Routledge Advances in Tourism

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1. Tourism and Political Boundaries

   By Dallen J. Timothy

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   The importance of political boundaries in the development, function and flow of tourism cannot be overemphasized. In light of today's political transformations and processes of globalization, this book provides a systematic examination of the relationships between boundaries and tourism, and...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
2. Tourism in China

   Destination, Cultures and Communities

   Edited by Chris Ryan, Gu Huimin

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   China is forecast to be the primary tourist destination and tourist-generating country by 2020. However, much of the writing on tourism in China has come from people within the English academic world who are not involved in the issues related to Chinese tourism development. This book provides...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. Tourist Mobility and Advanced Tracking Technologies

   By Noam Shoval, Michal Isaacson

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   The remarkable developments in tracking technologies over the past decade have opened up a wealth of possibilities in terms of research into tourist spatial behaviour. To date, most research in the field has been based on data derived from less objective – hence methodologically...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
4. Tourism and Poverty

   By Regina Scheyvens

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   Tourism and Poverty addresses a critical question facing many academics, governments, aid agencies, tourism organizations, and conservation bodies around the world: can tourism work as a tool to overcome poverty? This book is the first to present a focused description and critique of the issues...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
5. Tourism Enterprises and Sustainable Development

   International Perspectives on Responses to the Sustainability Agenda

   Edited by David Leslie

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   The tourism industry has increasingly recognized and responded to growing environmental concerns. In recent years, there has been an emergence of a variety of categories of tourism considered more environmentally friendly: green, eco-tourism, and sustainable tourism. Much of the literature that has...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
6. Tourists, Tourism and the Good Life

   By Philip Pearce, Sebastian Filep, Glenn Ross

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   Tourism is arguably one of the largest self-initiated commercial interventions to create well-being and happiness on the entire planet. Yet there is a lack of specific attention to the ways in which we can better understand and evaluate the relationship between well-being and travel. The recent...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
7. Managing and Marketing Tourist Destinations

   Strategies to Gain a Competitive Edge

   By Metin Kozak, Seyhmus Baloglu

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   Destination marketing is more challenging than other goods and services. The basis of competitive advantage shifts from tourism resources only (destination marketing) to a location-based or city-wide integrated management (place marketing). In this book, tourism scholars Metin Kozak and Seyhmus...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
8. Tourist Shopping Villages

   Forms and Functions

   By Laurie Murphy, Pierre Benckendorff, Gianna Moscardo, Philip L. Pearce

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   Shopping is perhaps the most universal of tourist activities. Tourists form a separate retailing segment from the general population and place importance on different products and product attributes, contributing billions of dollars each year for both the private and public sector by which retail...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Advanced Econometrics of Tourism Demand

   By Haiyan Song, Stephen F. Witt, Gang Li

   Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

   Tourism demand is the foundation on which all tourism-related business decisions ultimately rest. Governments and companies such as airlines, tour operators, hotels, cruise ship lines, and recreation facility providers are interested in the demand for their products by tourists. The success of many...

   Published March 15th 2012 by Routledge
10. Handbook of Tourist Behavior

    Theory & Practice

    Edited by Metin Kozak, Alain Decrop

    Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

    In today’s highly competitive and global economy, understanding tourist behavior is imperative to success. Tourist behavior has become a cornerstone of any marketing strategy and action. Choosing, buying and consuming tourism/travel products and services includes a range of psycho-social processes...

    Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge