Resort destinations : evolution, management and development /
By: Prideaux, B. (Bruce).
Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, c2009Description: ix, 310 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750657532; 9780750657532:; 0750657537.Subject(s): Tourism -- Management -- Case studies | Tourism -- Management | Resorts -- Management -- Case studies | Resorts -- Management | Resort marketingDDC classification: 338.4791Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The resort destination setting -- The historical setting; Definitions: exploring the literature; Geographical context; Economic perspectives; The human element; Resort destination dynamics -- Planning issues; Sustainability; Resort destination marketing; Management; Infrastructure issues; -- Examples of resort destination types -- Resort destination development in developing nations; Mountain resort destinations; Resort destinations in isolated locations; City resort destinations; Island resort destinations; The future of resort destinations -- Threats; The future of resort destinations.
This title uses examples from Australia's GoldCoast, Britain's Brighton, USA's Las Vegas, as well as Hong Kong, New Zealand and the Caribbean, to discuss threats to resort destinations.