Future Tourism : Political, Social and Economic Challenges.

Future Tourism : Political, Social and Economic Challenges.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leigh, James
Other Authors: Webster, Craig, Ivanov, Stanislav
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Series:Advances in Tourism.
Subjects:
Tourism > Forecasting.
Ecotourism > Forecasting.
Tourism > Forecasting
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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