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Tourism business frontiers : consumers, products and industry / edited by Dimitrios Buhalis and Carlos Costa.

Contributor(s): Buhalis, Dimitrios | Costa, Carlos.
Publisher: Oxford : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006Description: xix, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0750663774 (hbk.).Subject(s): Tourism | Tourism -- ForecastingDDC classification: 338.4791
Contents:
1. Introduction -- Part 1: New consumers: 2. The transformation of consumer behaviour - 3. New and emerging markets - 4. Third-age tourism - 5. Youth and adventure tourism - 6. Domestic and visiting friends and relatives tourism - 7. Conference tourism - MICE market and business tourism - 8. The moralisation of tourism, and the ethical alternatives -- Part 2: New products: 9. Re-engineering established products and destinations - 10. Urbanization and second-home tourism - 11. The influence of fashion and accessibility on destination consumption - 12. Experince design in tourism - 13. Nature-based products, ecotourism and adventure tourism - 14. Sport and events tourism - 15. Shopping and tourism - 16. Gastronomy, food and wine tourism - 17. Travel / tourism: spiritual experiences - 18. Space tourism -- Part 3: New industry: 19. Intermediaries: travel agencies and tour operators - 20. Transport and transit: air, land and sea - 21. Hospitality megatrends - 22. Attractions megatrends - 23. Culture, heritage and visiting attractions - 24. Entertainment and new leisure tourism - 25. Destination management organizations and actors -- Part 4: Conclusion - 26. Conclusion: tourism futures -- References -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-266) and index.

1. Introduction -- Part 1: New consumers: 2. The transformation of consumer behaviour - 3. New and emerging markets - 4. Third-age tourism - 5. Youth and adventure tourism - 6. Domestic and visiting friends and relatives tourism - 7. Conference tourism - MICE market and business tourism - 8. The moralisation of tourism, and the ethical alternatives -- Part 2: New products: 9. Re-engineering established products and destinations - 10. Urbanization and second-home tourism - 11. The influence of fashion and accessibility on destination consumption - 12. Experince design in tourism - 13. Nature-based products, ecotourism and adventure tourism - 14. Sport and events tourism - 15. Shopping and tourism - 16. Gastronomy, food and wine tourism - 17. Travel / tourism: spiritual experiences - 18. Space tourism -- Part 3: New industry: 19. Intermediaries: travel agencies and tour operators - 20. Transport and transit: air, land and sea - 21. Hospitality megatrends - 22. Attractions megatrends - 23. Culture, heritage and visiting attractions - 24. Entertainment and new leisure tourism - 25. Destination management organizations and actors -- Part 4: Conclusion - 26. Conclusion: tourism futures -- References -- Index.