Tourism development : issues for a vulnerable industry / edited by Julio Aramberri and Richard Butler.
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TextSeries: Aspects of tourism ; 20Publication details: Clevedon, UK ; Buffalo, NY : Channel View Publications, c2005.Description: x, 308 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: - 1873150962 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 338.4791 ARA
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
As the travel industry develops at warp speed, challenges for practitioners and academics have grown exponentially. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this collection discusses some present trends in the development of tourism. The first section explores and sharpens some of the tools of the trade with special attention to content analysis and public-private ownership of tourist attractions. In the second part the focus is on the challenges posed by globalisation and the emergence of new nation states. The final chapters discuss new attractions such as space tourism and the impact of cultural events on urban destinations. Both the introduction and the conclusion assess a number of trends that delineate the future from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Special attention is devoted to threats and opportunities created by unexpected events like global terrorism, SARS, or the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. While all of them have exacted a heavy toll on the development of the industry, further growth has nevertheless remained unabated once their impact was assessed and duly digested by the public.
Includes bibliographical references.
General introduction -- The toolbox: methodological approaches -- A vulnerable industry: global and national issues -- The shape of the future.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 A Synthesis of Tourism Trends
- 2 Content/Semiotic Analysis: Applications for Tourism Research
- 3 Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words? Snapshots from Tourism Destination Image Research
- 4 Entrepreneurial Leadership in Times of Uncertainty: Implications for Tourism Research and Education
- 5 The Ownership and Evaluation of Visitor Attractions
- 6 How Global Is Tourism?
- 7 The Geographical Structure of Canadian Tourism
- 8 The Impact of Tour Operators on Tourism Development: A Sequence of Events
- 9 The Impact of the Creation of two Nation-states (Slovenia and Croatia) on Tourism in Istria
- 10 The Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak of 2001: Impacts on and Implications for Tourism in the United Kingdom
- 11 After Tito, Where To From Here? Marketing Issues in the Development of Space Tourism
- 12 Mutagenecity of Cultural Events in Urban Tourist Destinations
- 13 Tourism and Terrorism: The "New War"
- 14 Tourism Development: Vulnerability and Resilience
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Julio Aramberri is Professor of Tourism at Drexel University, USA. He is a member of the editorial boards of Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Recreation Research, and the Journal of Sustainable Tourism. He has authored five books on tourism and other related sociological matters. Between 1987 and 1990 he was General Director of the Tourist Authority of Spain.
Richard Butler is Professor of Tourism at the University of Surrey, joining that institution after thirty years at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. His research interests have been in the process of destination development, the impacts of tourism on destinations, and literary and historical relationships between tourism and islands.