Tourism impacts, planning and management /
By: Mason, Peter.
Publisher: Amsterdam : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxiv, 289 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0750684925 (pbk); 9780750684927:; 9780750684927.Subject(s): Tourism -- Management | Tourism -- PlanningDDC classification: 338.4791068Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 338.4791068 MAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0075834 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-283) and index.
Part One Tourism. Growth, Development and Impacts--1. Social change and the growth of tourism--2. Theoretical perspectives on tourism development--3. An introduction to tourism impacts--4. The economic impacts of tourism--5.The socio-cultural impacts of tourism--6. Environmental impacts of tourism--Part Two. Tourism Planning and Management Concepts, Issues and Players-- 7. Tourism, planning and management: concepts and issues--8. The key players in tourism planning and management--9. Visitor management--10. Managing the natural resources for tourism--11. Tourism planning and management and the host community--12. Tourism, planning and management and the tourism industry--13. Partnerships and collaboration in tourism--Part Three. Tools and Techniques in Tourism Planning and Management--14. Education as a technique in tourism planning and management--15. Self-regulation as a technique in tourism planning and management--16. Information technology and tourism planning and management--Part Four. The Future of Tourism Planning and Management--17. Tourism planning and management and sustainability--18.Conclusions and the future of tourism planning and management.
Tourism impacts are multi-faceted and therefore are difficult to plan for and manage. This title looks at all the key players involved - be they tourists, host communities or industry members - and considers a number of approaches and techniques for managing tourism successfully.