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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Events explores and critically evaluates the debates and controversies associated with the rapidly expanding domain of Event Studies. It brings together leading specialists from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, to provide a state-of-the-art review on the evolution of the subject. The first edition was a landmark study which examined how event research had evolved and developed from a range of different social science subject areas and disciplines. The Handbook was the first critique of the extent to which the subject had developed into a major area of social science inquiry.This second edition has been fully updated to reflect crucial developments in the field and includes brand new sections on ever-important aspects of Event Studies such as: anthropology, hospitality, seasonality, knowledge management, accessibility, diversity and human rights, as well as new studies on the eventful city' and the bene

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Book SynopsisThe new sixth edition of Ecotourism focuses on an array of economic, social and ecological inconsistencies that continue to plague ecotourism in theory and practice, and examines the sector in reference to other related forms of tourism, impacts, conservation, sustainability, education and interpretation, policy and governance, and the ethical imperative of ecotourism as these apply to the worldâs greenest form of tourism.Building on the success of prior editions, the text has been revised throughout to incorporate recent research, including ecotourism taking place in under-represented world regions. It includes new case studies on important themes in research and practice as well as learning objectives in each chapter. David A. Fennell provides an authoritative and comprehensive review of the most important issues, including climate change and UN Sustainable Development Goals. Ecotourism continues to be embraced as the antithesis of mass tourism because of its promise of achieving sustainability through conservation mindedness, community development, education and learning, and the promotion of nature-based activities that are sensitive to both ecological and social systems. The book debates to what extent this promise has been realised.An essential reference for those interested in ecotourism, the book is accessible to students, but retains the depth required for use by researchers and practitioners in the field. This book will be of interest to students across a range of disciplines including geography, economics, business, ethics, biology, and environmental studies.

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Book SynopsisThis international case study book provides 28 expertly curated case studies on the topic of food tourism, each with detailed implementation instructions for the instructor to maximise student participation and learning.Embellished with questions, diagrams and data throughout, these case studies have been developed by academic and industry experts with the aim of creating a more interactive teaching experience focused on 'real world' scenarios within food tourism. Each case study is logically structured and includes an aim and objectives, expected learning outcomes, required background knowledge, steps of implementation in class or online, as well as suggestions for further reading resources. Topics covered range from locally oriented gastronomy identity to innovation and sustainability, with the aim of preparing future professionals and equipping them with the necessary skills and competencies to succeed within the industry.Easy to use and international in scope, this

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Book SynopsisThe Holiday Makers is thought-provoking and profound in its analysis of the present and future patterns of work and leisure. The author analyses the different forms of tourism, examines the effects on the indigenous countries and their people, and outlines positive steps to reconcile people's holiday requirements with the world's economic and social structures.Trade Review`He has a whole range of gentle proposals which will be derided or co-opted by the travel trade, but they are all sensible.' New Society `Students of tourism and government representatives, in particular, will find this book enlightening and refreshing.' Tourism Management `...a revolutionary work.' The Sunday TimesTable of ContentsIntroduction; The model of life in industrial society work, home, free time, travel; The holiday machine or: the recreation cycle; For a humanization of everyday life; Proposals for the humanization of travel; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe last two decades have witnessed a proliferation of qualitative research in sport and exercise. The Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise is the first book to offer an in-depth survey of established and emerging qualitative methods, from conceptual first principles to practice and process.Written and edited by a team of world-leading researchers, and some of the best emerging talents, the book introduces a range of research traditions within which qualitative researchers work. It explores the different methods used to collect and analyse data, offering rationales for why each method might be chosen and guidance on how to employ each technique successfully. It also introduces important contemporary debates and goes further than any other book in exploring new methods, concepts, and future directions, such as sensory research, digital research, visual methods and how qualitative research can generate impact. Cutting-edge, timely and comprehensive, the Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise is an essential reference for any student or scholar using qualitative methods in sport and exercise-related research.Trade Review"With the ever-expanding field of qualitative research in sport and exercise, the Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise is timely and extremely useful. It is extensive and covers many elements related to qualitative research in the sport and exercise sciences from conceptual underpinnings to processes to future directions."Mark Brooke, Centre for English Language Communication, National University of SingaporeTable of Contents1. Introduction: An invitation to qualitative research (Brett Smith and Andrew C. Sparkes) PART I: Traditions of Qualitative Research 2. Breathing in life: Phenomenological perspectives on sport and exercise (Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson) 3. Doing grounded theory in sport and exercise (Nicholas L. Holt) 4. Narrative Inquiry: From cardinal to marginal…and back? (Anthony Papathomas) 5. Ethnography (Michael Atkinson) 6. Case studies (Ken Hodge and Lee-Ann Sharp) 7. Feminisms (Cheryl Cooky) 8. Embarking on community-based participatory action research: A methodology that emerges from (and in) communities (Robert J. Schinke and Amy T. Blodgett) PART II: Collecting Qualitative Data 9. Interviews: Qualitative interviewing in the sport and exercise sciences (Brett Smith and Andrew C. Sparkes) 10. Conducting observations in sport and exercise settings (Holly Thorpe and Rebecca Olive) 11. Visual research methods (Cassandra Phoenix and Emma Rich) 12. Media research: From text to context (Brad Millington and Brian Wilson) 13. Using material objects and artifacts in research (Kerry Chamberlain and Antonia C. Lyons) 14. Documents of life - from diaries to autobiographies to biographical objects (Melissa Day) PART III: Analyzing Qualitative Data 15. Using thematic analysis in sport and exercise research (Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke and Paul Weate) 16. Phenomenological analysis in sport and exercise (Susanne Ravn) 17. Interpretative phenomenological analysis in sport and exercise: Getting at experience (Jonathan A. Smith) 18. Critical discourse analysis in sport and exercise: What, why and how (Kerry R. McGannon) 19. Conversational analysis is sport and exercise (Amanda LeCouteur and Suzanne Cosh) 20. Narrative analysis in sport and exercise: How can it be done? (Brett Smith) 21. Synthesizing qualitative research: Meta-synthesis in sport and exercise (Toni L. Williams and Rachel L. Shaw) PART IV: Representation, Evaluation and Ethics 22. In defense of realist tales (Samantha King) 23. Creative analytical practices (Jenny McMahon) 24. Ethics in sport and exercise research: From research ethics committees to ethics in the field (Catherine Palmer) 25. Rethinking ‘validity’ and ‘trustworthiness’ in qualitative inquiry: How might we judge the quality of qualitative research in sport and exercise sciences? (Shaunna Burke) PART V: Opening Up Qualitative Research Practices in Sport and Exercise 26. Researching the senses in sport and exercise (Andrew C. Sparkes) 27. The Web and digital qualitative methods: Researching online and researching the online in sport and exercise studies (Andrea Bundon) 28. Pluralistic data analysis: Theory and practice (Nicola J. Clarke, Nick Caddick and Nollaig Frost) 29. Mixed methods research in sport and exercise: Integrating qualitative research (Kass Gibson) 30. The role of theory, interpretation and critical thought within qualitative sport and exercise research (Tania Cassidy) 31. Teaching qualitative research (Camilla J. Knight) 32. Knowledge, not numbers: Qualitative research and impact in sport, exercise and health (Tess Kay) 33. Moving between worldviews: Indigenous physical cultures through Indigenous eyes (Moss E. Norman and Michael A. Hart) PART VI: Future Visions 34. Thinking about the future: Challenges and opportunities (Tara-Leigh McHugh) 35. A look at the future of qualitative methodology through the prism of athlete career research (Natalia B. Stambulova) 36. Qualitative research in search of ‘truth’ and agency: Challenges and opportunities for qualitative research (Cora Burnett) 37. Challenges and opportunities for qualitative research: Future directions (Michael D. Giardina) 38. Embracing the messiness of qualitative research: Challenges and opportunities for qualitative researchers in sport and exercise (Vikki Krane)

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Book SynopsisHow does tourism impact theatre? How do theatrical ways of seeing, knowing, and acting shape tourism? How do economic and political processes like colonization or neoliberalization influence them both? And what is the future of these twinned global leisure industries?Theatre and tourism are kindred practices. Both engage their patrons in experiences of temporary escape to distant places, times, or different lives. Both stage expressive, communicative, embodied encounters in real time and space. Tourism and theatre are both sites of public pedagogy, cultural diplomacy, and cosmopolitan consciousness, promising pleasure and knowledge from the spectacle of others and elsewheres. This concise study explores the historical and contemporary entanglement of theatre and tourism, and speculates about the future as emerging technologies reshape both industries, offering new experiences of presence, embodiment, and mobility.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Theatrical Tourism 3. Touristic Theatre 4. Staging Culture

