ISBN:
1417507829
,
075065970X
,
9781417507825
,
9780750659703
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 195 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Tourism impacts, planning and management
DDC:
306.4819
Keywords:
Tourism Management
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management is a unique text, which links these three key areas of tourism: impacts, planning and management. Tourism impacts are multi-faceted and therefore are difficult to plan for and manage. This book looks at all the key players involved - be they tourists, host communities or industry members - and considers a number of approaches and techniques for managing tourism successfully. Divided into four parts, this text discusses: * The growth, development and impacts of tourism * Tourism planning and management: concepts, issues and key players * Tools and techniques in tourism planning and management: education, regulation and information technology * The future of tourism planning and management: issues of sustainability and the future Up-to-date, international case studies are used, for example the impacts of 9/11 and terrorism in Bali, to illustrate and provide a real-life context for the theories discussed. Exercises are also included to consolidate learning. * Links impacts, planning and management in tourism * Global coverage and perspective with cases and examples from the UK, Australia and USA * Takes an applied approach, using international case studies to explain and illustrate the theories discussed
Abstract:
Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management is a unique text, which links these three key areas of tourism: impacts, planning and management. Tourism impacts are multi-faceted and therefore are difficult to plan for and manage. This book looks at all the key players involved - be they tourists, host communities or industry members - and considers a number of approaches and techniques for managing tourism successfully. Divided into four parts, this text discusses: * The growth, development and impacts of tourism * Tourism planning and management: concepts, issues and key players * Tools and techniques in tourism planning and management: education, regulation and information technology * The future of tourism planning and management: issues of sustainability and the future Up-to-date, international case studies are used, for example the impacts of 9/11 and terrorism in Bali, to illustrate and provide a real-life context for the theories discussed. Exercises are also included to consolidate learning. * Links impacts, planning and management in tourism * Global coverage and perspective with cases and examples from the UK, Australia and USA * Takes an applied approach, using international case studies to explain and illustrate the theories discussed
Description / Table of Contents:
Social change and the growth of tourism; Theoretical perspectives on tourism development; An introduction to tourism impacts; Economic impacts of tourism; Socio-cultural impacts of tourism; holistic perspectives on tourism impacts; Tourism planning and management: concepts and issues; Key players in tourism planning and management; Visitor management; managing the natural resources for tourism; The host community; The tourism industry; Partnerships and collaboration in tourism planning and management; Educational techniques in tourism planning and management; Regulation and tourism planning and management; Information technology and tourism management; Issues of sustainability and planning and management; Conclusions and the future of tourism planning and management.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-191) and index
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