Tourism Society and Culture

Provides a foundation of knowledge on gay and lesbian market segment. Packed with case examples and practices of gay tourism initiatives and campaigns, this text provides analysis and context that addresses some of the questions in this area...

In a world characterized by an encroaching homogeneity induced by the growth of multi-national corporations and globalization, the causes of difference accrue new levels of importance. This is as true of tourism as in many other spheres of life – and one cause of differentiation for tourism promotio..

International Cultural Tourism: management, implications and cases provides a comprehensive exploration of the management, operations and marketing of cultural tourism attractions and resources in a global context. Topics explored include: * For the first time, an evaluation of the use and transform..

International Cultural Tourism: management, implications and cases provides a comprehensive exploration of the management, operations and marketing of cultural tourism attractions and resources in a global context. Topics explored include: * For the first time, an evaluation of the use and transform..

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 globe as a volunteer tourist. This title reviews the research to highlight the key management issues and relate them to the tourism ..

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. _x000D_ Managing Volunteers ..

This book brings together new ideas about how communities, creative producers, and visitors can productively engage with competing notions of experience and authenticity in the tourist environment. It investigates how community interests intersect the desire for more intimate engagements with cultur..

Examining the intersection of sexuality, space and tourism, and using empirical data gathered at gay pride parades, this important work considers how the queered spaces of these parades may prompt new understandings of power and tourism...

This volume presents interdisciplinary research on the relationships between second homes and leisure. With a wide geographical spread, including Canada, Morocco, Costa Rica and Japan, it highlights new cultural perspectives on second homes and leisure practices. The book describes the nexus of seco..

This volume presents interdisciplinary research on the relationships between second homes and leisure. With a wide geographical spread, including Canada, Morocco, Costa Rica and Japan, it highlights new cultural perspectives on second homes and leisure practices. The book describes the nexus of seco..

This book develops a new sub-field on violence in vulnerable populations, with attendant approaches to theory and methods. _x000D_..

This book develops a new sub-field on violence in vulnerable populations, with attendant approaches to theory and methods. _x005F_x000D_..