Tourism business frontiers
Subtitle: consumers, products and industry
By: edited by Dimitrios Buhalis and Carlos Costa.
Contributors: Buhalis, Dimitrios.; Costa, Carlos.
Publisher: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: Tourism.; Tourism -- Forecasting.
Description: As the global tourism industry continues to expand and to become more complex, it is vital that those in the industry are equipped with a thorough knowledge of all topics involved. This book provides this comprehensive coverage and more. Written by a team of globally renowned thinkers and researchers, it not only provides a brief historical overview of tourism, but delves deeper, to discuss emerging trends, consumer types and looks at the way the industry itself is changing and developing. It provides the manager of tomorrow with the ability to look beyond normal planning horizons and identify potential opportunities from these changes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-266) and index.