This book is an attempt to understand tourism employment in a holistic way. Using ideas from labour economics, work psychology and industrial sociology the authors look at tourism employment in both its workplace context and its wider economic and social environment and attempt to tell a coherent story. Both behavioural and economic perspectives are used to address questions that are salient to manpower planning, education planning and tourism management....

This book explores the relationship between imperial formations and individual encounters at African tourist sites — spaces of leisure, healing and work. It examines how encounters between tourists and hosts tend to be constructed along colonial thought lines and considers how players in the hospitality industry do not interact as coeval participants, but are racialised, scripted and positioned according to colonially-established order. The authors...

Updated and expanded for the twenty-first century, this classic text remains the #1 introduction to tourism principles and practices. Now in its ninth edition, Tourism provides a comprehensive introduction to the world's most rapidly growing industry. Tens of thousands of hospitality and tourism students worldwide have used previous editions of this classic text to launch their professional careers. Written by two internationally recognized experts,...

Pressure on national and local governments to rapidly develop their tourism potential to meet demand and produce benefits, makes it more essential than ever to plan carefully and consider the human and environmental impacts of tourism development. That is why, as Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization, I am pleased to see the serious analysis of the problems and prospects of the tourism sector as presented in this third edition. -- Francesco...

A guide to crisis management for tourism operators and tourism offices, with detailed international case studies.

This discursive and evaluative text covers the nature of the demand for tourism and the implications of that demand. The second edition represents a significant updating of material that reflects early 21st century thought.

Sustainable Tourism is vital reading for anyone seeking to understand the complexities associated with sustainable tourism development, and how government and industry have responded to the challenges the concept poses. The major areas addressed in this edited volume are: * perspectives and issues associated with the concept of sustainable tourism development * accreditation, education and interpretation, including specific examples such as Green...

A collection of essays studying the rapid changes in coastal settlements due to the conflicting interests of traditional and new stakeholders.

Ten-year-old Starr is thrilled to be one of the first humans to visit Mars, along with the rest of her family and two children from the space tourism program--but when the planetary exploration vehicle that Starr and the other children are in malfunctions it is up to her to figure out a way to contact the adults so they can be rescued.

With continuously growing tourist numbers and pressure on resources increasing, there is a need to preserve and protect natural, cultural and historic resources. This book introduces the reader to a number of case studies from different parts of the world and illustrates chances and constraints associated with the implementation of ecotourism concepts.