Tourism in turbulent times[electroni...
Leggat, Peter A.

 

  • Tourism in turbulent times[electronic resource] :towards safe experiences for visitors /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 338.47910684
    書名/作者: Tourism in turbulent times : towards safe experiences for visitors // edited by Jeff Wilks, Donna Pendergast, Peter Leggat.
    其他作者: Wilks, Jeff.
    出版者: Amsterdam ; : Elsevier,, 2006.
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource (xxiv, 357 p.) : : ill.
    標題: Tourism - Safety measures.
    標題: Tourisme - S�ecurit�
    標題: Tourisme - Aspect sanitaire.
    ISBN: 9780080446660
    ISBN: 0080446663
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    內容註: Health. Safety. Adventure. Government and Industry Initiatives.
    摘要、提要註: Tourism in Turbulent Times presents an international review of the challenges faced by the world's largest industry and governments around the world to provide safe and enjoyable experiences for visitors. The book draws on the background and expertise of contributors from 11 countries, representing scholars, government officers and industry practitioners. It addresses traditional concerns for tourism (such as crime) as well as emerging challenges posed by the global movement of infectious disease and terrorism. These topics are examined by specialists who share a view that tourism can weather turbulent times through adopting appropriate risk management strategies and continuing to provide quality service for customers. This book differs from other texts on the market by including a large group of tourism industry practitioners as contributors. These writers practice the principles they espouse and have critical insight into the real world issues facing the tourism industry. They are also very committed to finding best practice solutions to the challenges facing their industry. The book will therefore be of particular interest to tourism managers and policy makers since it provides relevant information for the important decisions they need to make. Throwing the net wide to include medicine, law, psychology, sociology, education and hard science means that a wide range of perspectives are available to address global business, insurance, security, and policy questions in this emerging area of tourism. Shocks such as the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, SARS and the more recent Asian Tsunami have made the tourism industry very conscious of the need to protect its customers. This book highlights the positive responses made by various sectors of the industry at destination, national and international levels. It also examines the growing adventure tourism market, characterised by small operators who need good risk management practices to weather adverse global events, as well as run a financially viable small business. Such a wide set of perspectives will be very valuable to both students and tourism professionals. - Focus on the real world business, including medicine, the international tourism industry and government. - Includes unique industry material that is not usually found in academic texts or journal articles - Written by government and industry experts who have access to interesting and timely facts and figures that would not otherwise appear in the public domain.
    電子資源: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080446660
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