Resort destinations : evolution, management and development
Title:
Resort destinations : evolution, management and development
Author:
Prideaux, B. (Bruce)
ISBN:
9780750657532
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, ©2009.
Physical Description:
ix, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- Modelling destination development -- Planning for the future : a new approach -- Transport : a key element in destination development and operations -- Responding to crisis : the destination perspective -- City destinations : the new focus of tourism activity -- Coastal tourism -- Mountain destinations -- Island destinations -- Sustainability, change and drivers : shaping future destinations.
Abstract:
"This book is a thorough overview of the key components, functions and actions that shape the physical appearance, operations, market appeal and ultimate success of a tourist destination. The book examines these issues with a specific emphasis on future sustainability in its broadest sense, in a rapidly changing world where the future will be redefined in ways that are not yet obvious but which must be speculated on and planned for."--Jacket.