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Book SynopsisIn Marx at the Arcade, acclaimed researcher Jamie Woodcock delves into the hidden abode of the gaming industry. In an account that will appeal to hardcore gamers, digital skeptics, and the joystick-curious, Woodcock unravels the vast networks of artists, software developers, and factory and logistics workers whose seen and unseen labor flows into the products we consume on a gargantuan scale. Along the way, he analyzes the increasingly important role the gaming industry plays in contemporary capitalism and the broader transformations of work and the economy that it embodies.Trade Review"Rejecting both fanboy boosterism and moralistic denunciations, Marx at the Arcade offers a refreshing approach to video games analysis. Woodcock never loses sight of the fact that the material conditions behind game production shapes the stories games tell and how they tell them, but does not reduce its analysis of the medium to these material conditions. The book highlights how it feels to actually play a game, what makes it fun, and why that participatory aspect matters when discussing what a game communicates as a cultural product." —Jacobin "Marx at the Arcade. Consoles, Controllers, and Class Struggle by Jamie Woodcock is a seminal text if you want to understand the power dynamics behind the production, distribution and consumption of video games, seen as cultural products through a Marxist lens." —Il Manifesto "Jamie Woodcock has written a book as fun and engrossing as any game. Not only does he bring a sharp Marxist analysis to the videogames industry--in turn, he uses games to further our understanding of Marx. Whether you game or not, an indispensable book." —Sarah Jaffe, author of Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt "In his delightful Marx at the Arcade, Jamie Woodcock launches an urgently-needed workers’ inquiry into video and computer games—investigating both the work that goes into producing such games and the play in which so many of us seek relief from constant work. Lucid, scholarly, energetic and itself playful, Marx at the Arcade sets a new frontier for radical political understanding of the digital game." —Nick Dyer-Witheford "Marx at the Arcade is an important, brilliant and timely read that reveals the oft-ignored lives of overworked and exploited game workers, as well as the rise of the global Game Workers Unite movement that is fighting for change. Placing games within the context of a wider cultural and political struggle, Woodcock makes a compelling case for combating the toxic and reactionary elements of games culture, and pushing games towards a more positive, radical role in the world." —Karn Bianco, Games Workers Unite "Combining the unalloyed enthusiasm of the gamer with the critical gaze of the historical materialist, Jamie Woodcock's book cracks open the console to reveal the struggles over value, labour and the meaning of play that haunt the world of videogames. Even readers who last played a videogame in an arcade will gain much from this lucid and combative exploration of the industry that organizes the "free time" of countless millions."—Alberto Toscano, Reader in Critical Theory, Goldsmiths, University of London, author of Fanaticism: On the Uses of an Idea “In this highly readable, up-to-the-minute counter-guide to videogame work and play, Jamie Woodcock skillfully breaks play out of the “magic circle,” not only revealing capitalism’s shaping influence on digital game culture but also restoring a political perspective on games as a site of struggle. Whether revisiting game history, analyzing individual games, unpacking the distinctiveness of the game commodity, or reporting on the increasingly contested working conditions of game developers, Woodcock richly illustrates the use value of Marxian concepts to the critical study of game media.” —Greig de Peuter, co-author of Games of Empire: Global Capitalism and Video Games “We, as people broadly on the left, have neglected gaming at our peril. Jamie Woodcock’s Marx at the Arcade represents an important step into that fray—theorizing play, games, and their labour from the left.” –Manchester Gaming Studies Network “On the face of it, Marxists might not seem to have all that much to say about video games and gamers might not necessarily have all that much interest in Marx. But Jamie Woodcock’s brilliant book explains why they both should.” –Morning Star “Jamie Woodcock is perhaps one of England's most interesting researchers right now . . . Marx that the Arcade should . . . be read by anyone who ever controlled a bunch of pixels over a screen.” –Flammen

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Book SynopsisBefore COVID-19 hit, the biggest problem in the world of travel was overtourism. Crowds threatened to spoil natural environments and make daily life unbearable for residents of popular travel destinations. Then, seemingly overnight, tourism nearly ceased. Yet there is no question that travel will resume; the only question is, when it does, what will it look like? Will we return to a world of overrun monuments, littered beaches, and gridlocked city streets? Or can we do things differently this time? Overtourism: Lessons for a Better Future charts a path toward tourism that is not only sustainable but regenerative for the places we love and the people who live there. Bringing together tourism officials, city council members, travel journalists, consultants, scholars, and trade association members, this practical book explores overcrowding from a variety of perspectives. After examining the causes and effects of overtourism, it turns to management approaches in five distinct types of tourism destinations: 1. historic cities; 2. national parks and protected areas; 3. World Heritage Sites; 4. beaches and coastal communities; and 5. destinations governed by regional and national authorities. While each location presents its own challenges, common mitigation strategies are emerging. Visitor education, traffic planning, and redirection to lesser-known sites are among the measures that can protect the economic benefit of tourism without overwhelming local communities. As tourism revives around the world, these innovations will guide government agencies, parks officials, site managers, civic groups, environmental NGOs, tourism operators, and others with a stake in protecting our most iconic places.Table of ContentsForeword \ Elizabeth Becker Acknowledgments Chapter 1. A Growing Problem \ Arnie Weissmann Chapter 2. Historic Cities Chapter 2.1. Europe’s Historic Cities \ Francesca Street Chapter 2.2. Barcelona, Spain \ Albert Arias Sans, Aina Pedret, Natalia Sanchez Castro Chapter 2.3. Charleston, South Carolina \ Dan Riccio Chapter 2.4. Edinburgh, Scotland \ Aileen Lamb Chapter 3. National Parks and Protected Areas Chapter 3.1. US National Parks: The Unfatigued Allure of Wild Places \ Richard Bangs with Martha Honey Chapter 3.2. Brazil’s National Parks \ James R. Barborak, Juarez Michelotti, Thiago do Val Beraldo-Souza, Paulo Eduardo Pereira-Faria Chapter 3.3. Banff National Park, Canada \ Kaitlin Worobec Chapter 3.4. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania \ Dave Blanton Chapter 4. World Heritage Sites Chapter 4.1. Overtourism at World Heritage Sites \ Martha Honey Chapter 4.2. Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail \ Louise Norton Chapter 4.3. Luang Prabang, Laos \ Robyn Bushell Chapter 4.4. Mount Everest \ Birendra KC with Kelsey Frenkiel Chapter 5. Beaches and Coastal Communities Chapter 5.1. Beaches and Coastlines \ Andrea Sachs Chapter 5.2. The Galapagos \ Carter Hunt Chapter 5.3. Big Sur, California \ Roberta Atzori Chapter 5.4. Hawai’i \ Frank Haas Chapter 6. Destination Governance Chapter 6.1. Overtourism and Destination Governance \ Jonathan Tourtellot Chapter 6.2. Iceland \ Nathan Reigner, Maria Reynisdottir Chapter 6.3. Lake Tahoe, CA & Nevada \ Julie Regan Chapter 6.4. Colorado \ Cathy Ritter Chapter 6.5. New Zealand \ Andrea Insch Chapter 6.6. Trolltunga \ Christina Beckmann, Kaitie Worobec Chapter 7. From Overtourism to No Tourism: Finding a New Normal \ Martha Honey List of Acronyms List of Contributors About CREST Index

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Book SynopsisThis informative volume on the shifting requirements of the hospitality service industry aims to incorporate smart information technology into tourism services. A resource written specifically for tourism service industry professionals, it provides a focused approach to introducing Industry 4.0-related technologies. It explains how artificial intelligence can support a company's strategy to revolutionize the business by using smart technology most effectively. The chapters explore artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, big data, blockchain, and automation and robotics in the hospitality industry.

