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- ISBN 9781771887724
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 21 Aug 2019
- Publisher: Apple Academic Press Inc.
- Publication City/Country: CA
- Product Form: Hardback
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Exploring the importance of destination branding and destination marketing as well as their implications on sustainability in tourism, this book approaches the topic through the lens of destination image, taking into account the large influence of appearance on tourist attraction. With consideration to various stakeholders in sustainable tourism development, this book incorporates ideas for new techniques in destination branding and marketing in order to maximize economic impact. The book also discusses the rising influence of social media on tourists’ interest.
Emphasizing sustainability in tourism development, the chapters address a number of important issues, such as post-disaster tourism marketing, culture and heritage tourism, eco-tourism, community-based nature tourism, community involvement in destination development, benchmarking for destination performance evaluation, sustainable food practices in tourism, and more. Each chapter of this book incorporates a quantifiable trend in tourism development, including various paradigms and studies that relay different statistics about certain areas of tourism. The book makes use of case studies for specific destinations and integrates strategies, evidence, and analyses to offer a holistic understanding of the myriad factors involved in sustainable tourism development.
Anukrati Sharma, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Commerce and Management, University of Kota, Kota, Rajasthan, India. She has edited and authored several books and has attended a number of national and international conferences, presenting over 45 papers. She has been invited to talks, lectures, and panel discussions by different universities, including the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and Aligarh Muslim University, India. Dr. Sharma handles training sessions at the Rajasthan Police Academy, Jaipur, India, on such topics as Change Management, Communication Skills, Gender Discrimination, and Personality Development. Her special interest areas are tourism, tourism marketing, strategic management and international business management.
