The Routledge handbook of tourism research / edited by Cathy H.C. Hsu and William C. Gartner.

Other author Hsu, Cathy H. C.
Other author Gartner, William C.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012.
Descriptionxxxiv, 431 pages ; 26 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Tourism--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Tourism--Research. --Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Ecotourism--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

SeriesRoutledge handbooks
Contents pt. 1. Foundations for tourism research. An outline of the history of tourism theory: source material (for future research) / Boris Vukonicʹ -- Modern mass tourism in China: some theoretical issues / Julio Aramberri, Yanjun Xie -- Remodelling the language of tourism: from monologue to dialogue and trialogue / Graham M.S. Dann -- Researching tourism distribution / Douglas G. Pearce -- Impediments to international tourism: an exploration of issues in five APEC economies / Stephen L.J. Smith -- pt. 2. Implications for destination management. Assessing the impact of forecast combination on tourism demand forecasting accuracy / Haiyan Song, Kevin K.F. Wong, Stephen F. Witt -- Comparative tourism shocks / Lindsay W. Turner, Chau Jo Vu, Stephen F. Witt -- Why the public should pay for tourism marketing: a public economics perspective / Egon Smeral -- The role of individuals in the development and popularization of tourist destinations / Richard Butler, Roslyn Russell -- Home away from home: a research agenda for examining the resort community second home industry in Colorado / Patrick T. Long, Richard R. Perdue, Linda Venturoni -- pt. 3. Planning for tourism development. Planning sponsored tourism research: an investigation about its structure and trend / Honggang Xu, Jigang Bao, Botao Su -- Perspectives on tourism planning in China / Yang Wang, Geoffrey Wall -- Nurturing "social license to operate" through corporate-civil society relationships in tourism destinations / Peter W. Williams ... [et al.] -- A consensus-building approach for optimizing tourism as a sustainable development strategy: the case of the tourism policy forum / Donald E. Hawkins, Sheryl Marie Elliott -- Exploring social representations of tourism: analysing drawings of tourism / Gianna Moscardo -- pt. 4. Human capital for tourism development. Tourism, migration and human capital: knowledge and skills at the intersection of flows / Allan M. Williams -- Reflections on the social construction of skills in hospitality: preliminary findings from comparative international studies / Tom Baum ... [et al.] -- Stewardship in family businesses: implications for sustainable tourism / Donald Getz, Lyn Batchelor -- pt. 5. Emerging forms of tourism. Entertainment science and new directions for tourism research / Philip L. Pearce -- Major trends in contemporary tourism / Erik Cohen -- Resort management analysis: current and future directions / Peter Murphy -- Developments in space tourism: current and future research / Geoffrey I. Crouch -- pt. 6. Insights into tourism evolution. Global touristscapes in a rainforest: ecotourism in Sabah, Malaysia / Shinji Yamashita -- Tourism in post-socialist countries of south-eastern Europe: trends and challenges / Anton Gosar -- Landscape as theme park: tourist consumption and identity of place in contemporary Japan under conditions of rapid demographic change / Malcolm Cooper, Jeremy S. Eades -- Interviews with mainland Chinese seniors on their motivations for leisure and travel / Cathy H.C. Hsu, Kevin K.F. Wong, Liping A. Cai.
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LCCN 2012450925
ISBN9780789037046 (hbk)
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