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Book SynopsisWe've all been tourists at some point in our lives. How is it we look so condescendingly at people taking selfies in front of the Tower of Pisa? Is there really much to distinguish the package holiday from hipster city-breaks to Berlin or Brooklyn? Why do we engage our free time in an activity we profess to despise?The World in a Selfie dissects a global cultural phenomenon. For Marco D'Eramo, tourism is not just the most important industry of the century, generating huge waves of people and capital, calling forth a dedicated infrastructure, and upsetting and repurposing the architecture and topography of our cities. It also encapsulates the problem of modernity: the search for authenticity in a world of ersatz pleasures.D'Eramo retraces the grand tours of the first globetrotters - from Francis Bacon and Samuel Johnson to Arthur de Gobineau and Mark Twain - before assessing the cultural meaning of the beach holiday and the 'UNESCO-cide' of major heritage sites. The tourist selfie will never look the same again.Trade ReviewA sophisticated, engaging, clever book -- Sabine Peters * Berliner Zeitung *Provocative and entertaining -- Andrea Dernbach * Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin *A work of intelligence and wit: the history and phenomenology of the tourist, from Hegel to Tripadvisor * La Repubblica *Accumulates surprising and unsettling data, interpretations and testimonies, putting certainties we take for granted into crisis: the distinction between material and immaterial values, between commodities and fetishes, between modernity and post-modernity -- Giuliano Milani * Internazionale, Rome *Chicago, America's megalopolis-as-metaphor, has found its leftward de Toqueville in Marco d'Eramo. His book is as rare as an Indian Head penny and as hard as truth. It is a book that Algren, Dreiser, Altgeld and Darrow would have acclaimed as 'on the button' -- Studs Terkel * for The Pig and the Skyscraper *Fun and challenging, The World in a Selfie mixes the flavors of Mark Twain, Karl Marx, and theme parks to result in a real and welcome trip elsewhere. -- Meredith Grahl Counts * Foreword Reviews *Marco D'Eramo deconstructs the politics of sightseeing, and the search for authenticity within it. * New York Times Book Review *A sophisticated, engaging, clever book * Berliner Zeitung *Surprising and unsettling, putting certainties we take for granted into crisis * Internazionale *Provocative and entertaining * Der Tagesspiegel *A work of intelligence and wit * la Repubblica *The World in a Selfie is digressive, the chapters like a series of meditations that touch on various aspects of travel and tourism. -- Sophie Haigney * The New Republic *Readable, well-researched and well-written. -- Mik Sabiers * Morning Star *Thought-provoking . This is an intriguing book for sociologists and economists, as well as for serious travelers wishing to understand their impact as they once again move about the globe. -- Cindy Pauldine * Shelf Awareness (Starred Review) *A bracing, provocative examination of an all-too-human pastime. -- Benjamin Shull * Wall Street Journal *A fascinating journalistic approach to one the biggest influences on our economy and imaginations, The World in a Selfie spellbinds. A wonderful read for travelers and non-travelers in the new world of a pandemic. * Champagne Living *The truth is that tourists have always been unpopular ... The root of the stigmatisation, argues Marco D'Eramo, is the resentment of rattrapage, one social class catching up with another. -- Tom Robbins * Financial Times *A provocative take on the meanings of contemporary travel. -- Jim Gladstone * Passport Magazine *In a summer when all our assumptions about travel and tourism are being called into question, this engrossing book, newly translated from Italian, is the ideal guide. -- Tom Robbins * Financial Times: Summer books of 2021 *Andras's novel reaches for imaginative inner connections and syntheses across scale and time. He is no stranger to sociological contradiction, nor to psychological complexity. -- Jeffery R. Webber * Spectre *

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Book SynopsisDestinations are a central feature of tourism and the focus of much tourism research. Destinations have been studied from diverse perspectives using multiple concepts and a range of approaches. As a result, destination research today has become increasingly fragmented as studies have become more specialized. There is a need for a more integrated approach, one which systematically draws together these different research threads to provide a comprehensive and coherent picture and a fuller understanding of destinations, their structure and how they function. This book provides such a synthesis by critically reviewing a wide range of international research and incorporating in one volume many different facets of destinations from studies which have appeared in related but often divergent literatures. Conceptual and methodological issues are illustrated with empirical examples from Europe, North and South America, Asia and Oceania. This material is drawn together around two major structural themes: spatial and organizational structure. Spatial structure concerns the physical location, distribution, configuration and inter-connectedness of products, services and actors and the factors which underlie the resultant patterns of these. Organizational structure focuses on the diverse configurations and the ways in which multiple actors, collectively and individually, come together, interact and behave to produce the experiences sought by tourists. The originality and contribution of this work lies in the systematic examination and combination of these two themes across destinations from the national to the local scale. This integrated approach provides fresh insights, produces a comprehensive understanding of destinations and identifes avenues for future research.Table of Contents1: Introduction: the Spatial and Organizational Structure of Destinations 2: Perspectives on Destinations 3: Frameworks for Tourist Destinations 4: Analysing the Structure of Destinations 5: Structure of National Destinations 6: Structure of Regional Destinations 7: Structure of Urban Destinations 8: Structure of Coastal Resorts¬ 9: Structure of Ski Resorts and Rural and Natural Area Destinations 10: Spatial and Organizational Structure of Destinations: a Synthesis

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Book SynopsisTourism has huge significance as a global economic and social phenomenon, and given the growing reliance on the industry by service-dependent economies around the world, the lack of focus on tourism planning and development in South Asia is surprising. Current issues including social, environmental and cultural aspects underpinned by security challenges have defined the tourism development narratives in many South Asian countries over the last decades and lead to fluid demand and supply patterns. The appetite for and reliance on tourism growth is seen regardless of the numerous challenges faced by the region. Despite a rich and steady history of tourism and demand driven by numerous pull-destinations, most South Asian countries have not invested or benefitted from global tourism growth trends. This book discusses tourism planning and development in South Asian countries and reveals successful and unsuccessful stories by: providing thorough analyses of the nature and focus on tourism development in South Asia; analysing the experiences and challenges addressed via country-focused chapters; identifying the key impacts and current challenges; including cases from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and more. Written by scholars with extensive research experience on tourism in these countries, this book is a much-needed resource and an invaluable reference for researchers, policy makers and other tourism stakeholders involved in tourism planning and development.Table of ContentsIntro: Introduction Chapter 1: A Case Study on Impacts of Community Participation in Tourism Planning And Destination Management In Kerala, India. Chapter 2: Planning Agritourism Development in Sri Lanka: Farmers’ Incentives and Barriers Chapter 3: History of Tourism Planning and Development in Nepal: Achievements and Challenges to Sustainable Future of Tourism Chapter 4: Tourism in Afghanistan Chapter 5: Planning for Sustainable Tourism Development in Bhutan Chapter 6: Tourism Policy Planning in Bangladesh: Perspective and Propositions Chapter 7: Tourism Development And Its Impact On Economic Growth In Pakistan Chapter 8: The Role of International Tourism in the Maldives Conclusion: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisAdvances in Hospitality and Leisure (AHL), a peer-reviewed research journal, has been published annually since 2004. AHL is indexed in Scopus and included in the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) journal quality list. Its editors, editorial board members, ad-hoc reviewers entail scholars from North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. AHL with international in focus attempts to divulge the innovative methods of inquiry so as to inspire new research topics that are vital and have been in large neglected in the context of hospitality, tourism, and leisure. It strives to address the needs of the populace willing to disseminate seminal ideas, concepts, and theories derived from scholarly inquiries. AHL covers full papers and research notes in the matter of conceptual models and empirical investigations using inductive and deductive methods. The authors of this publication come from and Africa, America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, and Middle East. Potential readers may retrieve useful articles to outline new research agendas, suggest viable topics for a dissertation work, and augment the knowledge of the new subjects of learning.Table of ContentsFull Paper Chapter 1. Luxury Hospitality and Sustainability: An Oxymoron or Viable Pursuit?; Clare Hindley, Johanna Van Stiphout, and Willy Legrand Chapter 2. Mapping Well-Being for Elders: The Antecedents and Consequences of Perceived Freedom in Leisure; You-De Dai, Giun-Ting Yeh, Tsungpo Tsai, Yi-Chun Chen, and Yuan-Chiu Chen Chapter 3. Virtual Reality Tour Segmentation via User Experiences; Ruiping Ren Chapter 4. Key Lessons in Developing Successful Drive Tourism in a Peripheral Destination; Michelle Thompson and Bruce Prideaux Chapter 5. A Study on the Influence of Cultural Heritage Tourism Perception on the National Tourism Image And Cultural Identify of Overseas Chinese Youth; Han Zhang, Jingqi Wang, and Han Shen Chapter 6. Ipa-Kano Approach to Evaluating Service Quality: A Case of Taijiang National Park, Taiwan; Wan-Yu Liu, Jie Wang, and Joseph S. Chen Chapter 7. Effects of Food Experience, Emotion, and Place Attachment On Heritage Tourists’ Revisit Intention; An-Na Li, You-De Dai, Tsungpo Tsai, Giun-Ting Yeh, and Yuan-Chiu Chen Research Note Chapter 8. From Struggle to Survive: A Market Overview for the Cruise Industry; Tianyo Pan and Rachel J.C. Fu

