Download or read book Accessible Tourism written by Dimitrios Buhalis and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inclusion, disability, an ageing population and tourism are increasingly important areas of study due to their implications for both tourism demand and supply. This book therefore sets out to explore and document the current theoretical approaches, foundations and issues in the study of accessible tourism. In drawing together the contributions to this volume the editors have applied broader social constructionist approaches to understanding the accessible tourism phenomena. Accessible tourism, as with any area of academic study is an evolving field of academic research and industry practice. As with other areas of tourism, the field is multidisciplinary, and is influenced by various disciplines including geography, disability studies, economics, public policy, psychology and marketing. "As one would expect from two scholars at the height of their academic abilities, Dimitrios Buhalis and Simon Darcy have delivered a timely and much needed contribution to the under-served area of accessible tourism. Harnessing the best conceptual developments on the topic, Accessible Tourism is a scholarly yet hugely readable collection and readily communicates the various contributors' passion for and command of their subject. This collection is a must have text for anyone engaged in the theory, practice and policy of accessible tourism and will be essential reading on undergraduate and postgraduate courses across a range of disciplines and fields. I cannot speak highly enough of this endeavour and I'm sure it will take accessible tourism and universal design debates into the mainstream of academic enquiry and industry practice." Professor Nigel Morgan, The Welsh Centre for Tourism Research, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, Wales

Download or read book Marketing Tourism Places written by Gregory John Ashworth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-05 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tourism is well established as an important part of the new service economy, and the rewards it offers have stimulated intense competition in the tourism industry. Many destinations compete to attract potential tourists, each place having to work hard to distinguish itself from rivals offering similar or alternative attractions. This book explores how destinations invest increasing amounts of time and money into developing and promoting their 'products'. The contributors, from both academic institutes and the tourism industry, provide a multidisciplinary and professional analysis of what can be done to sell tourism places. Using both theoretical and empirical approaches, they give examples from different areas of the industry and evaluate different strategies a destination can adopt for maintaining and increasing its market share. All the contributors emphasize that selling tourism places must be a dynamic activity in which the place products are constantly monitored, so that they can be revitalized, repositioned, or renewed in the market context. A follow up to Marketing in the Tourism Industry, also edited by Gregory Ashworth and Brian Goodall, this book will be of particular interest to students of marketing and geography, and to students on tourism courses, as well as to professionals in the industry.

Download or read book The North American Mosaic written by Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Montréal, Québec). Secretariat and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The North American Mosaic has four overarching features. First, it is, to the extent feasible, based on comparable information on the status and trends of major indicators of the state of the environment in Canada,Mexico, and the United States. Second, the report confirms that these three countries together make up an incredibly complex, dynamic, and interconnected ecosystem in which humans play a dominant and decisive role. Third, the report raises important and sometimes disquieting questions concerning the sustainability of some current trends. Finally, the report is a reminder that our economic, social, and physical well-being are utterly dependent on the life-sustaining services provided by nature. This report emphasizes the importance of developing mutually compatible economic, social, and environmental goals and policies across the three-country region.

Download or read book Protected Area Governance and Management written by Graeme L. Worboys and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2015-04-08 with total page 993 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protected Area Governance and Management presents a compendium of original text, case studies and examples from across the world, by drawing on the literature, and on the knowledge and experience of those involved in protected areas. The book synthesises current knowledge and cutting-edge thinking from the diverse branches of practice and learning relevant to protected area governance and management. It is intended as an investment in the skills and competencies of people and consequently, the effective governance and management of protected areas for which they are responsible, now and into the future. The global success of the protected area concept lies in its shared vision to protect natural and cultural heritage for the long term, and organisations such as International Union for the Conservation of Nature are a unifying force in this regard. Nonetheless, protected areas are a socio-political phenomenon and the ways that nations understand, govern and manage them is always open to contest and debate. The book aims to enlighten, educate and above all to challenge readers to think deeply about protected areas—their future and their past, as well as their present. The book has been compiled by 169 authors and deals with all aspects of protected area governance and management. It provides information to support capacity development training of protected area field officers, managers in charge and executive level managers.

Download or read book Biodiversity and Tourism written by German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is in the best interest of all concerned that tourism become sustainable and environmentally compatible. This need for "sustainable development" is and more by the responsible parties. Moreover, in the being recognised more search for solution strategies the realisation is gaining ground that tourism must be viewed as a worldwide phenomenon whose development must be co-ordinated in a co-operative effort spanning regions and continents. That the preservation of biological diversity also requires global co operation has been confirmed by over 170 countries which have already acceded to the "Convention on Biological Diversity". It is thus an important task to provide the foundations for joint action. Germany, one of the largest source countries of international tourism, must feel particularly obligated in this regard. The report published here is the result of a research project com missioned by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. The study pursued and examined the thesis that the Convention on Biological Diversity be used as a central instrument for arriving at international principles and regulations for combining nature conservation and tourism which could lead to a sustainable development of tourism. To further the discussion, the authors brought the study to a logical conclusion by working out a proposal for a "tourism protocol" additional to the existing Convention on Biodiversity. Such a protocol additional to the Convention would entail the stipulation of internationally binding implementation and regulations for achieving sustainable tourism.

