This volume contains specially commissioned chapters by leading researchers who have used and modified the original TALC model over the past two decades, a reprint of the original article, a discussion of its origins, and a comprehensive review of most of the published material using the TALC

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...

This book explores how cities use tourism to bolster their economies and image, appraising it in terms of history, measurement, structure, operations and leadership. It combines both theory and practice and uses new and original case materials to exemplify mainstream approaches to city marketing...

The book is an accessible examination of the complex connections between tourism and sustainability in a southern African context. It introduces relationships between tourism, sustainability and development with a range of case studies from the region, focusing especially on natural resource...

This is the first comprehensive book-level examination of the relationship between tourism and climate change, of interest not only to students of tourism but to policy makers and the industry who will have to respond to the challenges posed.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Authors and Contributors -- Chapter 1 Viewing Animals in the Wild -- Chapter 2 Ecological Impacts -- Chapter 3 Human Dimension of Wildlife Interactions -- Chapter 4 Stakeholder Engagement -- Chapter 5 Wildlife Tourism Policies -- Chapter 6...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1. An Introduction to Mallorca’s Tourism and its Origins -- Chapter 2. Environmental Resources, Perceptions and Constraints for Tourism -- Chapter 3. The Historical Development of the Tourism Industry from the late 19th Century...

Cities are the dominant geographical focus of business and leisure tourism travel, and cities everywhere are regenerating and reinventing themselves so as to attract visitors, students and investment. Inside City Tourism explores the organisational challenges to which this gives rise, and in...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction / Morgan, Michael / Lugosi, Peter / Ritchie, J.R. Brent -- Part 1: Understanding the Consumer Experience in Tourism and Leisure: Concepts and Issues -- Chapter 1. The Dimensions of the Tourist Experience / Cutler, Sarah Quinlan /...