This text claims that tourism needs a fresh and updated approach and discusses why this is so. Dynamic tourism is an approach which needs to be adopted by the tourism industry. This process caters for the consumer's emerging familiarity with tourism, to meet rapid and on-going change, and to be a reflection of the character and priorities of modern day society overall. The book has three sections: one part introduces why change in tourism is necessary and shows change appearing; the second section presents the practicalities with examples from across the world; the final section outlines the full concept of dynamic tourism and says how it needs to be implemented in the future.
This book portrays a fresh approach to tourism. It argues for increased and radical change by the tourism industry and claims that this change is made necessary by the emergent sophistication and increased experience of tourists who require a different style of treatment and type of product. Dynamic Tourism is presented as a formula to meet the needs of the prevalent consumer society, to cater for its changing wishes, to reflect society’s contemporary concerns and to accommodate the ongoing projected growth of tourism. The focus is upon the tourist, highlighting the need for the tourism industry to give greater consideration to tourists’ changing needs, and to take a more flexible, modern and thought-out approach. The argument is delivered in three parts. First, the book indicates why Dynamic Tourism is needed as a method, and shows its first signs of appearing. It then delivers the detail and practicality of the process. Finally, the complete concept is outlined and the method of future implementation is projected. Examples from around the world are used to explain and illustrate the argument. Underlying the whole discussion is the recognition that the tourism arena is a resource of finite size, needing capacity for renewal and requiring the most intelligent, adaptable and considered use. The intended readership for this book includes all participants in the tourism experience: the tourism industry, its policy makers, operatives and stakeholders, and those students who intend to join their ranks, existing tourists who are disappointed with the limited provision offered to them at present and who wish for better in the future, along with the increasing number of new tourists whose outlook is very different from those of the past.
This eTextbook (digital download - not a printed book) discusses the dynamic nature of the global tourism industry. It highlights the many events and challenges over which the industry has little control, but must respond to as effectively as possible. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on travel and tourism is discussed in detail. Although the eBook is provided primarily for tutors and students following the WJEC/Eduqas Level 3 Applied Award and Diploma qualifications in tourism, it will be of use to students following similar Level 3 courses, such as BTEC, NCFE and City & Guilds. The structure follows the Assessment Criteria for the Unit, namely: 1.1 Describe the range of external pressures on the UK tourism industry 1.2 Describe how the UK tourism industry has met the changing needs, fashions and expectations of customers 2.1 Describe recent developments in transport and technology 2.2 Discuss how the tourism industry has made use of new information and communications technology 3.1 Explain strategies used to manage important heritage and cultural attractions 3.2 Examine how sensitive tourism destinations are managed 3.3 Evaluate how the tourism industry has responded to the threat of climate change 4.1 Discuss issues facing the global tourism industry 4.2 Assess how the UK tourism industry manages current issues
This title offers a dynamic understanding of tourism, usually defined in terms of clearly circumscribed places and temporalities, to grasp its changing spatial patterns. The first part looks at the "befores" – everyday places such as daily markets, flea markets, urban neighbourhoods, that have captured the tourists’ interest and have progressively experienced new development in their ordinary patterns. The second part investigates the "afters" – former tourist spaces moving beyond the tourism sphere and becoming places of everyday life, study, or work. Chapters explore what this means for local societies and examine this contemporary phenomenon of former tourist attractions becoming ordinary and everyday, and of ordinary places beginning to take on a tourist dimension. The hybridisation of tourist practices and ordinary practices is also explored through a range of international case studies and examples written by highly regarded and interdisciplinary academics. This edited volume will be of great interest to upper-level students, academics, and researchers in tourism, urban studies, and land use planning.
"A decade after the first edition of this book established itself as one of the major books that covered the nature of the demand for tourism, and the implications of that demand, this second edition represents a significant updating of material that reflects contemporary thinking."
Theoretical and practical insights that offer a platform for critical discussion and examine emergent controversies within the tourism industry such as the growth of alternative business models, travel in light of climate change and human resource ethics given the increasing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), data and algorithms.
Worldwide, tourism is the third largest economic activity in direct earnings after petroleum and automobile industries, and by far the largest one if indirect earnings are also taken into consideration. Taking into account the profound economic impact the tourism and hospitality industries can have on regions and cities around the world, further research in this area is critical. Global Dynamics in Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality takes a holistic approach to tourism and hospitality operations, education, and research. Highlighting the latest research in the field, real-world examples of how these industries are shaping economic development as well as future outlooks and opportunities for growth, this publication is an essential reference source for researchers, professionals, and graduate-level students.
Provides a brief historical overview of tourism, but delves deeper to discuss emerging trends, consumer types, and looks at the way the industry is itself changing and developing. Companion text: Tourism Dynamics.
The receipt of knowledge is a key ingredient by which the tourism sector can adjust and adapt to its dynamic environment. However although its importance has long been recognised the fragmentation within the sector, largely as a result of it being comprised of small and medium sized businesses, makes understanding knowledge management challenging. This book applies knowledge management and social network theories to the business of tourism to shed light on successful operations of tourism knowledge networks. It contributes specifically to understanding a network perspective of the tourism sector, the information needs of tourism businesses, social network dynamics of tourism business operation, knowledge flows within the tourism sector and the transformation of the tourism sector through knowledge networks. Social Network Analysis is applied to fully explore the growth and maintenance of tourism knowledge networks and the relationships between tourism sector stakeholders in relation to their knowledge requirements. Knowledge Networks and Tourism will be valuable reading for all those interested in successful operations of tourism knowledge networks.
This innovative and timely book presents an in-depth analysis of how the metaverse revolutionizes tourism management, transforms consumer behaviour and motivates tourists to visit destinations. Adorned with illustrative tables, figures and diagrams throughout, the volume is data-led and explores how metaverse experiences affect tourist satisfaction and loyalty toward metaverse tourism. It also takes a future-focused approach and looks at and how the technologies of metaverse tourism will lead to a new level of immersive virtual reality. The book considers the metaverse in relation to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, post-COVID-19 society and offers practical insights on the topic. This book will be of pivotal interest for students, scholars and academics in the fields of tourism planning and policy, tourism economics, tourism behaviour and tourism development, as well as those with an interest in these areas more generally.