Download or read book Gesti n de la informaci n y documentaci n tur stica local UF0081 written by Pilar González Molina and published by TUTOR FORMACIÓN. This book was released on 2015-10-18 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este Manual es el más adecuado para impartir la UF0081 "Gestión de la información y documentación turística local" de los Certificados de Profesionalidad, y cumple fielmente con los contenidos del Real Decreto. Puede solicitar gratuitamente las soluciones a todas las actividades y un examen final en el email [email protected] (a partir de una compra mínima de 16 manuales). Capacidades que se adquieren con este Manual: Analizar las fuentes y métodos que permiten la obtención de información de interés turístico sobre el entorno local, evaluando, seleccionando y adaptando la información obtenida a las necesidades de los clientes en función del segmento al que pertenezcan. - Identificar y describir las fuentes de información turística más relevantes. - Clasificar las fuentes de información turística en función de su fiabilidad, periodicidad, continuidad y grado de elaboración. - Describir y aplicar métodos de recogida y actualización de datos. - Describir y aplicar métodos de tratamiento de la información para su adaptación a los públicos a los que va destinada. - Describir los distintos tipos de ediciones turísticas divulgativas y sus técnicas de producción. - Describir las distintas opciones proporcionadas por las nuevas tecnologías para la difusión de la información turística del destino. - Elaborar formularios de solicitud y entrega de información turística entre centros y redes de centros de información turística. - En diversas situaciones prácticas de obtención de información, evaluar y seleccionar la información obtenida y adaptarla a las necesidades de los clientes potenciales. Integrar información sobre bienes de interés cultural, espacios naturales y otros recursos culturales y naturales de entornos locales determinados para su posterior traslado a potenciales usuarios de servicios de información turística. - La información sobre bienes de interés cultural y otros recursos del patrimonio cultural de zonas determinadas se analiza en profundidad e interpreta objetivamente. - La información sobre espacios naturales y otros recursos del patrimonio natural de zonas determinadas se analiza en profundidad e interpreta objetivamente. - Los datos y aspectos esenciales, correspondientes a dicha información analizada e interpretada previamente, se memorizan e interrelacionan.

Download or read book Advertising in Tourism and Leisure written by Nigel Morgan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Advertising in Leisure and Tourism' brings together the current thinking in this area, via extensive international case studies, to provide a critical appraisal of the potential of advertising in leisure and tourism. Arranged in three parts, the book introduces the role of advertising, evaluating its relationship within other aspects of tourism and leisure marketing; the techniques used: advertising a range of products to key market segments; and new strategic directions in advertising. It focuses on the new destination marketing strategy of branding and assesses the relationship between advertising and other increasing important areas of promotion, including sponsorship, ambient marketing and sales promotion. Advertising and marketing professionals in the leisure industries and undergraduates on marketing-related modules in tourism, leisure and hospitality courses will find this an invaluable text. Since the case studies are drawn from an international field, readers will be able to assess best practice from a variety of sources and countries. Dr Nigel Morgan is Principal Lecturer in Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism and Annette Pritchard is Senior Lecturer at School of Leisure and Tourism, at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff.

Download or read book Tourism and Water written by Stefan Gössling and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2015 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a systematic and comprehensive guide to the current state of knowledge on tourism and water. It is the first book to thoroughly examine the interrelationships of tourism and water use based on global, regional and business perspectives. Its assessment of tourism's global impact along with its overviews of sectoral and management approaches will provide a benchmark by which the water sustainability of tourism will be measured for years to come. In making a clear case for greater awareness and enhanced water management in the tourism sector, it is hoped that the book will contribute to the wise and sustainable use of this critical resource. The book is interdisciplinary in coverage and international in scope. It is designed as essential reading for not only students of tourism but also practitioners.

