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Tourism, Territory and Sustainable Development: Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Applications in Japan and Europe (New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives #28)
by João RomãoWelfare rise, spatial mobility, and global information and communication channels (in particular, social media) have prompted the emergence of a specific booming and rapidly growing mobility industry all over the world, namely tourism. The tourist sector (including recreation and leisure activities) has turned into a complex contemporaneous socio-economic and geographic phenomenon, with a multiplicity of travel motives (e.g., entertainment, culture, relaxed life style, wellness, nature, etc.) and with a wide variety of impacts (e.g., urban- and regional-economic effects, crowding phenomena, environmental decay, etc.). Time has now come to offer a synthesis of the analytical apparatus in tourism research, with particular attention for system-wide, socio-economic and environmental dimensions of this important global industry. Tourism has in the past been a largely neglected field in regional science research. And therefore, it is laudable that João Romão has taken the decision to compose a systematically designed and well crafted monograph on the socio-economic, environmental and spatial dimensions of modern tourism. It offers a wealth of analytical insights and quantitative research tools for advanced tourism studies. It also fills an important gap in the current regional science literature. Peter Nijkamp, Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam
Asian Youth Travellers: Insights And Implications (Perspectives On Asian Tourism)
by Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore Elaine Chiao Ling YangCovers the latest trends relevant to young Asian travellers, for example, educational tourism, adventure tourism, and working holidays.<P><P> Provides tourism researchers, students, and practitioners a consolidated, comprehensive, and up-to-date reference for the understanding of Asian travellers.<P> Offers a previously absent non-Western-centric perspective on Asian youth travellers.<P> This book offers a bird’s-eye view of the current trends, opportunities, and challenges related to Asian youth travellers, and it also presents a holistic framework for future research to build upon. Managerial and policy implications are provided for the tourism and hospitality industry and government agencies to better accommodate the needs of Asian youth travellers – a unique and diverse market that is yet to be fully unveiled to the world.<P> The book investigates the key characteristics that define contemporary Asian youth travellers, adopting a broad definition of Asia. While it includes relatively mature markets, it also features emerging markets in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. The book looks at different forms of tourism undertaken by Asian travellers, encompassing educational tourism, adventure tourism, working holiday, self-driving tourism, dark tourism, volunteer tourism, and cultural tourism.<P> A wide range of topics are discussed, from history to current trends, from motivations to constraints, from the influence of culture and religion on travel behaviour to the search of social freedom through travel, and from destination choice to destination avoidance. The findings and interpretations are drawn from diverse and novel research methods, such as netnography, visual anthropology, historiography, interview, focus group, survey, and document analysis.
Managing Asian Destinations (Perspectives On Asian Tourism)
by Ying Wang Aishath Shakeela Anna Kwek Catheryn Khoo-LattimoreThis book focuses on the planning, marketing, and management of Asian tourism destinations, and evaluates current developments within Southeast-Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region. As more Asian destinations enter the global tourism arena and more Asian travellers look to explore destinations in Asia and beyond, an understanding of how Asian destinations practice tourism is crucial to the future sustainable development of global tourism. This book provides an invaluable stock of research and knowledge based on the Asian practice and experience in destination planning, marketing, and management, offering insights into the latest development and trends in the region.
Report on China’s Cruise Industry
by Hong WangThe book contains 12 contributions that explain the current state of China’s cruise industry and future development. Dating from the 1960s and with the rapid development of over 50 years, the modern cruise industry has developed into one of the fastest growing industries with the most remarkable economic benefits in the global tourism and hospitality industry, known as a “golden industry on the golden waterway”. In recent years, with the gradual saturation of international cruise market and the eastward-moving trend of the center of cruise market, China has become a strategic emerging market with which international cruise lines have been competing. A number of international cruise lines, including Costa Crociere, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Princess Cruises, MSC Cruises, Star Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line and Dream Cruises, have entered the cruise market in Mainland China.
