Presents a guide to touring Europe by train, offering information on schedules, fares, destinations, rail passes, and tourist facilities, outlining day trips and longer itineraries, and providing directions for getting to and from train stations.

Feed your wanderlust with 40 indulgent food and drink itineraries throughout Europe. Dine below Norway's icy North Sea; devour sumptuous mezedhes in Greece; forage for wild herbs in Germany's Black Forest - with weekend 'gourmet trails' for every budget and taste bud, this book will take you on a tour of the best epicurean regions. Bon appetit! Meet the chefs cooking heirloom recipes; the trailblazing winemakers producing world-famous vino; and the culinary pioneers creating a whole new food language. Whether you wish to spend your next perfect weekend feasting on bugs in Wales or discovering UNESCO vineyards in France, this unique guide is packed with unforgettable eateries, fiercely local food specialities and essential 'gourmet trail' information to make planning your next gastronomic adventure as easy as pie.

"Visitor attractions represent a complex sector of the tourism industry and are the catalytic focus for the development of tourism infrastructure and services. The third edition of this successful text investigates these issues further and provides more solutions and suggestions for the present and future. With contributions from around the world, this is an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of visitor attraction management, written by subject specialists with a wealth of experience in this field"--

This new, fully updated fifth edition of Bradt's Oman offers all the information needed to plan a visit to this rapidly developing Arabian nation. All parts of the country are covered, including areas not featured by other guides, and Arabic script for town names is detailed to aid on-the-ground navigation and exploration. New for this edition are coverage of the restored medieval walled town of Manah, with its labyrinth of passages and mud-brick houses, developments at the UNESCO site of Ubar at Ash Shisr, and in Muscat the fort at Mutrah, with its panoramic views over the Corniche. Also covered are the seasonal cloudforest in Dhofar in the south, the mountains of the north that leap from the plains to over 3,000 metres, the two major international airports in Muscat and Salalah, transport and road developments making access from Dubai quicker and improving the journey into the Wihibah Sands, and new hotels and restaurants, from luxury to simple. For outdoor enthusiasts, adventure tourism, extreme sports (including caving and the via ferrata climbing route) and catamaran sailing are all covered, as well as birdwatching. Whether trekking little used mountain paths or visiting small villages wrapped around date oases, browsing the local market or enjoying the weekend camel and horse races, Bradt's Oman is an indispensable companion. From the famed Rub Al Khali, the world's largest sand desert, to the northern coastal town of Qurayyat, it offers everything you need for a successful trip"--

This book serves as a concise yet comprehensive, step-by-step handbook for modern event management. This Essentials edition gives students contemporary lessons and insights that they can relate to. It brings theory to life through copious practical examples, illustrative diagrams and unique case studies demonstrating best practices and pitfalls. Industry experts from across APAC?s event planning sector have contributed content to key contemporary topics including sustainability, risk management, project management and strategic alignment to client goals.

1. Cultural Heritage and Indigenous tourism / Lisa Ruhanen and Michelle Whitford -- 2. Evolution of indigenous tourism among the Lacandon of Chiapas: an application of Weaver's model / Pilar Espeso-Molinero and Maria Jose Pastor-Alfonso -- 3. Cultural sustainability - a framework for Aboriginal tourism in British Columbia Tatjana Thimm -- 4. Developing indigenous tourism in the bomas: critiquing issues from within the Maasai community in Tanzania / Kokel Melubo and Anna Carr -- 5. Settler colonialism, Indigenous cultures, and the promotional landscape of tourism in Ontario, Canada's 'near North' / Bryan S. R. Grimwood, Meghan L. Muldoon and Zachary M. Stevens -- 6. Authenticity as a compromise: a critical discourse analysis of Sami tourism websites / Cecilia de Bernardi -- 7. Indigenous tourism in Australia: understanding the link between cultural heritage and intention to participate using the means-end chain theory / Trinidad Espinosa Abascal -- 8. The interpreter as researcher: ethical heritage interpretation in Indigenous contexts / Chance Finegan.