Visitor Management in Tourist Destinations

Visitor Management in Tourist Destinations
ISBN-10
1780647352
ISBN-13
9781780647357
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
2016-12-07
Publisher
CABI
Author
Julia N Albrecht

Description

Visitor management may be considered as a component of destination management at all levels of a destination. It involves a wide range of stakeholders. This book demonstrates current knowledge on visitor management. Visitor Management in Tourism Destinations provides insight into critical concepts such as the visitor experience, service quality, the uses of indicators and frameworks, and interpretation. It also addresses current issues including the social and political dimensions of visitor management, the implementation of monitoring, vandalism and augmented reality. Authored by leading international researchers in the field of visitor management research, this book is primarily aimed at researchers and postgraduate students.

Similar books

  • Visitor Management in Tourism Destinations
    By Mohammad Alazaizeh

    This book considers visitor management (VM) as a component of destination management at all levels of a destination and involving a wide range of stakeholders.

  • Tourism in National Parks and Protected Areas: Planning and Management
    By Paul F. J. Eagles, Stephen F. McCool

    This book describes the state of the art of tourism planning and management in national parks and protected areas.

  • Managing Visitor Experiences in Nature-based Tourism
    By Julia N. Albrecht

    This book focuses on the experiences of tourists visiting nature-based destinations, exploring current knowledge and providing insights into conceptual issues through the use of empirical evidence from five continents.

  • Visitor Management in Tourism Destinations
    By Julia N. Albrecht

    This book considers visitor management (VM) as a component of destination management at all levels of a destination and involving a wide range of stakeholders.

  • Development and Management of Visitor Attractions
    By Stephen J. Page, John Swarbrooke

    traditional zoos in which animals were kept in cages, for the entertainment, as well as the education, of city dwellers ... People have always been attracted by the chance to see wildlife but the nature of wildlife attractions, ...

  • Managing Visitor Attractions: New Directions
    By C. Michael Hall, Bruce Prideaux, Alan Fyall

    But it was at the 1893 Chicago's Columbian Exposition that a major architectural innovation (conforming to the stereotype of new product development) took place with the introduction of George Ferris's Giant Wheel and the ...

  • Sustainability and Visitor Management in Tourist Historic Cities
    By Rubén Camilo Lois González, Yamilé Pérez Guilarte, Lucrezia Lopez

    New methodologies and sources to measure tourism impacts are also addressed in this book, especially the use of big data technology, another relevant topic.

  • Visitor Destinations: An International Perspective
    By Ian Kelly, Tony Nankervis

    The following key questions must be addressed with respect to visitor destination management and these are among the foci of the text: How can locational advantages be developed?

  • Ecotourism’s Promise and Peril: A Biological Evaluation
    By Daniel T. Blumstein, Benjamin Geffroy, Diogo S. M. Samia

    Intended as a guide for wildlife managers and ecotourism operators, as well as interested ecotourists, this book addresses the biological principles governing how ecotourism affects wildlife.

  • Overtourism: Lessons for a Better Future
    By Martha Honey, Kelsey Frenkiel

    This practical book examines the causes and effects of overtourism before turning to emerging management strategies.