Tourism Management Dynamics

By Carlos Costa and Dimitrios Buhalis

As the global tourism industry continues to expand and to become more complex, it is vital that those in the industry identify trends early and design proactive strategies to gain competitive advantage. Tourism Futures: dynamics, challenges and tools provides the readers with a comprehensive insight of the changes in the external business environment, and equips them with new managerial techniques and tools in order to adapt and profit from these changes and into the future. Written by a team of globally renowned thinkers and researchers, it provides the manager of tomorrow with the ability to look beyond normal planning horizons and identify potential opportunities from change. Tourism Futures: dynamics, challenges and tools is part of a two part set with its companion text, Tourism Futures: the emerging business which takes the reader on a logical progression to look at new products, new consumers and new industry. Both texts thereby provide the reader with a complete set of tools and knowledge to enable them to recognise the key areas of growth and change, and the ability to use the new tools and technologies available to develop them and maximise business potential.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750663782
• ISBN13: 9780750663786
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

TOURISM MANAGEMENT DYNAMICS: Trends, Management and Tools.

An excellent analysis of tourism trends through a number of chapters. The book covers interesting, up-to-date, clearly stated and interwoven issues that offer a strategic insight to tourism professionals. Probably the most thorough effort to point out the new trends, demonstrate the new tools needed for strategic management and predict the future of the tourism industry. I thoroughly enjoyed reading both this book and the Tourism Business Frontiers: Consumers, Products And Industry. I would recommend to all tourism professionals that are interested in the future.