Yorghos Apostolopoulos Sevil Sonmez Dallen J. Timothy
Tourism has become the world's largest industry, according to the World Tourism Organization; no surprise when one considers that it incorporates the world's oldest profession. In some developing regions, such as the Caribbean or the South Pacific, tourism is the primary sector in which significant economic growth takes place. In other regions, including areas of Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and formerly communist eastern Europe, tourism is just beginning to take off. In all of these areas, tourism's impact has been decidedly mixed. Nowhere is this more visible than in the...
Tourism has become the world's largest industry, according to the World Tourism Organization; no surprise when one considers that it incorporates t...
The importance of political boundaries in the development, function and flow of tourism cannot be overemphasized. In light of recent political transformations and processes of globalization, this book provides a systematic examination of the relationships between boundaries and tourism, and offers a basis upon which tourism can be better managed and researched in a geo-political context.
The importance of political boundaries in the development, function and flow of tourism cannot be overemphasized. In light of recent political transfo...
Religion and spirituality are still among the most common motivations for travel. Many major tourism destinations have developed in large as a result of their connections to sacred people, places and events.
Tourism, Religion and Spiritual Journeys provides a comprehensive assessment of the primary issues and concepts related to the intersection of tourism and religion. The book provides a balanced discussion of both theoretical and applied subjects that destination planners, religious organizations, scholars, and tourism service providers must...
Religion and spirituality are still among the most common motivations for travel. Many major tourism destinations have developed in large as a resu...
THE RECENT TERRORIST ATTACK IN THE U.S. HAVE FOCUSED MORE ATTENTION ON TOURISM SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUES THAN EVER BEFORE. THIS BOOK EXAMINES TOURISM SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUES. IT GIVES READERS A KNOWLEDGE BASE FROM WHICH TO RESPOND TO FUTURE EVENTS.
THE RECENT TERRORIST ATTACK IN THE U.S. HAVE FOCUSED MORE ATTENTION ON TOURISM SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUES THAN EVER BEFORE. THIS BOOK EXAMINES TOURISM...
Shopping Tourism, Retailing and Leisure provides a comprehensive examination of the relationships between tourism, leisure, shopping, and retailing. Critical issues are examined within the framework of the dichotomous relationship between utilitarian and hedonic forms of shopping, shopping as a primary and secondary attraction in tourist destinations, the development of various tourist-retail venues, the role of souvenirs in tourism, and management issues (e.g. merchandising, venue design, and customer service).
Shopping Tourism, Retailing and Leisure provides a comprehensive examination of the relationships between tourism, leisure, shopping, and retailing...
Despite the extreme importance of the lodging sector in tourism as a major income generator and essential part of the travel experience, there remains a scarcity of consolidated works that examine it from a tourism perspective. This volume seeks to fill that gap.
Despite the extreme importance of the lodging sector in tourism as a major income generator and essential part of the travel experience, there remains...
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 offers a basis upon which tourism can be better managed and researched in a geo-political context.
The importance of political boundaries in the development, function and flow of tourism cannot be overemphasized. In light of today's political transf...
Diasporas result from the scattering of populations and cultures across geographical space and time. This title embarks on a navigation of the nature of the connections between tourism and diasporic populations and networks.
Diasporas result from the scattering of populations and cultures across geographical space and time. This title embarks on a navigation of the nature ...
Trails and routes have been indispensable to travel and tourism over the centuries, helping to form the basis of mobility patterns of the past and the present. This book is the first to comprehensively examine these tourism trails from a tourism and recreation perspective. This cutting-edge volume is global in scope and discusses a wide range of natural, cultural and developed linear resources for tourism and recreation. The book is suitable for both researchers and students who are interested in cultural heritage-based tourism, recreation and leisure studies, landscape and change, human...
Trails and routes have been indispensable to travel and tourism over the centuries, helping to form the basis of mobility patterns of the past and ...
Food is one of the most fundamental elements of culture and a significant marker of regional and ethnic identity. It encompasses many other elements of cultural heritage beyond the physical ingredients required for its production. These include folklore, religion, language, familial bonds, social structures, environmental determinism, celebrations and ceremonies, landscapes, culinary routes, smells, and tastes, to name but a few. However, despite all that is known about foodways and cuisine from hospitality, gastronomical, supply chain and agricultural perspectives, there still remains a...
Food is one of the most fundamental elements of culture and a significant marker of regional and ethnic identity. It encompasses many other element...
