by
Mason, Peter Geoffrey.
Call Number
338.4791068 MAS
Publication Date
2008
Summary
"'Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management' is a unique text, which links these three key areas of tourism: impacts, planning and management. Tourism impacts are multi-faceted and therefore are difficult to plan for and manage. This book looks at all the key players involved - be they tourists, host communities or industry members - and considers a number of approaches and techniques for managing tourism successfully. Now in a second edition this bestselling text has been fully updated to include updated statistics and case studies, including new cases on tourism planning in Dubai, Antarctic/Arctic visitor management, wilderness area management in Montana, 7/7 bombings in the UK and terrorism in Egypt. It also includes new material on governments and planning, the role of tour guides, interpretation, information technology, crisis management and terrorism. Divided into four parts, this text discusses: * The growth, development and impacts of tourism * Tourism planning and management: concepts, issues and key players * Tools and techniques in tourism planning and management: education, regulation and information technology * The future of tourism planning and management: issues of sustainability and the future Up-to-date, international case studies are used to illustrate and provide a real-life context for the theories discussed. Exercises are also included to consolidate learning." -- Publisher's website.
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by
Singh, Manpal.
Call Number
910.68
Publication Date
2008
Summary
Tourism is a flourishing sector nowadays. As the tourism industry has grown exponentially in the past few decades, its proper management and marketing assumed an important role. As for management, there are certain tasks, which have to be taken into account for a number of different reasons. Gathering, maintaining and compiling information about the tourists is of greatest important. Be it a domestic or international, inbound or out-bond tour, providing tourists` information, healthy interaction with them, chalking out plans to cut down expenses and providing the tourists with maximum facilit
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134473.6094
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Singh, Manpal.
Call Number
XX(158132.1)
Publication Date
2007
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134470.8750
by
Woodside, A.
Call Number
338.4791
Publication Date
2007
Summary
Planning and implementing successful tourism programmes requires in depth predictions of tourist behaviour. This title provides coverage of sense making, planning, implementing, evaluating and administering tourism marketing and management programmes. It offers useful descriptions, tools, and examples of tourism management decision-making.
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134470.8281
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Page, Stephen, 1963-
Call Number
338.4791068 PAG
Publication Date
2007
Summary
"Tourism Management, has been fully revised with updated statistics and brand new case studies. Written in a user-friendly, jargon-free and engaging style, this is the ultimate student-friendly text, and a vital introduction to this exciting, ever-changing area of study. This second edition includes brand new material on new issues such as space tourism, innovations in low-cost land and air travel and the potential impact of the forthcoming 2012 Olympics."--BOOK JACKET.
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134468.0313
by
Ramos, Alejandro D.
Call Number
910.68
Publication Date
2008
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134466.9219
by
Chang, Peter R.
Call Number
910.68
Publication Date
2008
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126779.4922
by
Page, Stephen, 1963-
Call Number
338.4791 PAG
Publication Date
2007
Summary
Tourism Management: managing for change 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. Provocative and stimulating, it challenges the conventional thinking and generates reflection, thought and debate. This bestselling book is now in its second edition and has been fully revised with updated statistics and a complete set of brand new case studies. Tourism Management covers the fundamentals of tourism, introducing the following key concepts: * The development of tourism * Tourism supply and de
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126779.4766
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Morpeth, N.D.
Call Number
203.51
Publication Date
2007
Summary
Religion and spirituality are common motivations for travel, with many major tourist destinations having developed largely as a result of their connections to sacred people, places and events. Describing practical applications, models and case studies, this book provides an insight into the management of religious tourism, covering both ancient sacred sites and emerging destinations. It fully explores the pressures on sacred spaces to become commercialised and festivalised arenas, while still maintaining their religious and spiritual integrity.
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120273.4688
by
Nickson, Dennis.
Call Number
647.940683 NIC
Publication Date
2007
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114682.5078
by
Nickson, Dennis.
Call Number
338.47910683 NIC
Publication Date
2007
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114682.5000
by
Nickson, Dennis.
Call Number
338.47910683 NIC
Publication Date
2007
Summary
Human Resource Management for the Hospitality and Tourism Industries takes an integrated look at HRM policies and practices in the tourism and hospitality industries. Utilising existing human resource management (HRM) theory and practice, it contextualises it to the tourism and hospitality industries by looking at the specific employment practices of these industries, such as how to manage tour reps or working in the airline industry.It initially sets the scene with a broad review of the evidence of HRM practice within the tourism and hospitality industries. Having identified the broader pictu
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