David Ward-Perkins (France Independent Consultant), Christina Beckmann (USA Adventure Travel Trade Association), Jackie Ellis (UK Independent Consultant)

Gebundenes Buch

Tourism Routes and Trails

Theory and Practice

Beschreibung

This book covers the increasingly important 'routes' sector of the tourism industry. It reviews how routes are created, their effects on tourism businesses, local populations and other stakeholders, and the critical role of both communities and those who provide strategic direction and funding. It also includes contemporary examples and cases.

Autor

David Ward-Perkins has been an independent consultant since 2002, with a background in business and economic development. He is an expert in the development of destinations with a strong cultural or environmental character. He has over 30 years' experience in large- and small-scale tourism development projects, throughout Europe, in North America and around the Mediterranean basin. Recent projects of David's have included strategic plans for mountain resorts and coastal areas, for urban fringe regeneration, for major heritage sites and for wildlife reserves. Important components of all these projects have been the consideration of environmental balance and the evaluation of the short and long-term economic impacts of tourism development.Recent projects include the writing of a Handbook on Transnational Tourism Themes and Routes for the ETC and UNWTO (not yet published), and a number of food tourism development projects, most recently for DEFRA and VisitBritain. David also teaches part-time at the Centre for Tourism Management of SKEMA Business School (Sophia Antipolis, France), running courses on strategic and sustainable tourism, and destination management.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CABI Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 252mm x 180mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 674g
• ISBN-13: 9781786394767
• ISBN-10: 1786394766
• Artikelnr.: 58036071