Resort Destinations

Bruce Prideaux (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

328 Seiten

2009
Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7506-5753-2 (ISBN)

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Discusses the threats to resort destinations and presents various evaluation methods and planning tools for analysis. This title looks at the impact and role of individuals as visionaries, investors, marketers and planners. It includes case studies from Australia's Gold Coast, Brighton UK, Las Vegas USA, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the Caribbean.

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.

Dr Bruce Prideaux is a Professor of Tourism Management and Marketing, at James Cook University, Australia. He is Editor of Asia Pacific Journal of Transport and Book Review Editor for Australian Journal of Hospitality Management. He has contributed to numerous edited texts, including our forthcoming text, Managing Visitor Attractions (eds Fyall et al).

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;

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.4.2009
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	191 x 235 mm
Gewicht	680 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	0-7506-5753-7 / 0750657537
ISBN-13	978-0-7506-5753-2 / 9780750657532
Zustand	Neuware