Tourism

Covering the fundamental topics in tourism studies, this textbook for undergraduate students provides a thorough exploration of tourism as it is taught in higher education. Introducing tourism as an academic subject and guiding students through the early years of their tourism studies, Tourism is relevant not just to tourism courses but also leisure, events, transport and travel, hospitality and business studies. Postgraduate students will also find it a valuable refresher to general tourism topics. The text is presented to reflect current teaching methods and provide an up-to-date perspective in an accessible way.

Tourism begins by addressing tourism perspectives - defining tourism and setting it in a real-world business and economic context, before considering tourism people with a two-pronged approach - those employed in the tourism sector and travellers, visitors and holiday-makers who consume tourism products. Thereafter the operational elements of tourism are described in-depth: the infrastructure, facilities, legislation, financing, destination management and destination strategy that support tourism operations. Tourism development is the theme of the next section, introducing the concepts of planning, the role of organisations, tourism impacts, rural tourism, resources and sustainability. The book concludes with a discussion of tourism futures - tourism research, change, postmodernism and globalisation, and describes emerging tourism trends such as space tourism, virtual reality and the slow movement.

Contents

Preface

About this Book



PART ONE: TOURISM PERSPECTIVES

1. An Introduction to Tourism

2. The Economics of Tourism



PART TWO: TOURISM PEOPLE

3. Tourism as Employer



PART THREE: CONSUMING TOURISM

4. Air Transportation

5. Road and Rail Transportation

6. Water-borne Transport

7. Accommodation

8. Food and Beverage

9. Visitor Attractions

10. Themes in Tourism



PART FOUR: TOURISM MANAGEMENT

11. Operations Management in Tourism

12. Destination Management

13. Tourism and Destination Strategy

14. Tourism and Destination Marketing



PART FIVE: TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

15. Tourism Policy and Planning

16. Tourism and Sustainability


PART SIX: TOURISM FUTURES

17. Tourism Research

18. The Future of Tourism