Worldwide Destinations

by Chris Cooper (Author), Chris Cooper (Author), Brian Boniface (Author), Brian Boniface MA (Author), Robyn Cooper (Author), Chris Cooper (Author), Chris Cooper (Author)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $8.73

  Worldwide Destinations: The Geography of Travel and Tourism is a unique text that explores the demand, supply, organisational aspects and resources of every tourism destination in the world.

  This fifth edition is brought up to date with key features such as:

  • An exploration of current issues such as climate change, economic capacity, grey tourism and social impacts
  • New full colour interior, packed with helpful pedagogic features, including discussion points and assignements to encourage greater student involvement
  • A companion website for students and lecturers which incluldes discussion questions and multiple choice questsions with solutions
  • A new and fully updated edition of Worldwide Destinations Casebook is also available with 38 in-depth cases to help bring textbook theory to life

  The book provides thematic chapters at the beginning which detail the geographical knowledge and principles required to understand how to approach the analysis of destinations. The further division of the book into thematic and regional chapters enables the student to carry out a systematic analysis of a particular destination.

  Worldwide Destinations: The Geography of Travel and Tourism is an invaluable resource for studying every destination in the world as well as the demand, resources and future of the geography of tourism. This thorough guide is a must-have for any tourism student.

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  Paperback
  2001

  $5.83

  'Worldwide Destinations: the geography of travel and tourism' provides comprehensive coverage of worldwide tourism destinations, examining the basic principles underlying the geography of tourist demand, supply and transportation, together with a broad survey of world tourism generating and destination regions. This third edition takes a more thorough approach to worldwide tourism than previous editions and looks at the market categories of tourism as well as demand; physical attractions; organization of tourism; types of destinations and their place in the tourist area life cycle. Case studies from around the world are used to illustrate the issues involved with these particular categories, including those from the UK, Europe, USA, Australasia, Asia and the Caribbean. 'Worldwide Destinations' is an invaluable resource for students on degree and diploma courses in tourism, hospitality and business studies as well as those undertaking vocational training for a career in the travel industry. The new edition is also accompanied with companion website and password proctected tutor resource material. Access the site at www bh.com/companions/0750642319. Tutors adopting the textbook should email the Butterworth Heinemann Marketing Department at bhmarketing@repp.co.uk for further details on accessing the password protected information on the site.