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

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam, : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4791; 338.47910688
• Soggetto topico: Tourism; Tourism - Forecasting
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BuhalisDimitrios CostaCarlos
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Tourism business frontiers
• ISBN: 1-136-35363-1; 1-280-64212-2; 9786610642120; 0-08-045591-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457721403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II