Ecotourism originated in the 1980s, at the dawn of sustainable development, as a way to
channel tourism revenues into conservation and development. Despite the “win-win” idea …

This book explores the relationship between tourism and development and establishes a
conceptual link between the interconnected disciplines of tourism studies and development …

The concept of the tourism experience has become a focal point for current tourism research
and management. While academic studies are increasingly examining tourism as a function …

Tourism, Tourists and Society provides a broad introduction to the inter-relationship between
tourism and society, making complex sociological concepts and themes accessible to …

Grounded theory method has been gaining momentum within qualitative tourism research.
However, different versions of grounded theory exist, and tourism researchers rarely …

This paper is a longitudinal study of 140 articles on residents' attitudes to tourism published
in Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, and Journal of Travel Research from …

This study investigates resident perceptions of tourism impacts on a Turkish town in absolute
and relative terms and draws implications for marketing and destination management from …

A critical review is presented of all theoretical aspects of the destination-choice process.
Decision theory and the destination-choice model are outlined, followed by a discussion of …

Travellers are now spoilt by choice of available holiday destinations. In today's crowded
tourism market place, destination competitiveness demands an effective marketing …

This paper performs a meta-analysis of tourism performance measurement by synthesising
tourism and hospitality research. A framework for understanding and advancing knowledge …