This volume contains specially commissioned chapters by leading researchers who have used and modified the original TALC model over the past two decades, a reprint of the original article, a discussion of its origins, and a comprehensive review of most of the published material using the TALC

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword / Cohen, Erik -- Preface / Singh, Tej Vir -- Introduction / Singh, Tej Vir -- 1 I Am a Traveller, You Are a Visitor, They Are Tourists But Who Are Post-Tourists? / Uriely, Natan / Dunn, David / McCabe, Scott -- 2 Is Tourist a Secular Pilgrim or...

Professor Bill Faulkner was the father of tourism research in Australia, having spent 20 years in the field, first within government and then in academe. He was a visionary whose impact on the tourism research field extended well beyond Australia. This book contains a collection of Bill’s...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1. An Introduction to Mallorca’s Tourism and its Origins -- Chapter 2. Environmental Resources, Perceptions and Constraints for Tourism -- Chapter 3. The Historical Development of the Tourism Industry from the late 19th Century...

Cities are the dominant geographical focus of business and leisure tourism travel, and cities everywhere are regenerating and reinventing themselves so as to attract visitors, students and investment. Inside City Tourism explores the organisational challenges to which this gives rise, and in...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction / Morgan, Michael / Lugosi, Peter / Ritchie, J.R. Brent -- Part 1: Understanding the Consumer Experience in Tourism and Leisure: Concepts and Issues -- Chapter 1. The Dimensions of the Tourist Experience / Cutler, Sarah Quinlan /...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1. THE NATURE OF THE BEAST: HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND THE TOURISM CONTEXT -- CHAPTER 2. CHANGE,WHAT CHANGE? HUMAN RESOURCES PLANNING IN A CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENT -- CHAPTER 3. MANAGING THE PROCESS -- CHAPTER 4. PERFORMING OR IGNORING:MANAGEMENT...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Cases and Issues -- Figures -- Tables -- Plates -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Preface -- Part 1: Introduction and Contexts -- 1. Introduction: Call for Sustainability / Saarinen, Jarkko / Becker, Fritz / Manwa, Haretsebe / Wilson, Deon -- 2. Tourism Development...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Cases and Issues -- Figures, Tables and Plates -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. Nordic Tourism: Introduction to Key Concepts -- 2. Tourism Marketing -- 3. Nordic Tourism Governance and Planning Issues -- 4. Urban Tourism -- 5. Rural Tourism: Tourism as...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Chapter 1. Introduction to Tourism in North America / Hashimoto, Atsuko -- Chapter 2. Demand for Tourism in North America / Smith, Stephen / Timothy, Dallen J. -- Chapter 3. Supply and Organization of Tourism in North America /...