Asian Cultures and Contemporary Tourism (Perspectives On Asian Tourism)
by Elaine Chiao Ling Yang Catheryn Khoo-LattimoreBrings together different perspectives to understand cultures that underpin contemporary Asian tourist behaviours.<P><P> Offers tourism researchers, students and practitioners a consolidated, comprehensive and updated reference for the understanding of Asian tourists.<P> Provides an intellectual platform for Asian scholars to represent the voices of Asian tourists in their own cultural terms.<P>This book focuses on cultures that shape contemporary Asian tourist experiences. The book consists of 10 chapters, which are organised into two themes: Collectivist Culture and Wellbeing. The chapters cover emerging forms of tourism (e.g., wedding and bridal photography tourism, roots/affinity tourism and shamanic tourism), investigate a wide range of topics (e.g., tourist motivation, tourist anxiety and decision making) and consider Asian perspectives from diverse backgrounds (e.g., China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, and Nepal). The book provides tourism researchers, students and practitioners a consolidated, comprehensive and updated reference for the understanding of Asian tourists.
Asian Qualitative Research in Tourism: Ontologies, Epistemologies, Methodologies, And Methods (Perspectives On Asian Tourism)
by Paolo Mura Catheryn Khoo-LattimoreAddresses the issues and opportunities faced by researchers conducting qualitative tourism research in Asia.<P> Provides reflexive accounts from Asian tourism scholars as well as non-Asian academics who focus on the region.<P> Pulls together the work of both authoritative figures in the field and emerging qualitative tourism researchers.<P>This book explores the ontologies, epistemologies, methodologies, and methods that inform tourism qualitative research conducted either by Asian scholars or non-Asian scholars focusing on Asia. In addition to providing a platform for researchers to publish their qualitative journeys, it aims to encourage further Asian qualitative tourism research production.<P> The book not only includes chapters from Asian scholars but also non-Asian tourism researchers with a focus on Asia, as their chapters are crucial to represent the multiplicity of realities constituting ‘Asia’. It is of interest to the whole tourism academic community as it provides novel methodological insights from a non-Western perspective, which at the moment are often silenced by dominant (Western) voices.
Travel and Tourism: Proceedings of the Tourism Outlook Conferences
by Alan Lew İnci Oya Coşkun Nor’ain Othman Mohamed AslamThis book contains the best papers on tourism sustainability, economics and management presented at the 10th Tourism Outlook Conference, held in Sri Lanka from 19 to 21 October 2017 and the 11th Tourism Outlook Conference held in Eskişehir, Turkey from 3-5 October 2018. The papers provide a distinctly multidisciplinary perspective that brings together experts in the fields of management, economics and tourism to develop and disseminate solutions to emerging issues and challenges related to sustainable tourism and community development.The book provides a platform for cross-disciplinary dialogues that integrate different research and knowledge from diverse geographical, sectoral, and institutional perspectives. Through this approach, readers gain new perspectives to expand their skills and advance their studies and applications in the sustainable development of tourism resources and destinations, especially in developing world contexts.
Changing Trends in Japan's Employment and Leisure Activities: Implications for Tourism Marketing
by Fred R. SchumannThis book reviews employment and leisure trends in Japan from the post-war era to the present. In addition, it also examines how these trends will affect tourism destinations and businesses that rely heavily on Japanese overseas tourism. Topics that are of particular interest to readers include the most current Japanese employment and leisure data and how the data compares with the earlier, postwar era that made up the boom-years of Japanese overseas travel. The latest data provides insight into how today's working and living conditions in Japan impact overseas travel expenditures today. Readers, ranging from academics to business practitioners, will benefit from the book that provides the latest information that can be used in a practical manner to assist tourism-related businesses and organizations meet the current and future needs of the Japan overseas travel market.
Balancing Development and Sustainability in Tourism Destinations: Proceedings of the Tourism Outlook Conference 2015
by Alan A. Lew Akhmad Saufi Imanuella R. Andilolo Norain OthmanThis book contains 35 papers from the Tourism Outlook Conference held in Lombok, Indonesia in July 2015. The book presents comprehensive discussions on sustainability in the tourism industry. It includes research on various constituents of the tourism sector and analyses of each of them from a sustainability standpoint. Case studies that are global in nature are presented to show how sustainable applications can be used and how concerns can be addressed. The book is a response to rapid change in contemporary tourism trends brought about by global economic and social forces such as development pressures, population growth, major resource extraction, industrial fishing, global climate change and steadily rising sea levels. Balancing Development and Sustainability in Tourism Destinations serves as a platform for students and educators, government agency employees, hospitality and tourism industry practitioners, public and private land managers, community development workers, and others interested in identifying practical solutions, charting new directions, and creating opportunities for sustainable tourism development.
