Worldwide Destinations Casebook: The Geography of Travel and Tourism - Softcover

Boniface, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856175383 ISBN 13: 9781856175388

Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

Worldwide Destinations Casebook features 38 comprehensive case studies of international tourism destinations, 10 of them brand new and 28 updated. A companion to the core textbook Worldwide Destinations 5th edition, these cases contextulaise the learning and provide real life illustrations of the theories covered.

This new edition covers subjects such as climate change, eco-tourism, destination regeneration and social impact. Case studies are drawn from all regions of the world and include:

• London Docklands regeneration
• A tourism strategy for Morocco
• 'New World' tourism - Outbound tourism from China
• Antarctica: tourism or conservation?
• Re-visioning tired destinations: Australia's gold coast
• Tourism in New York
• The Way of St. James: the pilgrimage as a cultural resource
• Ecotourism in the Ecuadorian Amazon

The casebook brings a range of benefits to the classroom and by encouraging active learning allows students to gain valuable experience in:

• Problem solving and decision making
• Focusing on key issues within a clearly defined situation
• The development or honing of critical thinking skills
• Recognising that there is no one 'correct' answer to a problem
• Judging the relevance of different types of evidence and techniques

Worldwide Destinations Casebook is the ultimate resource for contectualizing theory and is essential reading for any tourism student.

About this title

Synopsis:

Worldwide Destinations Casebook: the geography of travel and tourism provides over 40 comprehensive case studies of international tourism destinations. A companion text to the core textbook Worldwide Destinations 5th edition, these cases contextualise the learning and provide real life illustrations of the theories covered. With many brand new cases and others fully revised and updated, WWD casebook is now equipped with four colour design complete with pedagogic features to further aid learning and understanding. In addition to this, there is a comprehensive case matrix at the beginning of the text illustrating both topic and regional coverage of the cases. Cases are drawn from all regions of the world and include: . Climate change and crisis management -the aftermath of the 2004 Tsunami . Sun, sand, sea and sweatshops - exploitation in third world tourism . Low cost carriers . The China outbound market . Ecotourism and nature based tourism: the effects of relaxed hunting restrictions in Namibia and South Africa . Sustainability . Social and cultural impacts . Regional identity and branding . Short breaks . Stonehenge and the problems of heritage management .'

Grey' tourism and other market segments such as youth or backpacker tourism . 'New world' tourism (e.g. China, India Eastern Europe) . Mega-events such as the 2012 Olympics or the Beijing Olympics The text is also accompanied with companion website and password protected tutor resource material. * A companion text to the leading textbook Worldwide Destinations now in its fifth edition. * Comprises over 40 international case studies * User friendly, providing hints and tips on how to use case studies as a method of learning, and what can be drawn from each case

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1856175383
• ISBN 13: 9781856175388
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 376