Contemporary Tourism Reviews Volume 1
Chris Cooper
ISBN: 978-1-910158-05-0
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- State of the art reviews of sub fields of tourism - must-have information by experts in their field;
- Each review is a multi-dimensional ’one-stop shop’ of information, equipping the reader with all they need to learn about each topic, saving valuable research time;
- Each review is available for purchase as an individual download from www.goodfellowpublishers.com/CTR and includes hyperlinks and interactive web features.
Contemporary Tourism Review volume 1 is the first in the series of annual publications. Containing 10 reviews, each provides critical, state of the art and authoritative coverage of the sub-fields and related topics of tourism, written by leading thinkers and academics in the field. Each review is analytical, readable and sometimes controversial account of the development of the literature in each sub-field of tourism. They cover the development of the field - the key milestones, literature, events and writers to deliver the reader with the current state of the art and a clear legible map of the field, emerging issues and a future focussed agenda as well as an extensive reference list.
Each review is also available as a separate download from the CTR website at http://www.goodfellowpublishers.com/CTR for £7.99 (plus VAT). Each page is packed with links to original sources of information, sites, journals and books and with a complete glossary of terms, saving the reader valuable research time.
The Contemporary Tourism Reviews series is designed for students who need support in the production of their assignments, dissertations and theses by providing state of the art reviews of sub fields of tourism. It is also an essential reference for academics who will expect to be kept abreast of disciplinary areas outside of their own specific domains of expertise for both research and teaching purposes.
Publication and Prices
Pub Date: Sept 2014
Hardback: £75, Euro 98, US$ 120
E-Chapter: £7.99, Euro 11.99, US$ 9.49 each
Table of contents
Introduction (Cooper)Tourism and Economics of Tourism (Dwyer, Forsyth and Patheodorou)
Tourism and History (Walton)
Tourism Policy (Scott)
Service Management and Tourism (Solnet)
Tourism and Transport (Lohmann and Duval)
Tourism Area Life Cycle (Butler)
Event Management (Whitford)
Hospitality and Tourism Management Accounting (Atkinson and Jones)
Judgemental Forecasting in Tourism (Shanshan Lin and Song)
City Branding (Heeley)
Table of contents
Introduction (Cooper)Tourism and Economics of Tourism (Dwyer, Forsyth and Patheodorou)
Tourism and History (Walton)
Tourism Policy (Scott)
Service Management and Tourism (Solnet)
Tourism and Transport (Lohmann and Duval)
Tourism Area Life Cycle (Butler)
Event Management (Whitford)
Hospitality and Tourism Management Accounting (Atkinson and Jones)
Judgemental Forecasting in Tourism (Shanshan Lin and Song)
City Branding (Heeley)
About the Editor
Professor Chris Cooper is Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Business at Oxford Brookes University. He has more than twenty-five years experience in the tourism sector, beginning his career in market planning and research with the UK's largest tour operator, Thomson Travel, and he has since worked as a researcher and teacher in every region of the world. Today, Professor Cooper works with international agencies in tourism research and education, such as the European Union, the International Labour Organization, the OECD and ASEAN but primarily with the UN World Tourism Organization where he held the Chair of the UNWTO’s Education and Science Council from 2005 - 2007.