Synopses & Reviews
Worldwide Destinations Casebook features 38 comprehensive case studies of international tourism destinations, 10 of them brand new and 28 updated. A companion to the core textbook
Worldwide Destinations 5th edition, these cases contextulaise the learning and provide real life illustrations of the theories covered.
This new edition covers subjects such as climate change, eco-tourism, destination regeneration and social impact. Case studies are drawn from all regions of the world and include:
- London Docklands regeneration
- A tourism strategy for Morocco
- 'New World' tourism - Outbound tourism from China
- Antarctica: tourism or conservation?
- Re-visioning tired destinations: Australia's gold coast
- Tourism in New York
- The Way of St. James: the pilgrimage as a cultural resource
- Ecotourism in the Ecuadorian Amazon
The casebook brings a range of benefits to the classroom and by encouraging active learning allows students to gain valuable experience in:
- Problem solving and decision making
- Focusing on key issues within a clearly defined situation
- The development or honing of critical thinking skills
- Recognising that there is no one 'correct' answer to a problem
- Judging the relevance of different types of evidence and techniques
Worldwide Destinations Casebook is the ultimate resource for contectualizing theory and is essential reading for any tourism student.
* New full colour layout with pedagogic structure to aid learning
* Comprising over 40 cases from around the world to illustrate subject theory
* Comprehensive case matrix to illustrate topic and regional case coverage
Synopsis
Worldwide Destinations Casebook: the geography of travel and tourism provides over 40 comprehensive case studies of international tourism destinations. A companion text to the core textbook Worldwide Destinations 5th edition, these cases contextualise the learning and provide real life illustrations of the theories covered. With many brand new cases and others fully revised and updated, WWD casebook is now equipped with four colour design complete with pedagogic features to further aid learning and understanding. In addition to this, there is a comprehensive case matrix at the beginning of the text illustrating both topic and regional coverage of the cases.
Cases are drawn from all regions of the world and include:
-Climate change and crisis management -the aftermath of the 2004 Tsunami
-Sun, sand, sea and sweatshops - exploitation in third world tourism
-Low cost carriers
-The China outbound market
-Ecotourism and nature based tourism: the effects of relaxed hunting restrictions in Namibia and South Africa
-Sustainability
-Social and cultural impacts
-Regional identity and branding
-Short breaks
-Stonehenge and the problems of heritage management
-'Grey' tourism and other market segments such as youth or backpacker tourism
-'New world' tourism (e.g. China, India Eastern Europe)
-Mega-events such as the 2012 Olympics or the Beijing Olympics
The text is also accompanied with companion website and password protected tutor resource material.
* A companion text to the leading textbook Worldwide Destinations now in its fifth edition.
* Comprises over 40 international case studies
* User friendly, providing hints and tips on how to use case studies as a method of learning, and what can be drawn from each case
Table of Contents
Introduction; How to use this book; Cases illustrating the Elements of the Geography of Travel and Tourism; Mobilities: concepts of travel, tourism and migration; Crisis and risk management in tourism; Understanding the ‘new tourist'; Analysing the world pattern of international tourism flows; The Galápagos Islands: balancing resource conservation and tourism; The Way of St James: the pilgrimage as a cultural resource; The impact of climate change on tourism; The significance of the El Niño effect for tourism; Managing transport at the tourism destination; Low cost carriers: revolution or evolution?; Space: the final tourism frontier?; Tourism as agent of poverty alleviation; Cases Illustrating Regional Travel and Tourism Geography; European Union policy and tourism; London Docklands: waterfront regeneration and tourism development; The New Forest: managing tourism in an environmentally sensitive area; The Isle of Man: rejuvenating a cold water destination; Bruges: the impact of tourism in the historic city; The impact of winter sport tourism in the Austrian and Swiss Alps; Berlin: the revitalization of an European capital; Venice: heritage in danger; Tourism issues in Yemen; Managing Nile cruise tourism; CAMPFIRE: local community involvement in safari tourism; A tourism strategy for Morocco; Dubai – Where the future of tourism begins; Township tourism; Adventure tourism in Nepal; The Maldives: tourism in an island nation; Kangaroo Island: debating tourism development; The re-visioning of tired destinations: Australia’s Surfers Paradise; Outbound tourism from China; Tourism in Macau; Tourism in New York City; Nunavut: the involvement of indigenous communities in tourism in the Canadian Arctic; Tourism in Hawaii; The regeneration of Rio de Janeiro; Ecotourism in the Ecuadorian Amazon; Antarctica: tourism or conservation?; Sources to support work on the case studies.