The tourism and leisure industry: shaping the future /
Klaus Weiermair, Christine Mathias editors.
- New York : The Haworth Hospitality Press, 2004
- xxvi, 357 p. ; 21cm
Includes index
About the Editors.- Contributors.- Preface and Acknowledgements.- Introduction.After the Anthill was Stomped: The Customization of Life and Leisure.- Section 1: Changes in Demographics, Stages of Life and Leisure Behavior.-Chapter 2. Concern and Considerations About the Future of Youth Leisure : An International Perspective.- Chapter 3. A Leisure Lifestyle Studyof Generation X in New Zealand.- Section II: The Globalization of Leisure or Rediscovering Slowness?.- Chapter 4. Spacing and Timing in Leisure Activities.- Chapter 5. The Rediscovery of Slowness or Leisure Time As One's Own and As Self-Aggrandizement?.- Chapter 6. Can Slow Tourism Bring New Life to Alpine Regions?.- Chapter 7. Leisure Investments: Global Supply and Demand.- Section III (Inter) Cultural Leisure Behavior.- Chapter 8. Intercultural Behavior: Glimpses of Leisure from an Asian Perspective.- Chapter 9. Cultural Tourism and the Leisure Paradigm: The Australian Experience.- Chapter 10. A Comparison of Leisure Styles in Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain, Spain and Portugal.- Section IV: Changing Patterns in Lifestyle and Implications for Leisure Behavior.- Chapter 11. The Hybrid Consumer of Leisure Squeezed between Fun Maximization, Chill Out and the Radical Search for Inner Values.- Chapter 12. Wellness: A New perspective for Leisure Centers, Health tourism and Spas in Europe on the Global Health Market.- Chapter 13. Alpine Health Tourism: Future Prospects from a Medical Perspective.- Chapter 14. Skiers, Ski Bums, Trust Fund Babies, Migrants, Techies, and Entrepreneurs: The Changing Face of the Colorado Ski Industry.- Chapter 15. Theme Park Tourist Destinations: Creating an Experience Setting in Traditional Tourist Destinations with Staging Strategies of Theme Parks.- Chapter 16.- The Future Role of Sporting Events: Evaluating the Impacts on Tourism.- Chapter 17. Future Living Conditions and Mobility: Travel Behavior of Alpine Tourists.- Chapter 18. From "Predatory" to "Experience" Tourism: Estimating Tourist Fruition for a Greenway.- Section IV: Information Technologies in Leisure and Tourism.- Chapter 19. Searching for Experience: Technology-Related Trends Shaping the Future of Tourism.- Chapter 20. Italian Tourism on the Internet: New Business Models.- Chapter 21. Electronic Travel Recommendation Agents and Tourist Choice.- Chapter 22. The Assessment of Tourism and Leisure Trends by Means of Online Management Information Systems.- Index