Tourism management : an introduction

This text offers a concise introduction to all the core topics of tourism management. Covering both key theory and practice, it introduces general management issues across the whole tourism sector, focusing particularly on the challenges of managing tourism in the 21st century

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Inkson, Clare (Author), Minnaert, Lynn (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE , c2012
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Understanding tourism
  • 3. Tourist generating regions
  • 4. Tourism demand
  • 5. Tourism suppliers
  • 6. Intermediaries in the tourism system
  • 7. Destination development and management
  • 8. The economic impacts of tourism
  • 9. The social and cultural impacts of tourism
  • 10. The environmental impacts of tourism
  • 11. The management of visitors
  • 12. Public sector involvement in tourism
  • 13. Tourism marketing
  • 14. Tourism and the future