by
Thomson, Anna M., 1963-
Call Number
338.4791 SUS
Publication Date
2017
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Books
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57338.6602
by
Goodwin, Harold, author.
Call Number
338.4791 GOO
Publication Date
2016
Summary
Responsible Tourism: Using tourism for sustainable development 2nd edition is about the globally vital necessity of realising sustainable tourism. It is a hugely important challenge to those who organise and sell travel and tourism, and those who consume it.
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Electronic Resources
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63389.7578
by
Wearing, Dr. Stephen L.
Call Number
338.4791
Publication Date
2016
Summary
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the key principles and challenges involved in tourism marketing in a national park context. It provides a framework to apply marketing principles to inform practices and guide the sustainable management of national parks and protected areas.
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Electronic Resources
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77628.8438
by
Cooper, Malcolm J. M.
Call Number
338.47910000000002
Publication Date
2016
Summary
A burning global issue, the achievement of sustainable tourism, can never ignore the global south or developing regions of the planet where tourism is rapidly growing. The readership of this book will be taken through a fascinating and comprehensive collection of writings on sustainable tourism, which brings together a compilation of profound conceptual and empirical research findings from diverse socio-economic and environmental settings in the developing South. The contributions of expert and new researchers review and interpret ideals and multiple realities concerning the concept of sustainability in the tourism development process. The categorization of the book into three parts - community, environment and management experience - encompasses the different flavours of sustainability in tourism, catering to the tastes of readers with different perspectives. Detailed accounts of the community component of sustainable tourism bring forth fascinating insights relating to its many facets, such as community capacity and participation, community empowerment, community integration, and community perceptions of tourism. The comprehensive nature of the book, and its diversity, provides a holistic picture of sustainable tourism in the global South today.
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Electronic Resources
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60135.6094
by
Collins, Kerri Hayden.
Call Number
338.4791
Publication Date
2015
Summary
The fast growth of the tourism industry over the past decades is one of the most remarkable economic phenomena of our time. This handbook discusses several topics on the development of tourism and management. Some of the topics discussed include managing heritage and culture; the challenges climate change arises for tourism destinations; sustainability; rural development through tourism; barriers and drivers to sustainable tourism development; and the role of tourism in the formation of environmental outlook.
Format:
Electronic Resources
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67234.9844
by
Hughes, Michael.
Call Number
338.4791
Publication Date
2015
Format:
Electronic Resources
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63392.7695
by
Parsa, H. G.
Call Number
338.4791068 SUS
Publication Date
2015
Summary
A reference on sustainability, social responsibility, and green practices in hospitality and tourism, this book presents innovative research methods in sustainability, state-of-the-art research by leading internationally recognized scholars on this topic, providing an excellent source of quality research. Readers can expect to find several new ways to pursue research in sustainability.The book covers sustainability in the context of public policy and ethics, a popular topic with universal appeal to many disciplines beyond hospitality. It includes case studies and addresses sustainability issues from hotels, restaurants, tourism, travel, meetings, and others, with authors from all five continents.
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Electronic Resources
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0.7889
by
Reddy, Maharaj Vijay.
Call Number
338.4791
Publication Date
2015
Format:
Electronic Resources
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85040.2109
by
Kozak, Metin.
Call Number
910.68399999999997
Publication Date
2015
Summary
Tourism has attracted increasing interest from not only scholars with a background in the subject, but also those studying in a number of other fields, given the growing relevance of areas such as psychology, sociology, planning and marketing. As such, this book brings together twelve chapters addressing various aspects of tourism development, from sustainability and ecotourism to cases of developing alternative tourism products. The contributions are enriched through selected practical case studies from a wide range of countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Slovenia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa, France, Turkey, and Argentina. The book, systematic in structure and thorough in content, will be useful for people from academic and practical backgrounds seeking to update their current knowledge of tourism development.
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Electronic Resources
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134446.9063
46.
by
Faure, Michaël.
Call Number
306.4819
Publication Date
2014
Format:
Electronic Resources
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49105.8711
47.
by
Faure, Michaël.
Call Number
306.4819
Publication Date
2014
Format:
Electronic Resources
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49105.8711
by
Ali, Alisha
Call Number
338.4791 ALI
Publication Date
2013
Summary
Sustainable development is a highly topical issue and is of critical importance to tourism as the environment is of utmost importance for the continued development and prosperity of the industry. There have been numerous texts written on sustainable tourism and the measures to mitigate and manage this but none which acknowledges Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as a mechanism of doing so despite being an emerging area of research. ICT in this context refers to innovative tools which form an integrated system of software and networked equipment that facilitates data processin
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Electronic Resources
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50829.4336
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