New Horizons for Asian Museums and Museology
by Naoko SonodaThis book presents up-to-date information about museums and museology in present-day Asia, focusing on Japan, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Thailand. Asian countries today have developed or are developing their own museology and museums, which are not simple copies of European or North American models. This book provides readers with carefully chosen examples of museum activities for example, exhibition and sharing information, database construction, access to and conservation of museum collections, relationships between museums and local communities, and international cooperation in the field of cultural heritage. Readers are expected to include museum professionals and museology students. Throughout the course of this book, the reader will understand that a museum is not only a place for collecting, representing, and preserving cultural heritage but also plays a fundamental role in community development. This book is highly recommended to readers who seek a worldwide vision of museum studies. The peer-reviewed chapters in this volume are written versions of the lectures delivered by selected speakers at the international symposium "New Horizons for Asian Museums and Museology" held in February 2015 at the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan. "
e-Consumers in the Era of New Tourism
by Erkan SezginThis book focuses on the role of e-consumers and e-marketing in the era of new tourism. It addresses themes such as the tourism "prosumer" at work, the evolution of tourism services, the collaboration and co-creation, as well as the e-complaint behavior of e-consumers in tourism. It also discusses topics such as mobile marketing, gamification as a marketing communication tool, the impact of social media on tourism consumers, and the use of e-loyalty programs in the accommodation sector. Students taking e-marketing and market research courses in tourism can use this work as a source book for the principles of new marketing management. e-Consumers in the Era of New Tourism serves as a helpful resource for practitioners, as well as researchers and students of e-marketing.
Thai Ways
by Denis SegallerWritten by an Englishman who has spent most of his adult years in Thailand, the pieces in this collection were originally published as columns in Thailand's English-language newspaper. Topics include language, food, festivals, worship, the calendar, and "do's and don'ts" for visitors. This book will be of value to anyone planning a trip to Thailand or anyone who wishes to learn more about the country.
Hong Kong Life & Culture: A Quick and Easy Guide for Expats and Visitors
by Emily L. Y. ChanHere is a concise guide with information about living in Hong Kong. There are even tips about gift giving, gift receiving, tipping, dining, funerals and weddings.
Iran: Ancient and Modern (Fourth Edition) (Odyssey Illustrated Guides)
by Bruce Wannell Bijan Omrani Helen Loveday Christoph Baumer"A stunning guide, packed with history, that no visitor to Iran should be without."--Christina Lamb, foreign affairs correspondent, Sunday Times [London] Iran, or Persia as it was formerly known, has been a melting pot of civilizations for centuries. The Islamic revolution in 1979 and the subsequent Iran-Iraq war reduced tourism to a trickle, but in the last decade the country's global significance within the modern world has resulted in increasing interest from travelers and business people. This is an essential book both for visitors to Iran and for those simply with a thirst to learn about and understand this diverse and beautiful land. Travel facts and tips combine with chapters on each of the country's provinces and sections on Islamic art, architecture, and religion.
China: Renaissance of The Middle Kingdom
by Charis Chan Jeremy Tredinnick Janet CarmoskyHome to one-quarter of the world's population and heir to the richest civilization in history, China exerts a magnetic attraction on visitors. Archeological treasures, stunning natural beauty and its people make any visit to China an experience.
Kyrgyz Republic
by Rowan Stewart Susie WeldonWith a clear overview of historical, cultural and social aspects, this edition of Odyssey's guide to Kyrgyzstan provides fresh information on both southwestern Issyk Kul and northeast Naryn provinces as well as expanded Jalalabad province.
Galapagos Islands: A Natural History Guide
by Pierre ConstantThe wildlife paradise of the Galapagos Islands, long regarded as a mysterious and desolate spot, is a showcase of evolution in action. A spawning ground for Charles Darwin's famous theory, the islands have become a National Park dedicated to the conservation of many unique species threatened with extinction. Pierre Constant provides detailed descriptions of the geology and natural history of the archipelago, the visitors' sites, as well as the spectacular sea and land birds, peculiar reptiles, playful mammals and amazing marine life that make their homes there.
