Future Tourism (eBook, ePUB)

Political, Social and Economic Challenges
Redaktion: Leigh, James; Ivanov, Stanislav; Webster, Craig

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The book draws on the views of leading thinkers in Tourism and considers a broad range of issues from multidisciplinary perspectives facing Tourism industry for the first time in one volume: dwindling energy, new technology, security (like war and terrorism), political economy, sustainability, and human resources. By critically reviewing these social and economic challenges in a global scale, the book helps to create a comprehensive view of future tourism in the unfolding and challenging society of the third millennium.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136448058
• Artikelnr.: 38254546

Autorenporträt

Dr. James Leigh is Assistant Professor of Cultural Geography in the Department of Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management, School of Business, at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. Dr. Craig Webster is Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of European Studies and International Relations at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus. Dr Stanislav Ivanov is Associate Professor and Academic Director of International University College in Dobrich, Bulgaria.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: What Future for Tourism? Part 1: Global Changes and Their
Impact on Future Tourism 2. "Peak Oil" Confronts Society and Tourism: A
Futuristic View 3. The Political Economy of Future Tourism Part 2:
Political and Social Trends and Future Tourism 4. Security and the Future
of Tourism 5. Wellbeing, Equity, Sustainable Development and Social Tourism
in Twenty-first Century Europe 6. Shapers and Shifters for the Future of
Travel and Tourism 7. Tourism and Quality of Life 8. Through a Glass
Darkly: The Future of Tourism is Personal Part 3: Managerial Issues and
Future Tourism 9. Tourism in a Technology-Dependent World 10. Human
Resource Issues in the New Millennium 11. Sustainability: An Issue for the
Tourism Industry in the New Millennium 12. Tomorrow's Tourist and the Case
Study of New Zealand Part 4: Concluding Thoughts 13. Future Tourism: Where
to Now?