Worldwide Destinations and Companion Book of Cases Set

by Boniface, MA,Brian

• ISBN13: 9781856176699
• ISBN10: 185617669X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-12-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The Worldwide Destinations and Companion Book of Cases Set brings together two essential and complimentary reference works offering comprehensive and up to date information, in one value for money package. Worldwide Destinations provides comprehensive coverage of worldwide tourism destinations, examining the basic principles underlying the geography of tourist demand, supply and transportation, together with a broad survey of world tourism generating and destination regions. Worldwide Destinations Casebook features over 40 comprehensive case studies of international tourism destinations, with brand-new cases studies drawn from all regions of the world. The case studies featured include The Galapagos: balancing resource conservation and tourism development, London Docklands regeneration, Re-visioning tired destinations: Australia's gold coast and Tourism in New York. . Essential information in one package with fully updated statistics, new material on hot topics such as climate change and economic capacity, as well as a wealth of international case studies . Full color layout packed with pedagogic features to aid learning . Companion website materials available

Table of Contents

Textbook: An introduction to the geography of travel and tourism

The geography of demand for tourism

The geography of resources for tourism

Climate and tourism

The geography of transport for travel and tourism

The future geographies of travel and tourism

Europe: An introduction to the tourism geography of Europe

An introduction to the tourism geography of Britain

The tourism geography of England and the Channel Islands

The tourism geography of Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man

The tourism geography of Ireland

The tourism geography of Scandinavia

The tourism geography of the Benelux countries

The tourism geography of Austria, Germany and Switzerland

The tourism geography of France

The tourism geography of Spain and Portugal

The tourism geography of Italy and Malta

The tourism geography of South-eastern Europe

The tourism geography of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the CIS

Africa and the Middle East: The tourism geography of the Middle East

The tourism geography of Africa

Asia and the Pacific: The tourism geography of South Asia

The tourism geography of East Asia

The tourism geography of Australasia and the Pacific

The Americas: The tourism geography of North America

The tourism geography of the Caribbean Islands

The tourism geography of Middle and South America Casebook: 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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