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Book SynopsisThis new textbook provides a comprehensive overview of sustainable tourism framed around the UN’s sustainable development goals. It examines the origins and dimensions of sustainable tourism and offers a detailed account of sustainable initiatives and management across destinations, the tourism industry, public sector and leading agencies. The book explores the principal values and priorities in sustainable development through a better understanding of values, ethics and human nature. It covers a broad range of studies from an array of disciplinary perspectives and includes learning objectives, discussion questions and international case studies throughout. It is an important text for students and researchers in tourism and sustainability.Trade ReviewThis book will surely become the standard text on sustainable tourism and remain so for a long time. It is well written and closely argued, very well referenced, and includes clear and highly relevant examples. The authors do much more than touch all the bases, they explore them in depth, and not only discuss what could be done, but how and why such actions need to be taken. * Richard Butler, Emeritus Professor, University of Strathclyde, UK *It is very clear that we need to do a better job of educating people about what sustainability means for tourism. This book is an excellent addition to the resources we need for this education. In addition to providing a comprehensive overview of the major elements and core concepts of relevance, it also contains numerous case studies that many readers will find of great value. Most importantly, it tackles the values, ethics and motivations needed if we are to make tourism a force for good. * Gianna Moscardo, James Cook University, Australia *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction to Sustainability Chapter 2. Introduction to the Ecosphere Chapter 3. Introduction to the Noösphere Chapter 4. Sustainable Tourism in Action Chapter 5. The Sustainable Destination Chapter 6. The Tourism Industry (1) Chapter 7. The Tourism Industry (2) Chapter 8. Key Agencies and Influencers of Sustainable Tourism Chapter 9. Protected Areas, Ecotourism and Sustainability Chapter 10. Cross Cutting Issues Impacting Upon Sustainable Tourism Chapter 11. Sustainable Tourism Futures Chapter 12. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the cutting-edge concept of gamification in tourism. It provides a theoretical foundation for tourism gamification and discusses the concepts of gaming and gamification and their application in the tourism and hospitality industry. The chapters offer valuable insights by showcasing examples of best practice from different countries and addressing key issues of game mechanism and game design principles. They focus on areas such as game design elements, game player types and their motivation, location-based games, augmented reality and virtual reality games. The volume will be useful for students and researchers in tourism marketing, digital tourism, smart tourism and tourism futures. It also serves as a helpful tool for tourism industry practitioners looking to increase customer engagement, enhance loyalty and raise brand awareness.Trade ReviewGiven the global Covid-19 crisis, the importance of digital for travel has grown massively. Gamification adds value to digital interactions by creating more interesting and compelling digital experiences. By presenting the state of the art in both the theory and practice of gamification, this text makes a valuable contribution for anyone wanting to compete in our new and increasingly virtual travel marketplace. * Peter O'Connor, University of South Australia, Australia *Rich in theory and filled with practical cases from around the globe, this book convincingly shows how central gamification and gaming are to experience creation and persuasion in the hedonic context of tourism and hospitality. The many illustrations make it an especially engaging read! * Ulrike Gretzel, University of Southern California, USA *In hard times we must not forget the importance of having fun and enjoying life. Thus, gamification as a playful approach to interacting with systems is not only an emerging field in IT and tourism, but also a reminder not to forget the sunny side of life. I enjoyed reading this excellent collection of papers, by both well established and new researchers. * Hannes Werthner, Vienna University of Technology, Austria *Given the growing demand for co-created novel and memorable experience, and the capabilities of digitalization to support it, the book “Gamification for Tourism” is a valuable source of theoretical and empirical knowledge for tourist academicians and practitioners, who search for innovative ways to design advanced tourist experience. -- Katerina Volchek, Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Germany * Information Technology & Tourism, January 2022 *The volume delivers a wealth of case studies from all over the world, including original applications and games, participation through third-party apps (e.g., Pokémon Go), and adaptations of existing technologies (e.g., geocaching) [...] Highly recommended. -- L. deLaubell, SUNY Cortland, USA * CHOICE connect, Vol. 60 No. 1 *Table of ContentsFigures and Tables Acknowledgements Contributors Chapter 1. Feifei Xu & Dimitrios Buhalis: Gamification in Tourism: The Cutting-Edge Trend in Tourism Part 1: Gamification Theories Chapter 2. Demos Parapanos & Eleni Michopoulou: Gamification, Game Mechanics, Game Thinking and Players' Profile and Life Cycle Chapter 3. Russell B. Williams: Understanding Games and Gamified Experiences: The MAPS-AIM Model Chapter 4. Ye (Sandy) Shen & Marion Joppe: Gamification: Practices, Benefits and Challenges Part 2: Gamification Application and Case Studies Chapter 5. Zuhal Cilingir Uk & Yaşar Gultekin: Gamification Applications in Hospitality and Airline Industries: A Unified Gamification Model Chapter 6. Marianna Sigala & Elin Nilsson: Innovating the Restaurant Industry: The Gamification of Business Models and Customer Experiences Chapter 7. Feifei Xu and Shaojin Li: Destination Marketing via Gamification: A Case Study of the Austria Adventure Game Chapter 8. Luiz Pinto Machado: Gamification and Geocaching for Tourism Destinations: Marketing Madeira, Portugal Chapter 9. Pablo Garrido-Pintado: Advergaming in Tourism: Spanish Cases Chapter 10. Russell B. Williams: Pokémon GO: Serious Leisure and Game-Playing Tourists Chapter 11. Sara MacBride-Stewart, Clare Parsons and Ilona Carati: Playfulness and Game Play: Using Geocaching to Engage Young People’s Well-being in a National Park Chapter 12. Evrim Çeltek: Gamification: Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality Games and Tourism Marketing Applications Chapter 13. Feifei Xu & Dimitrios Buhalis: Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThe Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC) model is one of the most cited articles in the tourism literature, and since its publication has continued to be frequently quoted and utilised by academics and those in the tourism industry. Over the past 40 years it has been subject to widespread application and discussion, as well as elaboration, modification and criticism. This book provides a final overview of the use and contribution of the model, its strengths and weaknesses, and particularly its relevance in the 21st century in the context of problems such as overtourism and disasters, including the Covid-19 pandemic. The authors represent a mixture of senior academics, all of whom have used the TALC in their research, and younger scholars who have also used and modified the model. The final section considers revisions and concludes with a new version of the model.

