ABSTRACT

Worldwide Destinations: the geography of travel and tourism casebook provides over 40 comprehensive case studies of international tourism destinations. A companion text to the core textbook Worldwide Destinations 4th edition, these cases contextualise the learning and provide real life illustrations of the theories covered.

Cases are drawn from all regions of the world and include:

* London Docklands: waterfront regeneration and tourism development
* Adventure Tourism in Scandinavia
* Cultural Tourism in Madrid
* Safari Tourism in Zimbabwe
* Attractions tourism in New York City
* The impact on tourism in Asia
* Pro poor tourism initiatives

The text provides thorough guidance on using the case studies for maximum benefit to both students and lecturers, with assignments and study tips for each case.

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter |6 pages

How to use this book

chapter |1 pages

Tourism demand and definitions

chapter |4 pages

Understanding the ‘new tourist’

chapter |1 pages

Tourism destinations

chapter |7 pages

The impact of climate change on tourism

chapter |8 pages

European policy and tourism

chapter |6 pages

Crisis and risk management in tourism

chapter |1 pages

Tourism destination futures

chapter |5 pages

Space: the final tourism frontier?

chapter |6 pages

Tourism as agent of poverty alleviation

chapter |1 pages

Europe

chapter |4 pages

Dublin: tourism in a capital city

chapter |5 pages

Adventure tourism in Arctic Scandinavia

chapter |6 pages

Venice: heritage in danger

chapter |5 pages

A SWOT analysis of tourism in Greece

chapter |1 pages

The Middle East and Africa

chapter |5 pages

Tourism issues in Yemen

chapter |6 pages

Managing Nile cruise tourism

chapter |1 pages

Asia and the Pacific

chapter |7 pages

Adventure tourism in Nepal

chapter |8 pages

Bali: tourism in crisis

chapter |1 pages

The Americas

chapter |7 pages

Tourism in New York City

chapter |8 pages

Tourism in Hawaii

chapter |6 pages

The regeneration of Rio de Janeiro

chapter |7 pages

Ecotourism in the Ecuadorian Amazon

chapter |2 pages

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