Title:
Tourism : a modern synthesis
Author:
Page, Stephen, 1963- author.
ISBN:
9781844801985
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Edition:
Second edition.
Physical Description:
xviii, 546 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm
Contents:
1. Introduction to tourism: themes, concepts and issues -- 2. The evolution and development of tourism -- 3. Understanding tourism demand -- 4. Understanding the tourist as a consumer -- 5. Understanding and managing tourism supply -- 6. Information communication technologies and e-tourism -- 7. Travel intermediaries -- tour operators and travel agents -- 8. Transporting the tourist -- 9. Visitor attractions -- 10. Tourism accommodation and hospitality services -- 11. Human resource management in tourism -- 12. Financing tourism operations -- 13. Tourism and entrepreneurship -- 14. The role of the public sector in tourism -- 15. Marketing tourism -- 16. Marketing tourism destinations -- 17. Economic impacts -- 18. Social and cultural impacts -- 19. Environmental impacts -- 20. The challenge of sustainability -- 21. Urban tourism -- 22. Rural tourism -- 23. Coastal and resort tourism -- 24. Tourism in the less developed world -- 25. Planning and managing the tourist experience -- 26. Tourist health and safety: global challenges for tourism -- 27. The future of tourism.
Abstract:
"This second edition has been completely revised, expanded, updated and enhanced to include all of the current issues affecting Tourism globally such as the impact of terrorism, crime, epidemics such as SARS and Avian Flu and natural disasters, the role of government in managing and developing Tourism, the impact of low-cost airlines and the rapid growth of online travel, and the effects of the expansion of Tourism to less developed countries." - BACK COVER.
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