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Book SynopsisService Management Principles for Hospitality & Tourism in the Age of Digital Technology 4th edition was developed through many years of teaching service management mainly to hospitality and tourism management students. This edition ensures that the content of this book remains current and includes references and examples about how service organizations can capitalize on, or are impacted by, ongoing technological and social changes impacting the world, such as the sharing economy, social media, mobile and wearable technologies, online communities, and many others. This edition offers a significant uplift in the way technology impacts all of the service management principles in the book, with countless new examples, links, and cases. It guides managers to a new perspective that sees hospitality and tourism as essential service businesses requiring a holistic cross-functional approach to meeting customers' needs within the context of personal relationships and experience. Service Management Principles for Hospitality & Tourism in the Age of Digital Technology:* incorporates pedagogical features including examples, review questions, study objectives, chapter outlines, key words, diagrams and photos, tips boxes, and more!* surveys many topics covering operations, marketing, and human resources.* provides a sound set of principles of service management.This text introduces students to a range of interrelated topics that are fundamentally critical to success in service enterprises.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook presents a comprehensive overview of the environmental impacts of various types of adventure tourism and how these can be best managed. This volume follows on from the authors previous textbook – ‘Outdoor Recreation: Environmental Impacts and Management’ and continues the aim of developing a deeper understanding of how tourist numbers impact the environment and to provide practical solutions to these problems. Combining their own first-hand experience and research with extensive literature review the authors' present several popular adventure tourism destinations from across the globe, including the Arctic, the Himalayas, Africa, Australia and Scotland as case studies. Chapters cover the particular challenges faced by each region: including impacts on animals and birds; the spread of invasive plant species and diseases; trail impacts on vegetation; impacts on geological, historical and archaeological sites and pollution and waste issues. A discussion and evaluation of the possible management actions for minimising these impacts and how outdoor recreation tourists can be regulated concludes each chapter. This practical and engaging textbook will be invaluable to students and scholars of adventure tourism and outdoor recreation as well as practitioners and managers working in the field.Table of ContentsChapter 1: What Is Adventure Tourism?Chapter 2: Adventure Tourism in AntarcticaChapter 3: The Arctic Islands: Svalbard and IcelandChapter 4: Adventure Tourism in the Russian ArcticChapter 5: Adventure Tourism in GreenlandChapter 6: Adventure Tourism in the Canadian ArcticChapter 7: Adventure Tourism in AlaskaChapter 8: Adventure Tourism in the HimalayasChapter 9: The AndesChapter 10: East AfricaChapter 11: Australia and New ZealandChapter 12: ScotlandChapter 13: Climate Change and Adventure Tourism

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Book SynopsisIn today’s information-saturated world, food and drink establishments need not only to offer high-quality products, but also good communication ideas, a unique visual identity and graphic design that stands out from the rest. For these companies, unique branding starts with basic elements such as a logo, slogan, font, and colour scheme, and is finally reflected in the product, packaging and related design. This book focuses on graphic design, showing how the unique visual identity of the food industry can help companies attract consumers and achieve success, providing inspiration for graphic and shop designers and entrepreneurs in this area of business. It includes case studies comprising cafés, restaurants, bars, dessert shops and bakeries.

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Book SynopsisThe Zannier Hotel was born from the idea that, it was time to rethink our approach to travel and luxury hospitality by presenting an authentic cultural experience. The first hotel, Le Chalet, opened its doors in Megève in 2011 and set the tone – understated elegance in a tranquil setting, inviting togetherness and encouraging wholesome experiences. Founder and CEO, Arnaud Zannier, continues to hone the recipe that makes up the signature offering of both the hotels and residences: a focus on all the seemingly minor details that ultimately make for an unforgettable stay. The establishments across Europe, Africa and Asia are designed to nourish body, mind and soul. This book captures the earthy tones and raw natural environment that encompasse Omaanda lodge in the middle of the Namibian savanna and Sonop lodge in the Namib dessert; it evokes the sights and sounds of the rice paddy fields leading to Phum Baitang resort in Cambodia and activates palettes ready to taste the diversity of world flavours in traditional kitchen settings – from Menorca’s Nonna Bazaar to Bãi San Hô beach resort in Vietnam.

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Book SynopsisDiscover new places with handy road atlases from Collins. Explore Ireland with this handy format route-planning atlas in full colour, complete with information on places of tourist interest including famous film locations. There are also fully indexed town centre plans of Belfast, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Derry/Londonderry. This atlas, at A5 size, contains mapping of the whole of Ireland at 9 miles to 1 inch (1:570,240). The mapping is beautifully designed with colour classified roads and subtle layered height tinting. The atlas is ideal for residents, visitors and tourists alike. Key features of the atlas include: All Ireland route planning maps Town centre plans Places of interest including TV and film locations from productions such as Game of Thrones, Star Wars and Harry Potter Blue Flag and Green Coast beaches map List of tourist information centres Full

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Book SynopsisThis textbook shows how cities, regions and countries adopt branding strategies similar to those of leading household brand names in an effort to differentiate themselves and emotionally connect with potential tourists. It asks whether tourist destinations get the reputations they deserve and uses topical case studies to discuss brand concepts and challenges. It tackles how place perceptions are formed, how cities, regions and countries can enhance their reputations as creative, competitive destinations, and the link between competitive identity and strategic tourism policy making.Table of ContentsPart 1: Destination Branding Concepts 1. Introduction: Tourism Places, Branding and Reputation Management 2. Branding and the Nation 3. Competitive Identity and Brand Management 4. A Place Marketing and Brand Management Perspective Revisited 5. The Theory of Country Brand and Product Images Part 2: Destination Branding Challenges 6. The Integration Challenge 7. The Partnership Challenge 8. The Leadership Challenge 9. The People Challenge 10. The Digital Challenge 11. The Authenticity Challenge 12. The Aesthetics Challenge 13. The Accountability Challenge: Budgeting and Evaluation 14. The Ethical Challenge 15. The Future Challenge: Scenario Planning Part 3: Destination Brand Management Cases 16. Branding, Stakeholders and Integration: Nambia 17. Branding, Nationhood and Identity: Singapore 18. Branding and New Destinations 19. Branding and Small Cities: The USA 20. Branding and Landmark Projects: Hong Kong and Macau 21. Branding and Blogging: Wales 22. Branding and Sports Events: Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne 23. Branding and Cultural Events: Milan and Expo 2015 24. Branding and Mega-events: London 2012 25. Branding, Risk and Conflict: Northern Ireland

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Tourism Experience Management and Marketing offers a comprehensive and thorough inquiry into both customary and emergent issues of tourism experience and co-creation. Drawing together contributions from 83 authors from 28 countries with varied backgrounds and interdisciplinary interests, the handbook highlights multiple representations and interpretations of the theme. It also integrates a selection of illustrative global case studies to effectively present its chapter contents.Tourism experience drives the contemporary tourist's behavior as they travel in pursuit of experiencing unique and unusual destinations and activities. Creating a memorable and enduring experience is therefore a prerequisite for the all tourism business organizations irrespective of the nature of their products or services. This handbook focuses on conceptualizing, designing, staging, managing and marketing paradigms of tourism experiences from both suppTrade Review“Filled with thoughtful pieces penned by writers from around the world, this handbook covers a variety of topics focusing on theoretical as well as practical facets of tourism experience management and marketing. The topics covered range from traditional frameworks for designing, delivering and managing tourism experiences to more current and emerging topics such as co-creating tourism experiences with customers and using technological advances to enhance and promote tourism experiences. This volume is a valuable resource for tourism researchers and practitioners.”A. Parasuraman, Professor of Marketing and Holder of the James W. McLamore Chair, University of Miami, USA“The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Experience Management and Marketing represents an unparalleled collection of thoughtful contributions to the advancement of experience thinking. It will prove an invaluable resource not only within the tourism industry, but for any experience-focused professional, as many of the models, metrics, design considerations, and technology twists put forth provide insights applicable to any experience-minded business. Indeed, in the Experience Economy – where time is the currency of consumption – all customers are tourists; and this volume helps set the agenda as enterprises compete to offer compelling places to spend their time.”B. Joseph Pine II & James H. Gilmore, co-authors of The Experience Economy: Competing for Time, Attention, and Money“The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Experience Management and Marketing provides comprehensive coverage of recent experience research and thinking. The handbook provides 52 chapters from authors from around the world. Sections of the handbook that are of topical interest include designing experiences, technology-enabled experiences, and sustainable tourism experiences. The chapters cover experience in diverse contexts such as hospitality, attractions, gastronomy, travel, and accommodation. Theoretical, methodological and empirical chapters include international case studies. This edited book is a timely collection providing the state of the art of management and marketing of tourism experiences.”Noel Scott, Professor of Tourism Management, Sustainability Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, AustraliaTable of ContentsPart 1: Tourism experience: theories, structure and frameworks 1. Conceptualizations of tourism experience. 2. A Systematic Review of The Tourism Experience Research From 2009 To 2018. 3. Key Drivers of Tourism Experience. 4. Typology of Tourism Experience. 5. Customer Experience in Tourism: An Overview. 6. The Role and Measurement of Emotions in Tourist Experiences. 7. The essence of memorable experience. 8. Service emplyees and customer experience. 9. Relationships between tourists’ emotional experiences, perceived overall image, satisfaction, and loyalty. 10. Tourism and the experience economy: a critique? Part 2: Crafting Tourism Experiences. 11. Understanding the experience design process. 12. Experiential choice in tourism. 13. The service experiencescape. 14. Exploring image, perception and motivation in tourism experience. 15. Learning through extraordinary tourism experiences. 16. Resident Driven City Hospitality Design and Delivery. 17. Experiential Heritage Tourism Designing in United Arab Emirates. 18. Trends in Experience Design: Strategies for Attracting Millennials to Wineries in Victoria, Australia. 19. The Role of themes and stories in tourism experiences. 20. Understanding Performativity and Embodied Tourism Experiences in Animal-Based Tourism in the Arctic. 21. Experiential Dissonance. Part 3: Marketing Tourism Experiences. 22. Traditional versus Experiential Marketing in Tourism. 23. Marketing Approach to the Tourist Experience. 24. Experiential marketing for tourism destinations. 25. Relationship Marketing: A Consumer Experience Perspective. 26. Interpreting Relationships among Oktoberfest Tourists’ Experiences and Perceived Value, Overall Satisfaction and Loyalty Behaviors for Better Marketing Strategy Decisions. 27. Delivering Quality and Memorable Tourism Experience. 28. Marketing gastronomic tourism experiences. 29. Managing Brand Experience and Reputation in the Hotel Business. 30. Managing Service Failure and Recoveries. 31. Dark Tourism: Negative Experiences as Part of Modern Tourism. Part 4: Technology enabled tourism experiences. 32. Sharing Economy and Tourism Experience. 33. An Exploration of Experiential Travel Behavior during Traveler Journey. 34. Co-Construction of the Tourist Experience via Social Networking Sites. 35. Technologies for Enhancing Wine Tourism Experience. 36. Pictures, Colors and Emotions: Shaping the UK’s E-Tourism Experience. 37. Managing Tourist Experience through Social Media: Evidence from South Korea. 38. Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Tourism Experience. Part 5: Sustainable Tourism Experience. 39. Sustainable tourism and the visitor experience. 40. Rethinking Sustainable Tourism through Identity Decomposition: The Stratification of the Intensifying Factors of the Tourism Experience. 41. Developing Rural Tourism through Co-Creation of Sustainable Tourist Experiences. 42. Towards Green Loyalty: Driving From Green Experiential Quality, Green Emotional Attachment, Green Image, Green Switching Experience And Green Experiential Satisfaction. 43. Guest and Host Relation in Tourism Experience Building: Rising Issue of Sustainability. Part 6: Emerging Avenues of Tourism Experience And Co - Creation. 44. Co–Creation of Tourism Experiences: A Conceptual Framework. 45. Co-Creation of Tourism Experience through Service Dominant Logic. 46. Place-Based Business Models of Value Creation in Tourism: Case of the Albergo Diffuso. 47. Chinese Meaning of Face in Arctic Norway: Cultural Co-Creation for Tourist Experiences. 48. The Emotional Labor of the Co-Created Tourism Experience. 49. Tourism experience and destination competitiveness. 50. Senior Tourism and Customer Experience: Links and Opportunities. 51. Crisis Management and Tourism Experiences. 52. Conclusion: Some Reflections on Experiential Tourism Management and Marketing.

