The Space Tourist's Handbook

The Space Tourist's Handbook

Author: Eric Anderson

Publisher: Quirk Books

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9781594740664

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Provides practical information for would-be space tourists, describing different types of flights and covering flight training, the launch, emergencies, and such aspects as sleeping in weightless environments and using the vacuum toilet --


Counter-Tourism

Counter-Tourism

Author: Crab Man

Publisher: Triarchy Press

Published: 2012-09-15

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1909470120

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A guide to subverting the way that heritage sites would like to be seen.


A Tourist's Guide to Murder

A Tourist's Guide to Murder

Author: V.M. Burns

Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation

Published: 2021-01-26

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1496728955

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Author, amateur sleuth, and bookstore owner Samantha Washington finds herself on a tragical mystery tour while visiting the land of Miss Marple and Sherlock Holmes in the sixth Mystery Bookshop Series installment from V.M. Burns. Sam joins Nana Jo and her Shady Acres Retirement Village friends Irma, Dorothy, and Ruby Mae on a weeklong trip to London, England, to experience the Peabody Mystery Lovers Tour. The chance to see the sights and walk the streets that inspired Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a dream come true for Sam--and a perfect way to celebrate her new publishing contract as a mystery author. But between visits to Jack the Ripper's Whitechapel district and 221B Baker Street, Major Horace Peabody is found dead, supposedly of natural causes. Despite his employer's unfortunate demise, the tour guide insists on keeping calm and carrying on--until another tourist on their trip also dies under mysterious circumstances. Now it's up to Sam and the Shady Acres ladies to mix and mingle among their fellow mystery lovers, find a motive, and turn up a murderer...


The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life

The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life

Author: Paul Carr

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Published: 2007-04-17

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1429941979

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Imagine an enormous, breathtaking virtual world to explore, where land can be bought for less than a dollar and new construction is limited only by your imagination. An online tourist destination where you can shop for virtual designer clothes in a shopping mall atop a live volcano, teleport to an underwater gig by U2, before taking a new friend back to your personal spaceship for virtual coffee or...well, you get the idea. The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life is a fast, fun guidebook that introduces first-time visitors to the endless wonders offered by this exciting and rapidly developing online world. All of Second Life is here, including: - The Essentials. What to wear and how to behave. - The People. Finding likeminded souls-or soulmates. - The Major Destinations. Must-see tourist hotspots, shops, and shows. - Shopping and Nightlife


Handbook for Sustainable Tourism Practitioners

Handbook for Sustainable Tourism Practitioners

Author: Anna Spenceley

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2021-04-30

Total Pages: 552

ISBN-13: 1839100893

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Offering how-to tools and step-by-step guidance, this practical Handbook combines academic insight with extensive professional experience to outline best practice in undertaking environmental, socio-cultural and economic assessments that establish the feasibility of new tourism ventures and ascertains their impact over time.


Routledge Handbook of Tourism in Africa

Routledge Handbook of Tourism in Africa

Author: Marina Novelli

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-11-29

Total Pages: 510

ISBN-13: 1351022539

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This book provides a comprehensive and readable overview of the critical debates and controversies around tourism in Africa, and the major factors that are affecting tourism development now and in the future. Drawing upon research emerging from collaborations between a growing number of African academics and practitioners based in the continent and in the African diaspora as well as international colleagues, the Handbook offers key critical insights into the issues, challenges and trends that Africa and African tourism is facing. Part I covers continent-wide issues such as climate change, ICT, heritage and development. The remaining parts are organised along geographic lines, with each chapter covering the development of tourism, current trends and discussion of critical issues such as community participation, gender, backpacking, urban tourism, wildlife tourism and conservation. Combining an overview of key theories, concepts, contemporary issues and debates, this book will be a valuable resource for students, academics and practitioners investigating the role of tourism in Africa.


Handbook of Tourist Behavior

Handbook of Tourist Behavior

Author: Metin Kozak

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-01-13

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1135849110

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In today’s highly competitive and global economy, understanding tourist behavior is imperative to success. Tourist behavior has become a cornerstone of any marketing strategy and action. Choosing, buying and consuming tourism/travel products and services includes a range of psycho-social processes and a number of personal and environmental influences that researchers and managers should take into account. This book provides an overview of such processes and influences and explains the basic concepts and theories that underlie tourist decision-making and behavior. It also incorporates a number of cases studies in order to aid readers to better appraise the application of those concepts and theories. The Handbook of Tourist Behavior will be of significant interest to researchers and students in tourism, leisure, marketing and psychology, and also to practitioners in the tourism industry.


Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research

Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research

Author: Muzaffer Uysal

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-01-07

Total Pages: 740

ISBN-13: 9400722885

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Quality of life (QOL) research in tourism has gained much momentum over the last two decades. Academics working in this area research issues related to tourists and host communities. Practitioners are becoming increasingly interested in understanding the science that allows them to develop better marketing and managerial programs designed to enhance the quality of life of tourists. Tourism bureaus and government agencies are increasingly interested in issues of sustainable tourism, specifically in understanding and measuring the impact of tourism on the quality of life of the residents of the host communities. This handbook covers all relevant topics and is divided into two parts: research relating to travelers/tourists, and research relating to the residents of host communities. It is the only state-of-the-art reference book in its field and will prove invaluable to academics interested in QOL research, as well as tourism practitioners interested in applying the science of QOL in the tourism industry.


Handbook of Globalisation and Tourism

Handbook of Globalisation and Tourism

Author: Dallen J. Timothy

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2019-12-27

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 1786431297

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Globalization entails the world becoming a smaller place through political, socio-cultural and economic processes. These processes have salient implications for tourism, and tourism itself is one of the driving forces behind globalization. This book is a collection of conceptual treatises by international scholars about the dynamics and reach of globalization and its relationships with tourism. It anatomizes and deconstructs the global forces, processes and challenges that face the world of tourism. It is international in scope, encyclopedic in its conceptual depth, empirically evocative, and contemporary in its coverage.


Tourists in Space

Tourists in Space

Author: Erik Seedhouse

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-06-03

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 3319050389

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Forget Hawaii or the Mediterranean. Soon – very soon – you’ll be able to add a much more exotic stamp to your passport: space. How will you get there, what will the trip be like and how much training will you need? All you need to know is right here in this guide. Tourists in Space: A Practical Guide supplies all the advice and information you need to make your spaceflight the most rewarding experience of your life. This definitive, real-world guide is packed with helpful facts and suggestions on everything from training, equipment, safety and in-flight procedures to techniques for avoiding space motion sickness and bone demineralization. You’ll also find: • Advice on choosing your training agency • Techniques for minimizing the risk of space motion sickness • Information you need to prepare for your medical examination, training and flight • Tips on activities near your training location and much more.