Frontmatter -- DEDICATION -- IN MEMORIAM -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction / Hall, C. Michael -- Part 1: Foundations of the TALC -- Introduction / Butler, Richard W. -- 1. The Concept of a Tourist Area Cycle of Evolution: Implications for Management of Resources /...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Tourism and Religion: Origins, Interactions and Issues / Butler, Richard / Suntikul, Wantanee -- Part 1: Faiths and Tourism -- Introduction -- 2 Indigenous Tourism: The Most Ancient of...

As tourism has surged, there have been increased concerns expressed about overtourism – a phenomena of unsustainable tourism which negatively affects the livelihoods of local communities and the resources upon which tourism is based. As it is becoming increasingly clear that the environmental,...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Preface / Baum, Tom -- Part 1: The Development of Patterns -- 1. The Changing Boundaries and Geography of Cricket / Butler, Richard -- 2. Looking for Witney Scrotum? Cricket, Tourism and Images of England /...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the growing importance of migrant workers to the hospitality industry of peripheral locations in the UK. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on data collected through in‐depth surveys of and focus group discussions with migrant...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present some of the fundamental barriers and challenges in the use of Six Sigma as a business improvement methodology in the hospitality industry. Design/methodology/approach – The approach taken was to collate data through observations made by the...