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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825102803321

Titolo

Tourism business frontiers : consumers, products and industry / / edited by Dimitrios Buhalis and Carlos Costa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006

ISBN

1-136-35363-1

1-280-64212-2

9786610642120

0-08-045591-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BuhalisDimitrios

CostaCarlos

Disciplina

338.4791

338.47910688

Soggetti

Tourism

Tourism - Forecasting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-266) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Tourism Business Frontiers; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of case studies; Editors; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Part One: New Consumers; 2. The transformation of consumer behaviour; 3. New and emerging markets; 4. Third-age tourism; 5. Youth and adventure tourism; 6. Domestic and visiting friends and relatives tourism; 7. Conference tourism - MICE market and business tourism; 8. The moralisation of tourism, and the ethical alternatives; Part Two: New Products; 9. Re-engineering established products and destinations

10. Urbanization and second-home tourism11. The influence of fashion and accessibility on destination consumption; 12. Experience design in tourism; 13. Nature-based products, ecotourism and adventure tourism; 14. Sport and events tourism; 15. Shopping and tourism; 16. Gastronomy, food and wine tourism; 17. Travel/tourism: spiritual experiences; 18. Space tourism; Part Three: New Industry; 19. Intermediaries: travel agencies and tour operators; 20. Transport and transit: air, land and sea; 21. Hospitality megatrends; 22. Attractions



megatrends; 23. Culture, heritage and visiting attractions

24. Entertainment and new leisure tourism25. Destination management organizations and actors; Part Four: Conclusion; 26. Conclusion: tourism futures; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As the global tourism industry continues to expand and to become more complex, it is vital that those in the industry are equipped with a thorough knowledge of all topics involved. New Tourism Consumers Products and Industry: Present and Future Issues provides this comprehensive coverage and more. Written by a team of globally renowned thinkers and researchers, it not only provides a brief historical overview of tourism, but delves deeper, to discuss emerging trends, consumer types and looks at the way the industry itself is changing and developing. It provides the manager of tomorrow with the