Tourism Management and Policy

by Tan, Ern Ser; Yeoh, Brenda S. A.; Wang, Jennifer; Ser, Tan Ern

• ISBN13: 9789810247720
• ISBN10: 9810247729
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

Provides readers with a sense of where Singapore has gone and where it is in terms of tourism management and policy.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements	v
Notes on Contributors	vii
Section A: Tourism Plans	1	(90)
Tourism in Singapore: An Overview of Policies and Issues	3	(13)
Brenda S.A. Yeoh
Tan Ern Ser
Jennifer Wang
Theresa Wong
Singapore's New Economic Initiatives and Implications for Tourism	16	(27)
Linda Low
Tourism 21 and Singapore's Tourism Satellite Accounts	43	(7)
Christopher Khoo
Regionalisation as a Strategy for Singapore's Tourism Development	50	(5)
Edmund Tham
Gateways, Hubs and Destinations: Transportation Hierarchies in Southeast Asia	55	(36)
N. Sriram
Alan A. Lew
K. Raguraman
Section B: Tourism Resources and Infrastructure	91	(140)
Developments in the Air Transport Industry: Implications for Singapore Tourism	93	(37)
Anthony T.H. Chin
Modelling Competency: An Example from the Singapore Tourism Industry	130	(20)
Chong Chee Leong
Ho Yuen Ping
Tan Hwee Hoon
Ng Kwan Kee
Effects of the Regional Financial Turmoil on Gazetted Hotels in Singapore	150	(33)
Boaz Boon
Lawrence Chin
The Business of Pleasure: Singapore as a Tourism Business Centre	183	(24)
T.C. Chang
Impact of Tourism on the Retail Trade in Singapore: A Quantitative Assessment	207	(24)
Yong Jong Say
Section C: Tourism Products	231	(114)
Theme Parks in Singapore	233	(23)
Peggy Teo
Brenda S.A. Yeoh
The Cruise Industry of Southeast Asia: Singapore's Perspective	256	(10)
Lee Loong Koon
Liow Kim Chee
Managing Beach Tourism in Singapore	266	(23)
Wong Poh Poh
Marketing Authenticity in Tourism: Success and Limitations	289	(20)
Karen Chia Hwee Chin
Convention Tourism Development in Singapore: A Study of the Delegates' Family Members	309	(36)
Victor Seah Tech Siong
Abbreviations	345	(4)
Index	349