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Global tourism / edited by William F. Theobald.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Burlington, Mass. : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxvi, 561 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0750677899 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4791 GLO
Contents:
Part 1: Clarification and meaning: issues of understanding: 1. The meaning, scope, and measurement of travel and tourism - 2. What are travel and tourism: are they really an industry? - 3. Nostalgia in the noughties - 4. From competition to collaboration in the tourism industry -- Part 2: Results and residuals: the issue of impacts: 5. The positive and negative impacts of tourism - 6. The role of relationship in the tourism experience - 7. Alternative tourism: a comparative analysis of meaning and impact - 8. The 'new Pastoral industry?': Tourism in indigenous Australia -- Part 3: Changing directions: planning and development issues: 9. Tourism and sustainable development - 10. Addressing carrying capacity issues in tourism destinations through growth management - 11. Sustainable tourism standards in the global economy - 12. Stakeholder involvement in sustainable tourism: balancing the voices - 13. Ethical considerations in sustainable tourism -- Part 4: Places and products: marketing and consumer issues: 14. Targeting segments: more important than ever in the travel industry - 15. Travel styles - 16. Empirical market segmentation: What you see is what you get - 17. Developing strategic approaches to tourism destination marketing: The Australian experience - 18. Quality and sustainability in established destinations: who pays? -- Part 5: Bureaucracy and procedure: Geopolitical and policy issues: 19. Role of government incentives - 20. Social identities, globalisation, and the cultural politics of tourism - 21. Interventions and policy instruments for sustainable tourism - 22. Exploring the political role of gender in tourism research - 23. Crisis management in tourist destinations -- Part 6: People, places, things: Alternate issues: 24. Tourism, mobility, and global communities: new approaches to theorising tourism and tourist spaces - 25. Globalisation and emerging tourism education issues - 26. Aging populations: trends and the emergence of the nomad tourist - 27. Trends underpinning global tourism in the coming decade.
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Part 1: Clarification and meaning: issues of understanding: 1. The meaning, scope, and measurement of travel and tourism - 2. What are travel and tourism: are they really an industry? - 3. Nostalgia in the noughties - 4. From competition to collaboration in the tourism industry -- Part 2: Results and residuals: the issue of impacts: 5. The positive and negative impacts of tourism - 6. The role of relationship in the tourism experience - 7. Alternative tourism: a comparative analysis of meaning and impact - 8. The 'new Pastoral industry?': Tourism in indigenous Australia -- Part 3: Changing directions: planning and development issues: 9. Tourism and sustainable development - 10. Addressing carrying capacity issues in tourism destinations through growth management - 11. Sustainable tourism standards in the global economy - 12. Stakeholder involvement in sustainable tourism: balancing the voices - 13. Ethical considerations in sustainable tourism -- Part 4: Places and products: marketing and consumer issues: 14. Targeting segments: more important than ever in the travel industry - 15. Travel styles - 16. Empirical market segmentation: What you see is what you get - 17. Developing strategic approaches to tourism destination marketing: The Australian experience - 18. Quality and sustainability in established destinations: who pays? -- Part 5: Bureaucracy and procedure: Geopolitical and policy issues: 19. Role of government incentives - 20. Social identities, globalisation, and the cultural politics of tourism - 21. Interventions and policy instruments for sustainable tourism - 22. Exploring the political role of gender in tourism research - 23. Crisis management in tourist destinations -- Part 6: People, places, things: Alternate issues: 24. Tourism, mobility, and global communities: new approaches to theorising tourism and tourist spaces - 25. Globalisation and emerging tourism education issues - 26. Aging populations: trends and the emergence of the nomad tourist - 27. Trends underpinning global tourism in the coming decade.