Future tourism : political, social and economic challenges / / edited by James Leigh, Craig Webster and Stanislav Ivanov

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4/791
• Soggetto topico: Tourism - Forecasting; Ecotourism - Forecasting
• Altri autori: IvanovStanislav LeighJames WebsterCraig
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright page; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: What future for tourism?; PART I: Global changes and their impact on future tourism; 2 'Peak Oil' confronts society and tourism: A futuristic view; 3 The political economy of tourism in the future; PART II: Political and social trends and future tourism; 4 Security and the future of tourism; 5 Wellbeing, equity, sustainable development and social tourism in twenty-first century Europe; 6 Shapers and shifters for the future of travel and tourism; 7 Tourism and quality of life ; 8 Through a glass darkly: The future of tourism is personalPART III: Managerial issues and future tourism; 9 Tourism in a technology-dependent world; 10 Human resource issues in the new millennium; 11 Sustainability: An issue for the tourism industry in the new millennium?; 12 Tomorrow's tourist and the case study of New Zealand; PART IV: Concluding thoughts; 13 Future tourism: Where to now?; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book investigates and considers the urgent political, social, and economic challenges that confront society and tourism. It attempts to look at what is threatening society, and makes suggestions on what the impact will be and how tourism will be changed to integrate with the new socio-economics of a newly emerging society with its novel peculiar challenges and opportunities in a post-energy era. The book draws on the views of leading thinkers in tourism and considers a broad range of issues from multidisciplinary perspectives facing the tourism industry for the first time
• Titolo autorizzato: Future tourism
• ISBN: 1-136-44805-5; 1-283-60564-3; 9786613918093; 1-136-44806-3; 0-203-12503-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785894903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge advances in tourism.