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This book provides students and event managers with an insight into the strategic management of sports events of all scales and types, from international mega-events to community sport. Introducing key theory and best practice, it offers a practical, step-by-step guide to planning, organizing, managing and evaluating events. Now in a fully revised and updated fourth edition, the book explains the importance of adopting a strategic approach, showing how to implement strategies that lead to successful outcomes over the short and the long term. It uses international case studies in every chapter, from the NBA and NFL to Formula 1 and the English Premier League, offering real-world insight into both larger and smaller events. In addition, woven throughout the book are a series of in-depth studies of several Olympic Games, the ultimate sporting event and an important point of reference for all practising and aspiring event managers. The book covers every key aspect of the spo

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Book SynopsisTourism marketing has typically been seen as exploitative and fuelling hedonistic consumerism. Sustainability marketing can, however, use marketing skills and techniques to good purpose, by understanding market needs, designing more sustainable products and identifying more persuasive methods of communication to bring behavioural change. This book summarises the latest research on the theories, methods and results of marketing that seeks to make tourist destinations better places to live in, and better places to visit. It shares evidence on the motivations, mechanisms and barriers that businesses encounter, and on successes in changing consumer behaviour and pursuing sustainability goals. Particular attention is given to the methodologies of sustainable tourism marketing, to the subjectâs breadth and complexity, and to its many innovations. Further research is called for to fully understand what contextual aspects influence these pro-sustainability interventions to achieve which outcomes in other settings, in order to validate some of the exploratory studies discussed, and establish the feasibility of scaling up pilot studies for more general use.This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism. Table of Contents1. Sustainability and marketing in tourism: its contexts, paradoxes, approaches, challenges and potential 2. Corporate social marketing in tourism: to sleep or not to sleep with the enemy? 3. Social marketing, sustainable tourism, and small/medium size tourism enterprises: challenges and opportunities for changing guest behaviour 4. Which hotel guest segments reuse towels? Selling sustainable tourism services through target marketing 5. Using persuasive communication to co-create behavioural change – engaging with guests to save resources at tourist accommodation facilities 6. Improving carbon offsetting appeals in online airplane ticket purchasing: testing new messages, and using new test methods 7. The influence of trust perceptions on German tourists’ intention to book a sustainable hotel: a new approach to analysing marketing information 8. The role of travel agents’ ethical concerns when brokering information in the marketing and sale of sustainable tourism 9. Greenhushing: the deliberate under communicating of sustainability practices by tourism businesses 10. Tourism, information technologies and sustainability: an exploratory review 11. An environmental social marketing intervention in cultural heritage tourism: a realist evaluation

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Book SynopsisTourism, as with many parts of the economy, is at a pause-reflect-rest stage in the post pandemic world. This book puts forward some positive and practical concepts for the reset stage in terms of pushing towards wholly sustainable tourism.The COVID-19 pandemic has been disastrous in terms of the loss of human life, the physical and mental strains placed on large numbers of populations across the globe who have been quarantined in their homes and in terms of the costs of dealing with the pandemic and supporting business and citizens through the period. Tourism has been comprehensively damaged, not only in advanced economies, but also in poorer developing economies where tourism provides a vital source of income and employment. The problem has been complicated by the shattering effect on mass tourism, which has been far more sensitive to the shutdown of travel and accommodation than ethical and responsible tourism activities focused at a local sustainable level. Therefore thisTable of ContentsIntroduction - the new reality Chapter 1 - The pre-pandemic situation Chapter 2 - A new tourism world Chapter 3 - The economic and financial consequences for tourismChapter 4 - Some reflectionsChapter 5 - New dimensions in a post-COVID world Chapter 6 - The local tourism perspective Chapter 7 - Case studiesChapter 8 - Analysis and conclusions

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Book SynopsisThe Iron Curtain was not an impenetrable divide, and contacts between East and West took place regularly and on various levels throughout the Cold War. This book explores how the European tourist industry transcended the ideological fault lines and the communist states attracted an ever-increasing number of Western tourists.Table of ContentsCrossing the Iron Curtain: An introduction; Part I: Organising Western tourism in the East; 1. Exporting holidays: Bulgarian international tourism on the Scandinavian market in the 1960s and 1970s; 2. The lure of capitalism: Foreign tourists and the shadow economy in Romania, 1960–1989; 3. Experiencing communism, bolstering capitalism: Guided bus tours of 1970s East Berlin; Part II: Encounters; 4. The Artek camp for Young Pioneers and the many faces of socialist internationalism; 5. Foreign tourists, domestic encounters: Human rights travel to Soviet Jewish homes; 6. "Much more freedom of thought than expected there": Rosey E. Pool, a Dutch fellow traveller on holiday in the Soviet Union (1965); 7. The Stalinist utopia of the Adriatic: Swedish tourists in communist Albania; Part III: The politics of tourism during the Cold War; 8. Playing the tourism card: Yugoslavia, advertising, and the Euro-Atlantic tourism network in the early Cold War; 9. Making Iron Curtain overflights legal: Soviet–Scandinavian aviation negotiations in the early Cold War; 10. Concluding remarks: Tourism across a porous curtain