Asian Crossings: Travel Writing on China, Japan, and Southeast Asia
by Steve Clark Paul SmethurstThis book examine various topics and contexts of travel writings on China, Japan and Southeast Asia. From the first Colombian on a trade mission to China, to French women travellers in Asia, and the opening of "Japan Fairs" in the US during the latter half of the nineteenth century, this book offers a kaleidoscopic glimpse of the various cultures in the eyes of their beholders coupled with insightful understanding of the various politics and relationships that are involved.
A Century of Travels in China
by Douglas Kerr Julia KuehnWritings of travelers have shaped ideas about an evolving China, while preconceived ideas about China also shaped the way they saw the country. A Century of Travels in China explores the impressions of these writers on various themes, from Chinese cities and landscapes to the work of Europeans abroad. From the time of the first Opium War to the declaration of the People's Republic, China's history has been one of extraordinary change and stubborn continuities. At the same time, the country has beguiled, scared and puzzled people in the West. The Victorian public admired and imitated Chinese fashions, in furniture and design, gardens and clothing, while maintaining a generally negative idea of the Chinese empire as pagan, backward and cruel. In the first half of the twentieth century, the fascination continued. Most foreigners were aware that revolutionary changes were taking place in Chinese politics and society, yet most still knew very little about the country. But what about those few people from the English-speaking world who had first-hand experience of the place? What did they have to say about the "real" China? To answer this question, we have to turn to the travel accounts and memoirs of people who went to see for themselves, during China's most traumatic century.
The Search for a Vanishing Beijing
by M. A. AldrichThe Search for a Vanishing Beijing weaves the genres of travel essays and travel guides into a comprehensive narrative about the cultural mosaic of the capital of China. The author leads the reader through palaces, temples, back streets and markets whileb
Octubre en Pekín
by Santiago GamboaUn inteligente y entretenido libro de viajes sobre Pekín y la cultura china de la pluma de Santiago Gamboa. Una ciudad moderna nace en medio de los escombros de la vieja Pekín: torres multifamiliares se alzan como lápices hacia lo alto en oposición a la vieja China pobre y rural de Mao. En la calle un océano de bicicletas, triciclos: es el reino de las dos y tres ruedas y del caos, un caos amable, complaciente como la sonrisa de sus habitantes, quienes conversan sentados en el suelo, con los zapatos al lado. Colores y olores arremeten contra los sentidos del narrador de este viaje y frente a él una serie de personajes que dibujan la ciudad en el nuevo milenio: un prestigioso editor que tiene entre sus manos la primera traducción china de Moby Dick, elegantes prostitutas rusas que se cuelan en las mejores fiestas, ejecutivos nacionalistas convencidos de que China será la potencia económica del siglo XXI. En esta crónica de viajes Santiago Gamboa exploró los avatares políticos, las guerras libradas, la religión, las continuas convulsiones culturales y sociales, las manifestaciones artísticas, la literatura, el idioma, en fin, los rasgos más íntimos y esenciales de un país desconcertante y maravilloso al que más que conocer, sólo es posible intuir.
Océanos de arena
by Santiago GamboaPaisajes paradisíacos, lugares exóticos y maravillosos desde laperspectiva de una de las mejores plumas de la literatura colombiana delos últimos años. Los viajes han sido definitivos en la vida de Santiago Gamboa. Para sucarrera como diplomático y periodista, por supuesto, pero sobre todopara su gran vocación: la narrativa. Los viajes, como protagonistas ycomo fuente, la han nutrido, la han convertido en un rico entramado decostumbres, paisajes, credos y hombres diversos. Su poder no es unsecreto para nadie. Pero sí es extraordinario el proceso inverso: laescritura enalteciendo los viajes, transformándolos, exprimiéndolos,haciéndolos algo mucho más profundo que una travesía de turista.Ese es el gran logro de Océanos de arena. En este diario de viaje porMedio Oriente, Santiago Gamboa nos cuenta qué vio en Alepo, Damasco,Jerusalén, Ammán, Petra, Áqaba: las costumbres de los hombres y de lasmujeres, el exotismo de las calles y los mercados, las maravillasarquitectónicas, los vestidos, los olores, la exuberancia de lascomidas, las huellas de civilizaciones antiguas. Y como todo verdaderoescritor, convierte este material en algo más: sin que lo advirtamos,sus pasos reales se entremezclan con un intenso viaje interior, en elque recuerda la historia de la zona, retrata los odios y guerrasgenerados por las disensiones permanentes entre musulmanes y judíos, yreflexiona al final sobre las mezquindades de la política, sobre lavanidad de los fanatismos, sobre la desaparición del individuo cuando seconjugan el ansia de poder y el rencor, y reflexiona también sobre laliteratura, la escritura, la soledad, el amor, la muerte y la vida.Océanos de arena nos recuerda, en todas sus páginas, que la narración deviajes es, como lo dice del género el mismo autor, #una de las másfascinantes manifestaciones de la literatura#.
