Bücher der Reihe Routledge Advances in Tourism

This pioneering work provides a comprehensive review of complex tourism issues from a sociological perspective. It introduces various theoretical and empirical approaches and includes international contributions and diverse perspectives.

This book evaluates the local impacts and legacies of the Olympics in Rio by comparing Rio2016 with other Olympic experiences and evaluating the ways in which the Games served the city.The 2016 Rio Olympic Games took place in a scenario of enormous economic challenges and persistent inequalities. In contrast to all previous Olympic experiences, Brazil faced its worst economic recession ever recorded during the preparation phase for the Games. In addition to the national crisis, falling oil prices and corruption scandals fuelled the State of Rio's economic downfall. This book specifically assesses the relative social performance of Rio's city population with respect to control groups; covers traditional aspects of the Games' legacy such as tourism, infrastructure and sports practice; includes ordinary day-by-day aspects of the city's life, such as education, employment and housing; and scrutinizes critical areas such as urban mobility, gentrification and Guanabara Bay's pollution.This thorough analysis offers readers further understanding on assessing the impacts and legacies of the Olympic experience. It will be of great interest to upper-level students and academics of tourism, hospitality and events management.

This book applies knowledge management and social network theories to the business of tourism to shed light on successful operations of tourism knowledge networks.

This indispensable contribution provides a comprehensive, state of the art perspective on progress towards the objectives of sustainable development within the tourism sector across the globe by focusing on the environmental performance and adoption of environmental management systems by tourism enterprises.

This book uniquely focuses on the supply side of wellness tourism from a destination perspective in terms of the generation and delivery of wellness tourism products and services to cater for tourists who seek to maintain and improve their health. By doing so this provides a better understanding of the way in which wellness tourism destinations develop, explore the specific drivers of that growth in a destination context and how destinations successfully compete against each other in globalised market place. This timely volume will be of interest to tourism and hospitality students and academics internationally.

Drawing on selected research from Europe, Southeast Asia, the Pacific and North America, this book combines perspectives in human geography and tourism to present cultural landscapes of tourist destinations as socially constructed.

In light of today's political transformations and processes of globalisation, this book provides a systematic examination of the relationships between boundaries and tourism.

Drawing on selected research from Europe, Southeast Asia, the Pacific and North America, this book combines perspectives in human geography and tourism to present cultural landscapes of tourist destinations as socially constructed.

The Caribbean is one of the most tourism dependent regions of the world. This book explores tourism in the region within the context of Caribbean thought and critique in relation to issues of dependency, postcolonial interactions, race and class as well as identity and culture.

There are increasing concerns over the relationship between tourism and sustainable development. Sustainable Tourism Futures re-assesses the sustainability paradigm and outlines the ways in which sustainable tourism is possible, offering key insights into the fundamental shifts in operations, systems and philosophies that need to take place.

This book draws together a group of international experts in order to develop a better understanding of the role, development and future of gastronomy and culinary heritage in tourism.

Shopping is perhaps the most universal of tourist activities. This title examines the forms and functions of approximately 50 tourist shopping villages in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and the United States. It is suitable for scholars of Tourism, Geography, Business, and Economics.

Evaluates the theoretical approaches and applications to competitive advantage within tourist destinations and demonstrate the ways to further develop the concept of destination competitiveness for application within tourist destinations.

Examines the linkages between tourists, tourism and positive psychology. This book is of interest to those who study and practise tourism as well as scholars in a range of disciplines such as psychology, business and sociology.

In today¿s highly competitive and global economy, understanding tourist behavior is imperative to success. Tourist behavior has become a cornerstone of any marketing strategy and action. This book provides an overview of such processes and influences and explains the concepts and theories that underlie tourist decision making and behavior.

The remarkable developments in tracking technologies over the years have opened up a wealth of possibilities in terms of research into tourist spatial behaviour. This book examines the various technologies available to track pedestrians and motorized vehicles and the moral, ethical and legal issues arising from the utilization of data obtained.

Offers a comprehensive perspective on progress towards the objectives of sustainable development within the tourism sector across the globe by focusing on the environmental performance and adoption of environmental management systems by tourism enterprises.

Explains the basic concepts and theories that underlie tourist decision-making and behavior. This book incorporates a number of cases studies in order to aid readers to better appraise the application of those concepts and theories. It is suitable for researchers and students in tourism, leisure, marketing and psychology.

Tourism demand is the foundation on which tourism-related business decisions ultimately rest. This book introduces students, researchers and practitioners to the modern developments in advanced econometric methodology within the context of tourism demand analysis and illustrates these developments with actual tourism applications.

This book comments on the complexities of Mediterranean tourism, with contributions from researchers consultants, managers and advisors from thirteen countries.

This work explores the theory and practice of contemporary tourism development, offering alternative approaches to theory and policy issues and extending research into newly emerging tourist destinations.

This pioneering work provides a comprehensive review of complex tourism issues from a sociological perspective. It introduces various theoretical and empirical approaches and includes international contributions and diverse perspectives.

This collection of international case studies addresses the crucial issue of sustainable tourism development by asking what local communities can contribute to sustainable tourism, and what sustainability can offer communities in return.

This collection of international case studies addresses the crucial issue of sustainable tourism development by asking what local communities can contribute to sustainable tourism, and what sustainability can offer communities in return.

This book explores the factors that make the difference between successful and unsuccessful tourism projects in the marine environment.

Examining such issues as how tourism firms operate in national and global contexts, the effects of tourism on destination areas, the demand for tourism, and the interaction between tourism and natural environments, the authors explain how economic concepts and techniques can offer a clearer understanding of the subject.

This book contributes to the clarification and systemisation of modern notions of tourism, examining the trend of globalisation to provide a review of contemporary tourism challenges.