Tourism Management: An Introduction

By Clare Inkson and Lynn Minnaert

Book Overview

This text provides concise introduction to all the core topics of tourism management. Covering both key theory and practice it introduces students to general management issues across the whole tourism sector in an accessible and manageable way. It integrates the themes of sustainability, internationalism, technology and globalization throughout to provide a thoroughly modern approach to the study of tourism. Key features of this text include:

" A specific focus on the management of tourism in the context of economic, social and environmental conditions, avoiding lengthy descriptions of the various components of the sector;

" Three main integrated themes focusing on the demand for tourism, the supply of tourism, and the challenge of balancing of the two;

" Coverage of how management techniques are developing in response to changing patterns of demand, emerging markets and destinations, globalisation, and the impacts of tourism;

" Discussion points, examples and cases studies designed with the broadest cultural and international dimensions in mind for today′s diverse student profile.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848608705
• ISBN13: 9781848608702
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 7.5"