Entertainment Tourism (Routledge Focus in Tourism) - Hardcover

Luo, Jian Ming; Lam, Chi Fung

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138061077 ISBN 13: 9781138061071

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

Entertainment tourism has recently become more popular. Entertainment attractions encourage tourists to travel around the world to have fun and are an important part of many gaming destinations. This book explores the tourist experience in entertainment destinations. It introduces and outlines the concept of entertainment and tourism in the global environment, focusing on entertainment tourism development in Las Vegas, USA and Macau, China. Macau has become one of the most famous gaming destinations in the world, now surpassing Las Vegas in terms of gaming revenue. This book explores the market for entertainment tourism market and major trends, such as Virtual Reality, as well as the experience of tourists using entertainment products.

This book is a valuable resource not only for social science researchers, but also for those in related fields, such as entertainment service providers and tourism officers, among many others.

About this title

About the Author

Jian Ming Luo is an assistant professor in the Faculty of International Tourism and Management at the City University of Macau.

Chi Fung Lam is a tutor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138061077
• ISBN 13: 9781138061071
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 76