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Book SynopsisAdventure Education is a form of experiential learning typically associated with activities involving risk, from cooperative games such as raft building to high adventure activities such as rock climbing. Adventure Education: An Introduction provides a comprehensive introduction to the planning, delivery and evaluation of Adventure Education, with a strong emphasis on professional practice and delivery. Written by a team of leading Adventure Educators who can draw upon an extensive experience base, the book explores the most important strategies for teaching, learning and implementation in Adventure Education. The book is fully illustrated throughout with real-world case studies and research surveying the key contemporary issues facing Adventure Education Practitioners. This includes essentials for the adventure educator such as risk management and tailoring activities to meet specific learning needs, as well as providing an insight into contemporaryTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Models and Milestones in Adventure Education 2. Planning Adventure Education 3. Risk Management: Philosophy and Practice 4. Learning and Teaching in Adventure Education 5. Coaching in Adventure Education 6. Evaluating Adventure Experiences – The Outside View 7. Evaluating Adventure Experiences – The Inside view 8. Adventure Education – Physical Exercise and Health 9. Adventure Education and Disaffected Youth 10. Overseas Youth Expeditions 11. Values in Adventure Education 12. Inclusive Adventure Education: Better Opportunities for People who Have Disabilities 13. Professional Development. Conclusion and Future Directions

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Book SynopsisThe intersection of community development, tourism and planning is a fascinating one. Tourism has long been used as a development strategy, in both developed and developing countries, from the national to local levels. These approaches have typically focused on economic dimensions with decisions about tourism investments, policies and venues driven by these economic considerations. More recently, the conversation has shifted to include other aspects â social and environmental â to better reïect sustainable development concepts. Perhaps most importantly is the richer focus on the inclusion of stakeholders.An inclusionary, participatory approach is an essential ingredient of community development and this brings both ïelds even closer together. It reïects an approach aimed at building on strengths in communities, and fostering social capacity and capital. In this book, the dimensions of the role tourism plays in community development are explored. A panoply of perspectives are presented, tackling such questions as, can tourism heal? How can tourism development serve as a catalyst to overcome social injustices and cultural divides?This book was originally published as a special issue of Community Development.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Incorporating social justice in tourism planning: racial reconciliation and sustainable community development in the Deep South 3. An analysis of factors mediating community participation outcomes in tourism 4. Tourism planning and power within micropolitan community development 5. Community understanding of the impact of temporary visitors on incidental destinations 6. Sustainable practices of community tourism planning: lessons from a remote community 7. Engaging residents in planning for sustainable rural-nature tourism in post-communist Poland 8. Participatory modeling as a tool for community development planning: tourism in the Northern Forest 9. Golden Geese or White Elephants? The Paradoxes of World Heritage Sites and Community-Based Tourism Development in Agra, India

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Book SynopsisThis handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the themes and concepts related to nature-based tourism development. Providing interdisciplinary insights from leading researchers, academics, and practitioners across the globe, it delivers a critical and timely contribution to the knowledge around nature-based tourism. Nature-based tourism is currently the fastest-growing tourism sector globally and for many destinations, the most significant tourism segment. Organized into five parts, this handbook provides contemporary and cutting-edge perspectives on core topics and explores their linkages. It considers, among others, various natural settings and natural attractions where nature-based tourism can be exercised, including: protected and conserved areas, islands, and mountains; the emerging themes shaping the contemporary nature-based tourism development, including ethics, Sustainable Development Goals, COVID-19 crisis, over-tourism, climate change, resilience; and new approaches toward the visitor management and low-impact experience design, including regenerative and transformative tourism, destination stewardship and pro-environmental behaviour. Part I introduces the concept of nature-based tourism and the emerging challenges in the field. Part II explores the key components in the management and planning of nature-based tourism development. In Part III the handbook focuses on visitor experience design and management and Part IV highlights the impacts of nature-based tourism. Part V examines the future of nature-based tourism and possible solutions to mitigate associated challenges in the field. The handbook offers a valuable contribution with a systematic outlook of the phenomenon of nature-based tourism and critical perspectives on key concepts, policy, and practice. It shares current knowledge, innovative tools, and sustainable solutions with substantial evidence and societal impact. The book will appeal to students, researchers, and professionals in the fields of tourism, human geography, leisure studies, business studies, and sociology.Chapter 12 of this book is freely available as a downloadable OpenAccess PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative CommonsAttribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)4.0 license.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides original, innovative, and international tourism research that is embedded in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary theoretical and methodological thought in the study of dark tourism.It is almost 25 years since the idea of dark tourism was introduced and presented into the field of tourism studies. The impact of this idea was greater, which attracted a great deal of attention from different researchers and practitioners with a good range of disciplines and farther tourism studies. This edited volume aims to capture a glimpse of the types of cutting-edge thinking and academic research in the domain of dark tourism studies as well as encourage and advance theoretical, conceptual, and empirical research on dark tourism. The book also addresses several future research directions focusing on the experience and emotions of visitors at dark tourism' sites. This book will be valuable reading for students, researchers and academics interested in dark tourisTable of ContentsIntroduction to dark tourism 1. Dark tourism and World Heritage Sites: a Delphi study of stakeholder perceptions of the development of dark tourism products 2. Touring female crime: power and perceptions 3. Commemorative insights: the best of life, in death 4. Does emotional engagement matter in dark tourism? Implications drawn from a reflective approach 5. Designing dark tourism experiences: an exploration of edutainment interpretation at lighter dark visitor attractions 6. Uncomfortable and worthy: the role of students’ field trips to dark tourism sites in higher education 7. Dark tourism as educational tourism: the case of ‘hope tourism’ in Fukushima, Japan Conclusion: future research directions