Download or read book Indigenous Amazonia Regional Development and Territorial Dynamics written by Walter Leal Filho and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together a valuable collection of case studies and conceptual approaches that outline the present state of Amazonia in the 21st century. The many problems are described and the benefits, as well as the achievements of regional development are also discussed. The book focuses on three themes for discussion and recommendations: indigenous peoples, their home (the forest), and the way(s) to protect and sustain their natural home (biodiversity conservation). Using these three themes this volume offers a comprehensive critical review of the facts that have been the reality of Amazonia and fills a gap in the literature.The book will appeal to scholars, professors and practitioners. An outstanding group of experienced researchers and individuals with detailed knowledge of the proposed themes have produced chapters on an array of inter-related issues to demonstrate the current situation and future prospects of Amazonia. Issues investigated and debated include: territorial management; indigenous territoriality and land demarcation; ethnodevelopment; indigenous higher education and capacity building; natural resource appropriation; food security and traditional knowledge; megadevelopmental projects; indigenous acculturation; modernization of Amazonia and its regional integration; anthropogenic interventions; protected areas and conservation; political ecology; postcolonial issues, and the sustainability of Amazonia.

Download or read book Gesti n de la informaci n y documentaci n tur stica local HOTI0108 written by Elena Encarnación Martínez Ruiz and published by IC Editorial. This book was released on 2023-02-15 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "HOTI0108. PROMOCIÓN TURÍSTICA LOCAL E INFORMACIÓN AL VISITANTE". Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.

Download or read book Tourism and Culture Synergies written by World Tourism Organization (Unwto) and published by World Tourism Organization. This book was released on 2018 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report highlights the relationship between tourism and culture and the interdependency of the two sectors. The report, based on a UNWTO survey, affirms that cultural tourism plays a major role in global tourism. It also reveals that the sector transformed lifestyles, created new culture forms and enhanced innovation in technology.

Download or read book Fundamentals of Qualitative Research written by Johnny Saldaña and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2011-03-18 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a concise yet rigorous description of how to design and conduct fieldwork projects and how to examine data in multiple ways for interpretive insight. Saldaña, a master teacher and qualitative data analyst, acquaints readers with the major genres of qualitative research available and the elements of interviewing, participant observation, and other data collection methods to inform emergent research design decisions. An extended chapter on qualitative data analysis is one of the book's unique features. Saldaña devotes necessary coverage to conceptual foundations, coding, analytic memo writing, thematic analysis, assertion development, grounded theory, narrative and poetic inquiry, and ethnodramatic approaches to the data. Eight distinctive styles of qualitative writing are presented. The book concludes with a list of recommended readings in the field, as well as additional resources on organizations and associations dedicated to qualitative research.

Download or read book Tourism in Spain written by M. Barke and published by Cab International. This book was released on 1996 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spain is one of the world's main tourism destinations and tourism makes a major contribution to the Spanish economy. During the past thirty years, Spanish tourism has been a microcosm of many of the key issues facing tourism industries. Thus it was a prime example of the rush to mass tourism and tourism development in the 1960s and 1970s, but more recently faced a recession as a new generation of tourists sought new tourism experiences. Spanish tourism is therefore now looking increasingly to alternatives to mass beach tourism, particularly to cultural, urban and ecotourism. This book provides a review and critical analysis of tourism in Spain. Written by authors from the UK, Spain and USA, it shows how Spanish tourism illustrates many of the topical themes currently of concern to tourism academics and professionals. It provides a useful supplementary text for tourism courses, and is also relevant to others such as geographers and economists.

