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Tourism management [electronic book] : an introduction / Stephen J. Page.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann 2011.Edition: 4th edDescription: x, 382 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0080969321 (pbk.)
  • 9780080969329 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: Summary: 'Tourism Management' is a complete synthesis of tourism, from its beginnings, through to the major impacts it has on today's global community, the environment and economy.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

One of the leading texts in the field, Tourism Managementis the ideal introduction to the fundamentals of tourism as you study for a degree, diploma or single module in the subject.

It is written in an engaging style that assumes no prior knowledge of tourism and builds up your understanding as you progress through this wide ranging global review of the principles of managing tourism. It traces the evolution and future development of tourism and the challenges facing tourism managers in this fast growing sector of the world economy. This book is highly illustrated with diagrams and colour images, and contains short case studies of contemporary themes of interest, as well as new data and statistics.

This title also has a companion website for students and lecturers which includes quizzes, further reading, web reading, extra case studies and PowerPoint slides to aid both teaching and learning.

Previous editions had subtitle: Manageing for change.

Previous ed.: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Tourism Management' is a complete synthesis of tourism, from its beginnings, through to the major impacts it has on today's global community, the environment and economy.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 Tourism Today
  • 2 Demand: Why Do People Engage in Tourism?
  • 3 Transporting the Tourist I: Surface Transport
  • 4 Transporting the Tourist II: The Aviation Sector
  • 5 Accommodation and Hospitality Services
  • 6 Tour Operating and Travel Retailing
  • 7 Visitor Attractions
  • 8 The Management of Tourism
  • 9 The Public Sector and Tourism
  • 10 Managing the Visitor and their Impacts
  • 11 The Future of Tourism: Post Tourism

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Stephen Page is Professor of Tourism at Bournemouth University.

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