Tourism Case Studies from the Asia-Pacific Region offers a comprehensive exploration of the diverse world of tourism within one of the most dynamic regions on the globe. Authored by leading academic and industry experts, this volume fills a crucial gap in tourism literature by providing practical and engaging case studies that highlight real-world industry best practices, challenges, and opportunities. The volume explores critical topics such as sustainable practices, cultural preservation...

Mountains have long held an appeal for people around the world. This book focusses on the diversity of perspectives, interaction and role of tourism within these areas. Providing a vital update to the current literature, it considers the interdisciplinary context of communities, the creation of mountain tourism experiences and the impacts tourism has on these environments. Including authors from Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America, the development, planning and governance issues are als...

In Zeiten von Klimawandel, Pandemien und weltweiter Ungleichheit polarisieren Reisen und Tourismus stark - während deren wirtschaftliche Bedeutung weiter steigt. Dieser Dienstleistungszweig kommt daher nicht umhin, sich an veränderte Bedürfnisse sowie ökologische Ziele adäquat anzupassen, damit er als "Agent of Change" mit nachhaltigen Lebensentwürfen beispielhaft vorangehen kann. Daraus folgende, mitunter schmerzhafte Konsequenzen sind evident, denn langfristiger Nutzen im Sinne von Nachh...

This book explores the rapid growth of the sharing economy, specifically of Airbnb, in recent years and how it has challenged traditional economies in many countries around the globe. With almost 5 million listings in more than 190 countries, many consider Airbnb as one of the most disruptive developments in tourism over the past decade.While this is a book about Western Australia as a case in point, the issues addressed in this book speak to the broader development of the sharing ...

Combining ideas of sustainable development, product development and branding with notions from the fields of design, space shaping and architecture, this volume of Advances in Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research offers contemporary perspectives on the strategic development, evaluation and impact of 'atmospheric quality' in tourism and hospitality service situations.Contributors explore the way atmospheric qualities in tourism and hospitality strongly influence custom...

This book adopts a collectivist perspective on special interest tourism consumption, bringing together research on ‘special interest tourism’ and ‘niche tourism’ as well as more recent research into the interdisciplinary applications of the sociological concept of neo‐tribes. It promotes a shift in perspective away from special interest tourism understood as a sum of similarly motivated individuals, to a collective view of special interest tourists who share common characteristics (e.g., s...

Das Buch geht aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln der These nach, dass das (touristische) Reisen ein spezielles Fenster in eine Gesellschaft darstellt und damit eine Möglichkeit bietet, um über gewisse gesellschaftliche Mechanismen und Antriebskräfte Näheres zu erfahren. Umgekehrt können wir davon ausgehen, dass das Reiseverhalten aufs Engste an gesellschaftliche Phänomene gekoppelt ist. Wer also vergangenen Entwicklungen des Reisens nachspüren, gegenwärtige Dynamiken verstehen und zukünftige S...