Description
Book SynopsisThis volume highlights a broad selection of valuable research work by renowned professionals and scientists from academia and the travel industry, bridging academic perspectives and research with practical applications. It provides a wide-ranging vision of a multitude of trends in the global travel and tourism industry today and in the future.
Adopting an integrated and interdisciplinary approach, the contributors examine a diverse selection of topics and share their research and exploratory investigations to frame their implications and outcomes. The volume reflects upon the wide-ranging conceptual approaches to the subject of tourism and includes varying paradigms and perspectives on the core elements of the tourism sector. The overall thrust of the book is to provide a required critical depth to tourism studies and to guide the reader through the fundamental themes of tourism, destination marketing, branding, and management.
Table of ContentsDestination Management and Competitiveness: Intervention of Destination Management Organizations for Global Competency. Policing Tourism: Challenges and Opportunities of the Tourist Police System in India. Visitor Management and Community Participation in an Ecotourism Destination: The Case of Kanha Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh. Empowerment of Marginalized Communities and Tourism: Case Study of Theyyam Dance. Influence of Perceived Risks on Destination Choice Process: An Indian Perspective. Community-Based Waste Management for Sustainable Tourism in Backwater Regions. Civil Disturbances and the Tourism Sector: An Impact Study on Kerala Tourism. Ecological Tourism Pointers: Analysis on Concepts, Frameworks, and Applications on the Vembanad Lake of Kerala. Managing Heritage City for Tourism and the Contribution to the Regional Development: A Case of Darasuram in Kumbakonam, Tamilnadu. Organizational Culture and Employee Motivation Among the Tourism Professionals in Karnataka. Employee Engagement in Travel Organizations: The Influence of Psychological Climate on Employee Engagement and Its Influence on Intent to Stay. Can Foreign Exchange Volatility Really Influence Tourist Inflow in India?. Celebrity Endorsement: Solving the Destination Marketing Puzzle. Talent Development in the Tourism Industry: A Deliberation on the Open Source Talent in Goa. Role of Tourism Education in Meeting the Competency Expectations of the Tourism Industry. Socially Responsible Investment: A New Paradigm in the Tourism and Hospitality Sector. Socio-Cultural Impacts of the Namdapha Eco-Cultural Festival on the Local Residents of Miao. The Indian Hybridity in Its Cultural Expression: Better Understanding One’s Cultural Heritage. Challenges of Medical Tourism: Managerial Paradigm in the Indian Framework. Developing a Competitive Wine Tourism Destination: Case Study of Vineyards in Maharashtra. Agri-Tourism in India and Strategies for Growth. Commercialization of Art Forms: A Kerala Tourism Perspective. Hindu Pilgrimage: Issues and Challenges in Kerala. Sustainable Tourism Indicators: A Literature Review on Concepts, Frameworks, and Applications. Social Media in Tourism: Challenges and Corrective Measures.
