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The 2008 financial crisis led the whole world to ask questions of the financial industry. Why are wages in the financial industry so high? Are bonu...

Since the middle of the last century tourism has demonstrated almost continual growth, with international tourist arrivals now recorded in excess o...

This book offers students an accessible and applied introduction to microeconomics in tourism and hospitality through a comprehensive analysis of t...

Social capital is broadly conceptualised as consisting of resources and network ties embedded in the social structures and relationships that facil...

Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management is a unique text, which links the three crucial areas of tourism: impacts, planning and management.Tourism...

Deriving from a special issue on China Watching (Journal of China Tourism Research), this book presents the readers with a collection of seven inde...

One of the leading texts in the field, The Economics of Recreation, Leisure and Tourism is the ideal introduction to the fundamentals of economics ...

Visitor attractions represent a complex sector of the tourism industry and are the catalytic focus for the development of tourism infrastructure an...

Traditionally, resources on terrorism and counterterrorism tend to focus on the social, behavioral, and legal aspects of the subject, with minimal ...

International Cases on Tourism Destination Management and COVID-19 provides students, lecturers and practitioners with an essential real-life resou...

International Cases on Tourism Destination Management and COVID-19 provides students, lecturers and practitioners with an essential real-life resou...

According to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), international tourists engaging in cultural activities accounted for more than 500 million of ...

Hospitality Marketing is an introductory textbook which shows readers how to apply the principles of marketing within the hospitality industry.The ...

2022 Pest Control for Professional Turfgrass Managers contains the latest information on pesticides used to control turfgrass pests. This volume co...

Everything that we know about the world of finance is changing before us. Innovation is happening constantly, despite the protests of the tradition...

Providing a unique analysis of current multidisciplinary research on the complex relationships between tourism and the imaginaries of tourist desti...

Contemporary events management is a diverse and challenging field. This introductory textbook fully explores the multidisciplinary nature of events...

The remarkable success of the 1972 UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage is borne out by the fact that...

Marketing and Managing Tourism Destinations is a comprehensive and integrated introductory textbook covering destination management and marketing i...

What factors contribute to tourism and recreation development? How can we characterise stakeholder rationales and organisation modes to enhance tou...

This first full length treatment of the role of morality in tourism examines how the tourism encounter is also fundamentally a moral encounter. Dra...

What is the relationship between creativity, cultural heritage institutions and copyright? Who owns culture and cultural heritage? The digital age ...

Digital Out of Home Entertainment is rather an arcane description for one of the fastest growing technology-sectors. These forms of interactive tec...

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach by covering topics on health care and artificial intelligence. Data sets related to biomedical signal...

The COVID-19 pandemic brought travel to a halt and the global tourism industry has been one of the sectors hit hardest during the pandemic. This bo...

This book introduces solutions for sports scheduling problems in a variety of settings. In particular the book covers timetabling, the traveling to...

The book explores emerging themes, concepts, and issues in ethnic tourism, through examination of theoretical underpinnings and empirical research ...

This book explores the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the business, hospitality, and tourism sectors, with a special focus on...

This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the themes and concepts related to nature-based tourism development. Providing interdisciplinary i...

Luxury Marketing, Sustainability and Technology explores how new technologies, sustainability, and relationship marketing impact and change the fut...

This book is a cultural history of post-Wall urban, social, political, and cultural transformations in Berlin. Branding Berlin: From Division to th...

This book provides an overview of the progress in Spanish tourism geography, particularly after the overlay of financial, pandemic and climate cris...

This edited volume delves into the intricate challenges that cities face in the midst of evolving socio-political, economic, and environmental land...

In order to ensure the long-term sustainability of tourism in different countries and destinations, it is vital to examine and analyse emerging tre...

The book will follow the precedent set by Dennison Nash's Tourism Social Science Series anthology, The Study of Tourism. The Discovery of Tourism, ...

The original Tourist Gaze was a classic, marking out a new land to study and appreciate. This new edition extends into fresh areas with the same p...