Worldwide Destinations Casebook

by Boniface, MA,Brian

• ISBN13: 9781856175388
• ISBN10: 1856175383
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-04-29
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Worldwide Destinations Casebook: the geography of travel and tourism provides over 40 comprehensive case studies of international tourism destinations. A companion text to the core textbook Worldwide Destinations 5th edition, these cases contextualise the learning and provide real life illustrations of the theories covered. With many brand new cases and others fully revised and updated, WWD casebook is now equipped with four colour design complete with pedagogic features to further aid learning and understanding. In addition to this, there is a comprehensive case matrix at the beginning of the text illustrating both topic and regional coverage of the cases. Cases are drawn from all regions of the world and include: . Climate change and crisis management -the aftermath of the 2004 Tsunami . Sun, sand, sea and sweatshops - exploitation in third world tourism . Low cost carriers . The China outbound market . Ecotourism and nature based tourism: the effects of relaxed hunting restrictions in Namibia and South Africa . Sustainability . Social and cultural impacts . Regional identity and branding . Short breaks . Stonehenge and the problems of heritage management . 'Grey' tourism and other market segments such as youth or backpacker tourism . 'New world' tourism (e.g. China, India Eastern Europe) . Mega-events such as the 2012 Olympics or the Beijing Olympics The text is also accompanied with companion website and password protected tutor resource material. * A companion text to the leading textbook Worldwide Destinations now in its fifth edition. * Comprises over 40 international case studies * User friendly, providing hints and tips on how to use case studies as a method of learning, and what can be drawn from each case

Table of Contents

Introduction

How to use this book

Cases illustrating the Elements of the Geography of Travel and Tourism

Mobilities: concepts of travel, tourism and migration

Crisis and risk management in tourism

Understanding the 'new tourist'

Analysing the world pattern of international tourism flows

The Galßpagos Islands: balancing resource conservation and tourism

The Way of St James: the pilgrimage as a cultural resource

The impact of climate change on tourism

The significance of the El Ni±o effect for tourism

Managing transport at the tourism destination

Low cost carriers: revolution or evolution?

Space: the final tourism frontier?

Tourism as agent of poverty alleviation

Cases Illustrating Regional Travel and Tourism Geography

European Union policy and tourism

London Docklands: waterfront regeneration and tourism development

The New Forest: managing tourism in an environmentally sensitive area

The Isle of Man: rejuvenating a cold water destination

Bruges: the impact of tourism in the historic city

The impact of winter sport tourism in the Austrian and Swiss Alps

Berlin: the revitalization of an European capital

Venice: heritage in danger

Tourism issues in Yemen

Managing Nile cruise tourism

Campfire: local community involvement in safari tourism

A tourism strategy for Morocco

Dubai - Where the future of tourism begins

Township tourism

Adventure tourism in Nepal

The Maldives: tourism in an island nation

Kangaroo Island: debating tourism development

The re-visioning of tired destinations: Australia's Surfers Paradise

Outbound tourism from China

Tourism in Macau

Tourism in New York City

Nunavut: the involvement of indigenous communities in tourism in the Canadian Arctic

Tourism in Hawaii

The regeneration of Rio de Janeiro

Ecotourism in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Antarctica: tourism or conservation?

Sources to support work on the case studies

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