Fundamentals of Planning and Developing Tourism

Fundamentals of Planning and Developing Tourism brings into focus the growing importance of tourism in developing economies of the world, for social change, alleviating poverty, and achieving sustained growth. It offers a complete, organized, and quantifiable methodology for tourism development plan...

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Main Author: Kastarlak, Bulent I. (Author)
Other Authors: Barber, Brian. K. 1937- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey Pearson 2012
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Summary:Fundamentals of Planning and Developing Tourism brings into focus the growing importance of tourism in developing economies of the world, for social change, alleviating poverty, and achieving sustained growth. It offers a complete, organized, and quantifiable methodology for tourism development planning that reflects economics, marketing, and crucial issues such as conservation, capacity constraints, and social acceptability. It covers all steps used for analyzing and planning tourism development in free market, mixed, and centrally-planned economies. The text is replete with historical explorations and examples, including several real life case studies illuminating both successes and failures in tourism planning and development.
Physical Description:xxi, 457 pages illustrations 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9780135078815
0135078814