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Book SynopsisWithin events management, events are commonly categorised within two axes, size and content. Along the size axis events range between the small scale and local, through major events, which garner greater media interest, to internationally significant hallmark and mega events such as the Edinburgh Festival and the Tour de France. Content is frequently divided into three forms culture, sport or business. However, such frameworks overlook and depoliticise a significant variety of events, those more accurately construed as protest.This book brings together new research and theories from around the world and across sociology, leisure studies, politics and cultural studies to develop a new critical pedagogy and critical theory of events. It is the first research monograph that deals explicitly with the concept of critical event studies (CES), the idea that it is impossible to explore and understand events without understanding the wider social, cultural and political contexts. It adTable of Contents1. Critical Event Studies: Theories and Practices2. Events and Contested Space (Real and Virtual)3. Event Mediatization4. Events and Power 5. Events and Memory 6. Commodification of Events7. Protests as Events8. The Colonization of Event Discourse9. Resilience and Events10. Events and Misrule11. Can there be an Emancipatory Events Studies?12. Events Histories and Narratives13. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of theoretical and practical perspectives for tracking and interpreting trends and issues in tourism sustainability, planning and development, management, and technology. Tourism is a dynamic and unpredictable industry and understanding its trends and issues is critical for the successful and sustainable development of the private and public sector. As such, this Handbook proposes clear definitions and provides a systematic classification scheme for such analysing. It reviews trends and issues in four thematic areas of tourism: sustainability; planning and development; management and technology with contributions from 83 leading tourism scholars from across the globe. The Handbook provides insights on the differences among domestic, outbound, and inbound markets and acknowledges that the supply sub-sectors of tourism are diverse, highlighting variations by geographic regions. The book emphasises the necessity to prioritise sustainaTable of Contents.Part 1: Sustainability Beyond sustainability – The meaningful tourism paradigm Wolfgang Georg Arlt Emerging themes is sustainable development through tourism Jonathon Day Tourism Great Reset: The inclusive, sustainable, and innovative reality Ekaterina Glebova and Marko Perić A dialogue for tourism, climate change and philanthropy Kaitano Dube and Cinà van Zyl Baby boomers and sustainable tourism: The need for a new research agenda Ian Patterson and Adela Balderas-Cujudo Sustainable tourist: How big is your footprint? Daisy Kanagasapapathy Whale-watching tourism: Future sustainability trends Chaitanya Suárez-Rojas, Carmelo J. León, Javier de León & Yen E. Lam-González Fair pricing in tourism: From profitability towards sustainability Tomasz Napierała and Adam Pawlicz Tourism sustainability is a big problem in the development of marine tourism in Indonesia Ahmad Bahar Part 2: Planning and development Visitor (trader) harassment and why a global response is necessary Annemarie Nicely, Shweta Singh, Dan Zhu, Chutong Jiang, and Jihon Choe Cross-border tourism: The case of the Greater Bay Area Jinah Park, Haiyan Song, and Yeung Kong Trends and issues with regional tourism partnership formation Jens Thraenhart and Alastair M. Morrison Disseminating small island destinations in the face of global challenges: A strategic analysis Eduardo Parra López, Almudena Barrientos Baez, and María de los Ángeles Pérez Sánchez Island tourism development for inclusive growth Nghia Huu Le Community-based rural tourism development: An intersectional exploration of possibilities and challenges Neha Nimble Evolving position of stray domestic animals in tourism Paul Tully and Neil Carr Part 3: Management Well-being and tourism employees: the important role of "freedom" in the future workplace Prokopis Christou, Alexis Saveriades, and Maria Rigou Resilient leadership in the tourism industry Adela Balderas-Cujudo, Marta Buenechea-Elberdin, Josune Baniandrés, and George W. Leeson Women education in tourism entrepreneurship: Trends and issues emerging from Africa Magdalena Petronella (Nellie) Swart, Vanessa S. Bernauer, and Kailasam Thirumaran An American labour revolution Sotiris Hji-Avgoustis and Alan Yen The resilience of the tourism and hospitality workforce Thi Hong Hai Nguyen, Diep Ngoc Su, and Hanh My Thi Huynh The hospitality workforce trends Adesola Osinaike and Lorna Thomas Do customers really care about CSR reputation in the decision of hotel patronage? Suk Ha Grace Chan,Yue Yvonne He, and Binglin Martin Tang Post-pandemic Chinese outbound tourism: Three trends to look out for Marine L’Hostis All-inclusive holiday packages in the post-COVID19 era Lemonia Papadopoulou-Kelidou and Andreas Papatheodorou Part 4: Technology Tourist-generated short videos arousing aspirations to visit the place: Perceiving authenticity? Lixian Zhou and Jing Li Travel vlogging and its role in destination marketing Maria Criselda Badilla, Adrian Lawrence Carvajal, Carl Francis Castro, and Maria Paz Castro Augmented reality and virtual reality in tourism Evrim Çeltek Tourist engagement throughout the customer journey: A service ecosystem approach Rodoula H. Tsiotsou and Ronald E. Goldsmith Perspectives for communication in social media: The case of thermal spas Vera Antunes, Gisela Gonçalves, and Cristina Estevão Urban mobility and mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) trends Xu Zhao, China, Claire Papaix, and Yufang Zhang Digital nomads and destination characteristics: A conceptual analysis Muhammet Necati Çelik Gamification in museum tourism İge Pirnar, Duygu Çelebi, and Muruvvet Deniz Sezer The influence of museum user generated content to improve the experience design Jonatan Gómez Punzón and Nuria Recuero-Virto Presence in virtual hotel experience and purchase intention: The mediating role of decision comfort Sima Rahimizhian, Farzad Safaeimanesh, Mobina Beheshti, and Olayinka Afolabi Co-designing the smart tourism experience for all-inclusive hotel as a new trend of staycation experience Nabila Norizan and Norhazliza Halim Digital safe-zone tourism network: Are we ready to travel again? Norhazliza Halim, Nabila Norizan, and Thinaranjeney Thirumoorthi Reconstructing tourism development in China: The role of Internet industry Lina Zhong and Mengyao Zhu

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the concept of authenticity in tourism through the analysis of six tourist sites in Guangdong Province and Macau, China. Through a review of tourism literature, it develops the concept of pseudo-authenticity in which tourist sites and cultural products function to give signs of authenticity for tourists. This is achieved through the influence of media, authentic fakery, and faÃadism. Readers will gain greater insight into tourist sites in China that operate through cultural preservation, the miniaturization of cultural assets, and the replication of foreign signs through reproductions of foreign cities. The authors outline the tourist sites, an aesthetic analysis, on-site interviews with tourists, and an examination of online reviews of the sites.This is a useful work for scholars and students of tourism studies in China and around the world, especially those concerned with issues of authenticity and the effects of commodification on cultural assets.

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Book SynopsisThis handbook provides a comprehensive overview and holistic analysis of the intersection between tourism and popular culture. It examines current debates, questions and controversies of tourism in the wake of popular culture phenomena and explores the relationships between popular culture, globalization, tourism and mobility. In addition, it offers a cross-disciplinary, cutting edge review of the character of popular cultural production and consumption trends, analyzing their consequences for tourism, spatial strategies and destination competitiveness. The scope of the volume encompasses various expressions of popular culture such as cinema, TV shows, music, literature, sports and heritage. Featuring a mix of theoretical and empirical chapters, the handbook problematizes and conceptualizes the ties and clusters of popular cultural actors, thereby positioning tourism within the wider context of creative economies, cultural planning and multimodal technologies. Written Trade Review‘The Routledge Handbook of Popular Culture and Tourism takes an interdisciplinary and global view of the growing phenomenon of fan tourism, alternating and integrating lenses ranging from economics to politics, geography to identity, media studies to leisure studies. Each essay takes the reader along on a journey to many corners of the world, to discover the various expressions of popular culture that inspire our fascination and our passions.’ Lynn Zubernis, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA‘Paying particular attention to media/sports/music fandom, along with varied definitions of popular culture, Christine Lundberg and Vassilios Ziakas have collected together a host of important, innovative studies. Whether defining videogame tourism, analysing the fan-as-flâneur, or developing work on royal tourism, this Handbook offers a timely, authoritative, and international guide to the (academic) journeys and (synontological) destinations that are generated across contemporary pop culture.’ Matt Hills, University of Huddersfield, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1 Setting the Stage: Foundations of Popular Culture Tourism 1. What is Popular Culture? 2. Tourism and Popular Culture: Socio-cultural Considerations. 3. Synontological Spaces. 4. Apocalypto and the End of Days: Basking in the Maya’s Shadow. 5. The Commodification of Narco-violence through Popular Culture and Tourism in Medellin, Colombia. Part 2 Broadening the Scope: Popular Culture Tourism Expressions 6. Popular Culture Tourism: Films and Tourist Demand. 7. Film Tourism in the Golden Age of Television. 8. Imagining the Medieval in the Modern World: Film, Fantasy and Heritage. 9. Tuning in – Setting the Scene for Music Tourism. 10. Fado as a Popular Culture Expression in the Context of a Tourist City. 11. Transactional Bodies: Dance, Tourism, and Idea(l)s of Cubanness. 12. The Voyeur at Leisure: Flânerie in a Miniature city – The Urban Phenomena of Madurodam. 13. Technology Adoption and Popular Culture Sport Tourism. 14. Hunters, Climbers, Flâneurs: How Video Games Create and Design Tourism. 15. The Peculiar Attraction of Royalty for Tourism and the Popular Culture Construction of ‘Royal Tourism’. 16. Sun, Surf, Sex, and the Everyday: Subverting the Tourist Gaze with Gold Coast Narrative Fiction. 17. Fandom and its Afterlife: Celebrity Cemetery Tourism. Part 3 Performing Fan Cultures: Popular Culture Tourism Fandoms 18. Passing Through: Popular Media Tourism, Pilgrimage, and Narratives of Being a Fan. 19. A Thai Star’s Appeal to Chinese Fans and its Impact on Thailand Popular Culture Tourism. 20. On the Road —Again: Revisiting Pop Music Concert Tourism. 21. Music Fans as Tourists: The Mysterious Ways of Individual and Social Dimensions. 22. "There Were Only Friendly People and Love in the Air": Fans, Tourism and the Eurovision Song Contest. 23.The (Promotional) Value of Public-Spiritedness: Irish Football Fans at Euro 2016. Part 4 Getting on the Map: Popular Culture Tourism and Place-making 24. #LiteraryMe: The Legacy of the Bloomsbury Group on London’s Literary Village. 25. "I Went to India to Find Myself": Tracing World Cinema’s Neoliberal Orientalisms. 26. The Force Meets the Kittiwake: Shooting Star Wars on Skellig Michael. 27. The Narrative Capital of the Place: How the Millennium Narratives Generate Place-related Values and Attract Tourists to Sweden. 28. A ‘Touristed Landscape’: Speculations about ‘Consuming History’, Using a Case Study of an Australian Folk Hero. 29. Spain as the Scenery of Mass Tourism Phenomena – Between Elite Tourism and Popular Culture Tourism: The Image of the Country through Cinema and Photography. 30. 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