Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management / Edition 3

by Peter Mason

Overview

Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management is a unique text, which links these three crucial areas of tourism - impacts, planning and management. Tourism impacts are multi-faceted and therefore are difficult to plan for and manage. Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management 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.

Divided into four parts, this book discusses: The growth, development and impacts of tourism, Tourism planning and management: concepts, issues and key players, Tools and techniques in tourism planning and management: education, regulation and information technology, The future of tourism planning and management: issues of sustainability and the future.

Now in a second edition, this bestselling text has been fully revised with updated statistics and case studies, including the Bali bombings, Stonehenge and tour guiding, plus all-new material on the planning process in developed countries, community action planning in Canada, the role of zoos, pro-poor tourism in Southern Africa, government planning in Dubai, lodge development in Thailand and the use of IT in planning in Sri Lanka.

Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management is invaluable for tourism undergraduates and is suitable as introductory material for postgraduate tourism management courses, as well as being a useful tool for those studying related courses.

About the Author:
Dr Peter Mason is Professor of Tourism Management and Head of Tourism, Leisure and Sport Management, University of Bedfordshire, UK

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138016293
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/08/2015
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	254
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Peter Mason is Visiting Professor of Tourism at London South Bank University, has a fractional position at London Metropolitan University and teaches regularly at the Luxury Hotel School, Paris. He has taught for 45 years, 31 of which have been in higher education institutions (HEIs). This book is based largely on his own research and teaching at HEIs in the UK, New Zealand, Australia, France and the Middle East.

Table of Contents

List of figures     ix
List of photos     xiii
List of tables     xv
List of abbreviations     xvii
Preface to the Second Edition     xix
Acknowledgements: Second Edition     xxi
Introduction     xxiii
Tourism Growth, Development and Impacts     1
Social change and the growth of tourism     3
Introduction     4
Key perspectives     5
Summary     21
Student activities     22
Theoretical perspectives on tourism development     24
Introduction     25
Key perspectives     25
Summary     33
Student activities     34
An introduction to tourism impacts     35
Introduction     36
Key perspectives     36
Summary     42
Student activities     43
The economic impacts of tourism     44
Introduction     45
Key perspectives     45
Summary     54
Student activities     55
The socio-cultural impacts of tourism     56
Introduction     57
Key perspectives     57
Summary     67
Student activities     68
Environmental impacts of tourism     69
Introduction     70
Key perspectives     70
Summary     81
Student activities     82
Conclusions to part one     83
Tourism Planning and Management: Concepts, Issues and Players     85
Tourism planning and management: Concepts and issues     87
Introduction     88
Key perspectives     88
Summary     110
Student activities     111
The key players in tourism planning and management     112
Introduction     113
Key perspectives     113
Summary     133
Student activities     134
Visitor management     135
Introduction     136
Key perspectives     136
Summary     149
Student activities     150
Managing the natural resources for tourism     151
Introduction     152
Key perspectives     152
Summary     163
Student activities     164
Tourism planning and management and the host community      165
Introduction     166
Key perspectives     166
Summary     176
Student activities     176
Tourism planning and management and the tourism industry     177
Introduction     178
Key perspectives     178
Summary     189
Student activities     189
Partnerships and collaboration in tourism     191
Introduction     192
Key perspectives     192
Summary     200
Student activities     202
Tools and Techniques in Tourism Planning and Management     207
Education as a technique in tourism planning and management     209
Introduction     210
Key perspectives     210
Summary     219
Student activities     219
Self-regulation as a technique in tourism planning and management     222
Introduction     223
Key perspectives     223
Summary     232
Student activities     233
Information technology and tourism planning and management     234
Introduction     235
Key perspectives     235
Summary     240
Student activities     240
The Future of Tourism Planning and Management     241
Tourism planning and management and sustainability     243
Introduction     244
Key perspectives     244
Summary     259
Student activities     260
Conclusions and the future of tourism planning and management     261
Influences on the future of tourism     262
Student activities     271
References     273
Index     285

Editorial Reviews

'At a time when the need for effective planning and management of tourism is becoming ever more acute, this new edition explores critically the contemporary consequences of tourism development and means of addressing them. Comprehensive, easy to read, yet thought-provoking, with up-to-date case studies, detailed practical examples and challenging student exercises, it is essential reading for students of tourism and related subjects.'

Richard Sharpley, Professor of Tourism & Development, University of Central Lancashire

'This book offers readers a strong understanding of tourism impacts, planning and management in an accessible manner. What makes it stand out is its willingness to look at some of the lesser-explored, but important, dark corners of tourism. In particular, the examination of sex, including child sex, tourism is to be applauded. The examination of overtourism in the book is also extremely timely.'

Professor Neil Carr, University of Otago, New Zealand

 

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