The Tourism Industry

An Introduction to Tourism is the essential guide to the tourism industry. It provides a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to all facets of tourism including:the history of tourism; factors influencing the tourism industry; tourism in developing countries; sustainable tourism; forecasting..

An Introduction to Tourism is the essential guide to the tourism industry. It provides a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to all facets of tourism including:the history of tourism; factors influencing the tourism industry; tourism in developing countries; sustainable tourism; forecasting..

This book provides a theoretical overview of lifelong learning for tourism, exploring the history, practice and conceptualization of lifelong learning in the context of tourism-related activities. It examines the importance and contributions of lifelong learning for tourism by drawing on educational..

Management and Technology in Knowledge, Service, Tourism and Hospitality contains papers covering a wide range of topics in the fields of knowledge and service management, web intelligence, tourism and hospitality. This overview of current state of affairs and anticipated developments will be of int..

Focusing particularly on the hospitality and tourism industry, this book examines the topical issue of cross-cultural managerial competence across all managerial functions.  the book balances theory and practical application...

Managing Airports presents a comprehensive and cutting-edge insight into today’s international airport industry.Approaching management topics from a strategic and commercial perspective rather than from an operational and technical angle, the book provides an innovative insight into the processes be..

This three volume reference series provides an authoritative and comprehensive set of volumes collecting together the most influential articles and papers on tourism, heritage and culture. The papers have been selected and introduced by Dallen Timothy, one of the leading international scholars in to..

Managing Service, Education and Knowledge Management in the Knowledge Economic Era contains papers presented at the 2016 International Conference on Management and Technology in Knowledge, Service, Tourism & Hospitality (SERVE 2016), covering a wide range of topics in the fields of knowledge and ser..

Managing Tourist Health is a seminal study which combines a range of state of the art reviews of the issues facing tourism managers and professionals in the fast growing area of tourist health and safety. An international range of contributors, each a specialist in their chosen field, have written p..

World Heritage Sites are some of the most recognised locations around the world. They include natural sites such as the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier and cultural ones such as the Pyramids at Giza, the Walled City of Baku in Azerbaijan and the Historic Centre of Riga in Latvia. The responsibili..

World Heritage Sites are some of the most recognised locations around the world. They include natural sites such as the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier and cultural ones such as the Pyramids at Giza, the Walled City of Baku in Azerbaijan and the Historic Centre of Riga in Latvia. The responsibili..

Now in its third edition, this successful must-have manual is thoroughly updated with new chapters and material, covering issues including:* Technology development - the different types of travel agency systems available, what they do, how they do it and how to use them* The Internet - how it is use..