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Read original first-person stories of problems, opportunities and outcomes with a multiple-choice exercise following each story, as well as a critical review by an independent researcher. Gain an international view with stories by Asian, European, New Zealand/Pacific Rim, and North American customers.
Provides specific answers to hard questions about how to create valid metrics to measure the effectiveness of tourism advertising and the usefulness of destination marketing websites. In this title, several authors undertake information-usefulness audits on DMO (destination management office) websites and provide practical check lists.
Examines how research tools affect theory advances in culture and tourism research. This title includes papers that focus on how to gain meaning from data to thus look at how streams of antecedent conditions result in tourism behavior.
This book provides in-depth empirical reports on specific topics within five general areas of tourism management and marketing: (1) scanning and sense making; (2) planning; (3) implementing; (4) evaluating actions/process and performance outcomes; and (5) administering. Offering descriptions, tools and examples of tourism management decision making, the book is useful for students in tourism and management and for tourism executives. It has 27 chapters and a subject index.
Intends to advance knowledge and sense-making skills in interpreting cultural, organizational, and personal influences relating to tourism and hospitality behaviors. This title looks at how explicit tourism assessments are being conducted and how to go about accomplishing prescribing and applying advanced assessment metrics.
This is a unique text examining the role of indigenous societies in tourism and how they interact within the tourism nexus. Unusually, it focuses on the active role that indigenous peoples take in the industry and uses international case studies and experiences to provide global context. Australasian content.
Presents answers to the following questions: how do tourists go about seeking high novelty and yet return to the same destination? How do some firms in the same industry end up embracing industrial tourism while other firms reject such business models? How do executive leadership styles affect employee satisfaction in international tourist hotels?
With the objective of reducing the high volume of bad practices in business research, this book offers propositions for improving theory construction and empirical testing of theory especially by business scholars. It does so by covering 24 common bad practices, explaining why they are bad and how to replace all of them with a good practice.
The COVID-19 pandemic is the worst crisis and historical record for the global tourism sector since the 1950s. Destinations that rely heavily on the tourism sector will face this pandemic’s extraordinary impact, such as Bali, which experienced a significant depreciation of economic growth. However, the COVID-19 pandemic is also the right opportunity and momentum to redesign tourism development more sustainable to overcome the overtourism issue in Bali. Tourism recovery efforts must be carried out immediately by prioritizing product diversification and increasing destinations’ value and quality according to tourism development trends, such as digital nomadism. Digital nomadism as a lifest...
This book unlocks the global mosaic of religious pilgrimage and global tourism. Through vivid narratives and scholarly insights, each chapter in this volume invites readers to explore the sacred spaces and spiritual journeys that shape diverse faith traditions. The first section of the book explores the interplay of spirituality and tourism across diverse global destinations, from the vibrant hues of Amritsar to the serene pilgrimage sites of Santiago de Compostela. The second section of the book delves into the mystical allure of the Himalayan region, uncovering legends of Naimisharanya and the sacred peaks of Nepal's Sagarmatha. With a rich blend of history, anthropology, and spirituality, Religious Tourism: A Global Perspective offers an immersive exploration of the transformative power of religious travel. Engaging and enlightening, this volume is a must-read for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of the global phenomenon of religious tourism. The chapters in this book were originally published in Tourism Recreation Research.