Tourism impacts, planning and management /

Mason, Peter 1951-

Tourism impacts, planning and management / Peter Mason - Third edition - xvii, 253 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-248) and index.

"Tourism impacts are multi-faceted and therefore are difficult to plan for and manage. This title looks at all the key players involved - be they tourists, host communities or industry members - and considers a number of approaches and techniques for managing tourism impacts successfully. This bestselling text has been fully revised to include: - New materials on terrorism, sustainability, climate change, sex tourism, heritage tourism, theories of tourism planning and GIS. - A new chapter on destination planning and management. - Updated tourism data and statistics. - Case studies on urban tourism, pro-poor tourism, cruise ship tourism, coral reef tourism, historic monuments, eco-labels, codes of conduct and sustainable tourism from both developed and developing regions, including Australia, Iceland, Spain, the UK, Namibia, the Arctic and Antarctica. - A companion website including PPTs, video and web links." -- Provided by publisher.

Title and location of book Title and back cover


Text in English

9781138016309 9781138016293 9781315781068 (ebk)


Tourism--Management.
Tourism--Planning.

910.68 / .M411 2016