Relatos del confín del mundo (y del universo)
by Juan Diego Soler PulidoEn busca de la Antártida, el último lugar de la tierra. Una ventana al cosmos En el extremo sur de nuestro planeta se esconde un territorio que fue desconocido para los humanos durante la mayor parte de su historia: Antártida. Durante siglos, los más audaces exploradores cruzaron los océanos y protagonizaron extraordinarias hazañas en búsqueda de sus costas. Cuando sus barcos lograron sortear el embate del frío lacerante, el embrujo de sus días sin noche y la amenaza de los enormes témpanos, el que ha sido llamado "el último lugar de la Tierra" se convirtió en una obsesión. Como los astronautas en los tiempos modernos, los humanos atravesaron una nueva frontera y se internaron como hormigas en este inconmensurable desierto de hielo para coronar con sus banderas el punto más austral del mundo. Esta es su historia. Hoy, poco más de un siglo después de que los humanos llegaran al Polo Sur, Antártida se ha convertido en un centro de investigaciones, a donde llegan cada año expertos de todo el mundo para desarrollar estudios científicos que permiten entender nuestro planeta y el universo. El astrofísico colombiano Juan Diego Soler fue uno de ellos. En 2010 aterrizó por primera vez en esas gélidas planicies para, con el apoyo de la NASA y la Fundación Nacional de Ciencias de los Estados Unidos, lanzar a la estratósfera un telescopio robótico impulsado por un globo de helio y ver la luz más allá de las estrellas. Esta también es su historia. Relatos del confín del mundo (y del universo) es un viaje a través de palabras, mapas e imágenes a uno de los lugares más misteriosos de la Tierra, el hogar de millones de pingüinos y miles de ballenas y focas. Es una travesía a un terreno inhóspito e inhumanamente frío, en compañía de quienes arriesgaron su vida en nombre de la exploración y de quienes hoy regresan allí en nombre de la ciencia.
754 días
by Christian ByfieldUn testimonio inspirador que te cambiará la vida. Hace tan solo unos años Christian Byfield era un joven empresario que cumplía un horario de oficina sin mayores contratiempos. Un día decidió darle un giro a su vida, renunció a su trabajo, abandonó la rutina e invirtió sus ahorros en un tiquete para darle la vuelta al mundo. Así inició un viaje que lo ha llevado a conocer cinco continentes, setenta y tres países, más de cien especies de animales, a asistir a reuniones importantes con tiburones, gorilas y dragones de Komodo, y a conocer a cientos de personas que, como él, se aventuraron a enfrentar sus miedos y descubrieron quiénes eran realmente. Este libro, que además reúne consejos indispensables para cualquier viajero, es el inspirador testimonio de alguien que transformó su vida por completo en 754 días.
Cold Hearts
by Gunnar StaalesenOn a frosty January day in Bergen, Private Detective Varg Veum is visited by a prostitute. Her friend Margrethe has disappeared and hasn't been seen for days. Before her disappearance, something had unsettled her: she'd turned away a customer and returned to the neighbourhood in terror. Shortly after taking the case, Veum is confronted with a brutal, uneasy reality. He soon finds the first body - and it won't be the last either. His investigation leads him into a dark subculture where corrupted idealism has had deadly consequences.