Resort Destinations

Evolution, Management and Development
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-7506-5753-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 184 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 646 g

Destination management and resort development and planning are strong core areas in the final year of most undergraduate degrees and a popular area of study at postgraduate level.
Using original case studies based on his own research, Resort Destinations uses examples from Australia's Gold Coast, Britain's Brighton, USA's Las Vegas, as well as Hong Kong, New Zealand and the Caribbean.

Zielgruppe

Final year undergraduate and postgraduate students of tourism/geography/social study related courses. Specific degree modules such as: Managing Destination Development, Tourism Development & Planning, and Comparative Analysis of Tourism. Practitioners and tourism managers who deal in resort management and development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Prideaux, Bruce (Central Queensland University, Australia)

Prideaux, Bruce

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Tourismus & Reise: Ökonomie, Ökologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Tourismuswirtschaft, Gastgewerbe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Modelling Destination Development; Chapter 3 Planning for the Future; Chapter 4 Transport – A Key Element in Destination Development and Operations; Chapter 5 Responding to Crisis – The Destination Perspective; Chapter 6 City Destinations – The New Focus of Tourism Activity; Chapter 7 Coastal Tourism; Chapter 8 Mountain Destinations; Chapter 9 Island Destinations; Chapter 10 Sustainability, Change and Drivers – Shaping Future Destinations;

Über Autor(innen)

Bruce Prideaux