Bücher der Reihe Routledge Advances in Tourism

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.