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Download or read book Gesti n de la informaci n y documentaci n tur stica local UF0081 Ed 2023 written by Pilar González Molina and published by TUTOR FORMACIÓN. This book was released on 2023-06-03 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este Manual es el más adecuado para impartir la UF0081 "Gestión de la información y documentación turística local" de los Certificados de Profesionalidad, y cumple fielmente con los contenidos del Real Decreto. Puede solicitar gratuitamente las soluciones a todas las actividades y un examen final en el email [email protected] Capacidades que se adquieren con este Manual: Analizar las fuentes y métodos que permiten la obtención de información de interés turístico sobre el entorno local, evaluando, seleccionando y adaptando la información obtenida a las necesidades de los clientes en función del segmento al que pertenezcan. - Identificar y describir las fuentes de información turística más relevantes. - Clasificar las fuentes de información turística en función de su fiabilidad, periodicidad, continuidad y grado de elaboración. - Describir y aplicar métodos de recogida y actualización de datos. - Describir y aplicar métodos de tratamiento de la información para su adaptación a los públicos a los que va destinada. - Describir los distintos tipos de ediciones turísticas divulgativas y sus técnicas de producción. - Describir las distintas opciones proporcionadas por las nuevas tecnologías para la difusión de la información turística del destino. - Elaborar formularios de solicitud y entrega de información turística entre centros y redes de centros de información turística. - En diversas situaciones prácticas de obtención de información, evaluar y seleccionar la información obtenida y adaptarla a las necesidades de los clientes potenciales. Integrar información sobre bienes de interés cultural, espacios naturales y otros recursos culturales y naturales de entornos locales determinados para su posterior traslado a potenciales usuarios de servicios de información turística. - La información sobre bienes de interés cultural y otros recursos del patrimonio cultural de zonas determinadas se analiza en profundidad e interpreta objetivamente. - La información sobre espacios naturales y otros recursos del patrimonio natural de zonas determinadas se analiza en profundidad e interpreta objetivamente. - Los datos y aspectos esenciales, correspondientes a dicha información analizada e interpretada previamente, se memorizan e interrelacionan. Ínice: Las fuentes de información turística 5 1. Introducción. 6 2. Tipos de información a obtener y procesar. 7 2.1. La necesidad de información y documentación turística de calidad. 7 2.2. Tipos de información turística. 10 3. Identificación, valoración y clasificación de las fuentes de información turística. 13 3.1. Organismos internacionales. 14 3.2. Organismos nacionales. 17 3.3. Organismos autonómicos e información turística generada. 20 3.4. Otras fuentes de información y documentación turística. 28 4. Técnicas de registro, archivo y actualización de información turística. 30 5. Sistemas y medios para la localización y obtención de la información turística. 33 6. Metodologías para el análisis, contraste y archivo de la información. 35 7. Soportes de la información: papel, electrónico. 39 8. Sistemas de archivo: bancos y bases de datos. 43 9. Metodología para la actualización permanente: procedimientos y costes. 47 10. El centro de información turística como fuente de información del destino. 49 11. Intercambio de información entre centros y redes de información: retroalimentación. 51 12. Circulación y distribución de la información dentro del centro de información y otros sistemas de información no formales en el destino. 53 13. Informática y tecnologías de la información aplicadas a los centros de información turística. 55 13.1. Búsqueda, almacenaje y difusión de la información. 57 13.2. Procesado y adaptación de la información para los diferentes soportes y las diferentes vías de difusión de la información. 57 14. Resumen. 62 15. Autoevaluación. 63 Información e interpretación del patrimonio cultural y natural del entorno local 65 1. Introducción. 66 2. Análisis de los recursos y servicios del destino turístico. 67 2.1. Análisis y diagnóstico del destino turístico. 68 2.2. Necesidades y expectativas de los distintos segmentos de mercado. 78 2.3. Posibles segmentaciones del destino para responder al mercado. 83 3. Principios, objetivos y planificación general de la interpretación del patrimonio. 87 3.1. Principios inspiradores de la interpretación del patrimonio. 91 3.2. Objetivos de la interpretación del patrimonio. 94 3.3. Planificación interpretativa. 95 4. Medios interpretativos personales y no personales. 97 4.1. Medios personales. 97 4.2. Medios no personales. 102 5. Adaptación de la información a los distintos soportes y vías de distribución de la información. 108 5.1. Atención personal, telefónica y electrónica. 109 5.2. Puntos de autoinformación en el centro. 111 5.3. Páginas web. 112 5.4. Ediciones turísticas. 116 5.5. Otras posibilidades ofrecidas por las tecnologías de la información. 117 6. Adaptación de la información en función de tipos de grupos o turistas destinatarios. 120 6.1. Traducción de la información turística a diferentes idiomas. 120 6.2. Tematización de la información en función de los nichos de mercado. 121 6.3. Accesibilidad de la información para los clientes con necesidades especiales. 126 7. Integración e interrelación de información. 132 8. Resumen. 134 9. Autoevaluación. 135 Examen final 137 Glosario 141 Bibliografía 145

Download or read book Advances in Tourism Technology and Systems written by António Abreu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2021-11-20 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features a collection of high-quality research papers presented at the International Conference on Tourism, Technology & Systems (ICOTTS 2020), held at the University of Cartagena, in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, from 29th to 31st October 2020. The book is divided into two volumes, and it covers the areas of technology in tourism and the tourist experience, generations and technology in tourism, digital marketing applied to tourism and travel, mobile technologies applied to sustainable tourism, information technologies in tourism, digital transformation of tourism business, e-tourism and tourism 2.0, big data and management for travel and tourism, geotagging and tourist mobility, smart destinations, robotics in tourism, and information systems and technologies.

Download or read book The Historic Urban Landscape written by Francesco Bandarin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive overview of the intellectual developments in urban conservation. The authors offer unique insights from UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and the book is richly illustrated with colour photographs. Examples are drawn from urban heritage sites worldwide from Timbuktu to Liverpool to demonstrate key issues and best practice in urban conservation today. The book offers an invaluable resource for architects, planners, surveyors and engineers worldwide working in heritage conservation, as well as for local authority conservation officers and managers of heritage sites.