I: Preface II: About this Book PART ONE: TOURISM PERSPECTIVES 1: An Introduction to Tourism 2: The Economics of Tourism PART TWO: TOURISM PEOPLE 3: Tourism as Employer PART THREE: CONSUMING TOURISM 4: Air Transportation 5: Road and Rail Transportation 6: Water-borne Transport 7: Accommodation 8: Food and Beverage 9: Visitor Attractions 10: Themes in Tourism PART FOUR: TOURISM MANAGEMENT 11: Operations Management in Tourism 12: Destination Management 13: Tourism and Destination Strategy 14: Tourism and Destination Marketing PART FIVE: TOURISM DEVELOPMENT 15: Tourism Policy and Planning 16: Tourism and Sustainability PART SIX: TOURISM FUTURES 17: Tourism Research 18: The Future of Tourism
Peter Robinson is Head of the Centre for Tourism and Hospitality
Management at Leeds Beckett University. Prior to entering academia
Peter gained experience in the public, private and voluntary
sectors within tourism, hospitality and events management,
including senior management roles with The National Trust and Derby
University as Tourism Projects Manager overseeing a range of EU
funded business support projects.
Peter has worked as a business development consultant (mainly
within the leisure sector) with a number of high profile clients
across the UK. Peter has gained experience developing businesses in
the tourism, events, automotive, retail and IT sectors. He is
currently a Trustee of the Carpet Museum in Kidderminster and
Elvaston Castle and Gardens Trust.
He is a Member of The Tourism Society and The Tourism Management
Institute, and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy The
Institute for Travel and Tourism Management (and a member of the
ITT Education an Training Committee). Peter is a Principal Fellow
of the Higher Education Academy - Michael Lück is a professor in
the School of Hospitality and Tourism, and associate director for
the coastal and marine tourism research programme at the New
Zealand Tourism Research Institute, both at Auckland University of
Technology, New Zealand. He is founding co-chair of the
International Coastal & Marine Tourism Society (ICMTS). Michael has
more than 10 years work experience in the tourism industry and his
research interests include (marine) wildlife tourism, the cruise
industry, ecotourism, interpretation and education on wildlife
tours, the impacts of tourism, and aviation/transport. He has
published in a number of international journals, is founding
editor-in-chief of the academic journal Tourism in Marine
Environments, Associate Editor of the Journal of Ecotourism and
Human Dimensions of Wildlife, and editorial board member of Marine
Policy and Frontiers. Michael has edited or co-edited ten volumes
on ecotourism, marine and polar tourism, events and low cost
airlines, as well as the Encyclopedia of Tourism and Recreation in
Marine Environments (CABI), and co-authored the introductory text
Tourism (CABI). Stephen is a Professor of Tourism in the School of
Hospitality, Food, and Tourism Management at the University of
Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He is also Professor Emeritus,
University of Waterloo, Canada. His research interests include
tourism statistics and economics, tourism informatics, tourism
policy, and culinary tourism. He advises graduate students who are
doing research in these areas and teaches research methods. He
works with empirical ("quantitative"), subjective ("qualitative"),
and mixed research designs. Steve is the author of numerous
articles in scholarly journals as well as several books. He is
past-Chair of the Canadian Tourism Commission's Research Committee
and past-Chair of the Canadian Tourism Human Resources Council's
Research Committee. He is an Elected Fellow of the International
Statistical institute, past-Chair of their Committee on Statistics
in Travel and Tourism, an Elected Fellow of the International
Academy for the Study of Tourism, and a member Travel and Tourism
International Research Association, and Slow Food International.
Stephen consults with various local provincial, national, and
international government and not-for-profit agencies.
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