Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management is a unique text, which links these three crucial areas of tourism - impacts, planning and management./p>
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.
Introductory material for postgraduate tourism management courses
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
The Author
Peter Mason - Professor of Tourism Management and Head of Tourism and Leisure Department at University of Luton, UK
Inside the Book
Social change and the growth of tourism
Theoretical perspectives on tourism development
An introduction to tourism impacts
An Introduction to tourism impacts; Economic impacts of tourism
Socio-cultural impacts of tourism
Holistic perspectives on tourism impacts
Concepts and issues
Key players in tourism planning and management
Visitor management
Managing the natural resources for tourism
The host community
The tourism industry
Partnerships and collaboration in tourism planning and management
Educational techniques in tourism planning and management
Regulation and tourism planning and management
Information technology and tourism management
Issues of sustainability and planning and management
Conclusions and the future of tourism planning and management
