visitor Attractions.  Chapter 7.The Role of the Visitor Attraction Manager.  Chapter 8.Operations Management for Visitor Attractions.  Chapter 9.Managing Visitor Impacts at Visitor Attractions.  Chapter 10.Managing Safety, Security and Risk at Visitor Attractions.  Chapter 11.Managing Human Resources for Visitor Attractions.  Chapter 12.Managing Temporal Variation at Visitor Attractions.  Chapter 13.Interpretation and Visitor Attractions.  Chapter 14.Themed Attractions and Storytelling.  Part IV: Marketing Visitor Attractions.  Chapter 15.Attraction Marketing Strategies.  Chapter 16.Attraction Marketing Management.  Chapter 17.Marketing Challenges and Opportunities for Visitor Attractions: A Collaborative Approach.  Chapter 18.Digital and Social Media Marketing for Visitor Attractions.  Chapter 19.Managing Universal Attraction Brands.  Part V: Cases.  Chapter 20.National Botanic Garden of Wales.  Chapter 21.Attraction Failure: The Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.  Chapter 22.Overtourism at Natural Attraction Sites.  Chapter 23.Interpretation at Heritage Sites: Culloden Battlefield, UK.  Chapter 24.New Attraction Development: Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza, Egypt.  Chapter 25.Augmented Reality in Heritage Attractions.  Chapter 26.Dark Tourism in Latin America: A History of Blood and Conflict.  Chapter 27.Dementia-friendly Heritage Visitor Attractions: A Case Study of the National Trust.  Chapter 28.Managing Sporting Venues as Attractions: The Moses Mabhida Stadium, South Africa.  Chapter 29.Historic Royal Palaces: Managing a portfolio of visitor attractions.  Chapter 30.Managing and Marketing Natural Sites.  Chapter 31.Developing a Masterplan: Elvaston Castle Country Park