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Abstract
Transport and Tourism: Global Perspectives investigates the complex relationship between transport provision and tourism, and adopts a global perspective throughout. Maintaining its 4-part structure, this substantially updated third edition addresses all the key issues and new challenges that transport providers, decision-makers, managers and tourists face in the use, operation and management of tourist transport against the backdrop of rapid technological change in the 21st century. Transport and Tourism: Global Perspectives remains the leading, authoritative text in the field; topics covered in this latest edition include up-to-date and contemporary international case material and examples addressing key areas of current concern. Topics covered include the ongoing financial crisis in the US airline industry, challenges posed by low-cost airlines and other innovative forms of transport provision, the climate change and sustainability debate, problems of managing car-based tourism, crime, safety, and security, and the e-travel revolution. A completely revised future prospects chapter emphasises good practice examples and innovative schemes for tourist transport provision
Transport and Tourismis an essential text for students on travel and tourism degrees and will be of key interest to students and practitioners in related fields also including strategic management and geography.
Table of Contents
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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Cover | Cover | ||
Transport and Tourism | i | ||
Contents | v | ||
List of figures | x | ||
List of plates | xii | ||
List of tables | xvi | ||
Preface to third edition | xviii | ||
Acknowledgements | xxiii | ||
Section I Understanding tourist transport Concepts and methods of analysisI | 1 | ||
Section II The analysis, Use and provision of tourist transport | 137 | ||
Analysing the demand for tourist travel | 139 | ||
Introduction | 139 | ||
The international demand for tourist travel: understanding why people travel | 140 | ||
Motivation, tourist transport research and psychological issues | 142 | ||
Domestic tourism patterns in China: developmentamid infrastructure constraints | 145 | ||
Infrastructure development in developing countries: experiences from Asia-Pacific | 149 | ||
Data sources on international tourist travel | 150 | ||
Tourism statistics | 165 | ||
Forecasting the demand for tourist transport | 177 | ||
Alternative approaches to understanding future demand for tourism and transport services: | 180 | ||
Summary | 183 | ||
Questions | 184 | ||
Further reading | 184 | ||
Websites | 185 | ||
Analysing supply issues in tourist transport | 186 | ||
Introduction | 186 | ||
Theoretical perspectives on tourism and transport supply issues | 188 | ||
Competitiveness, transport and tourism: key relationships | 192 | ||
The state and the supply of tourist transport: airline deregulation in the USA | 193 | ||
The supply chain in tourist transport services | 206 | ||
Transaction analysis | 207 | ||
Integration in the tourism sector: implications for the supply of tourist transport | 210 | ||
New research agendas in tourism supply research: tourism supply chain management | 211 | ||
Linking together tourism, transport and policy issues | 217 | ||
Summary | 217 | ||
Questions | 218 | ||
Further reading | 219 | ||
Websites | 219 | ||
Section III Managing tourist transport provision | 221 | ||
Managing supply issues in tourist transport | 223 | ||
Introduction | 223 | ||
Business strategies and the transport sector | 224 | ||
Strategic alliances and cooperation | 225 | ||
Airline alliances | 225 | ||
Information technology and supply issues in tourist transport: a role for logistics and IT? | 227 | ||
E-travel and the transport and tourism sector | 231 | ||
The supply of tourist transport in destination areas | 242 | ||
Tourist transport and small islands: the case of Malta | 245 | ||
Summary | 249 | ||
Questions | 250 | ||
Further reading | 250 | ||
Managing tourist transport infrastructure: the role ofthe airport | 251 | ||
Introduction | 251 | ||
The management challenge of tourist transport terminals: airports | 253 | ||
Airport marketing | 270 | ||
A new relationship in airport management: the impact of low-cost airlines | 272 | ||
Airport performance: the use of benchmarking | 275 | ||
Airport planning and development | 278 | ||
The threat of global terrorism and security issues for airports | 282 | ||
Summary | 286 | ||
Questions | 288 | ||
Further reading | 288 | ||
Websites | 288 | ||
The human and environmental impact of tourist transport: towards sustainable tourist travel? | 289 | ||
Introduction | 289 | ||
The human consequences of modern tourist travel | 290 | ||
The environmental impact of tourist transport | 295 | ||
Transport and the environment | 297 | ||
Tourism and the environment | 298 | ||
Environmental auditing and tourist transport | 300 | ||
Environmental assessment and tourist transport | 305 | ||
Towards sustainable tourist transport systems | 306 | ||
Sustainable tourist-oriented transport services in destinations | 312 | ||
Summary | 326 | ||
Questions | 327 | ||
Further reading | 328 | ||
Websites | 328 | ||
Global challenges for tourism and transport: how will climate change and energy affect the future of tourist travel? | 329 | ||
Introduction | 329 | ||
Global tourism: challenges and imbalances | 329 | ||
Global climate change | 330 | ||
Availability of oil | 335 | ||
New forms of tourism | 339 | ||
Conclusion | 341 | ||
Questions | 342 | ||
Further reading | 342 | ||
Section IV The future | 343 | ||
Prospects and challenges for tourist transport provision: global, national and local issues | 345 | ||
Introduction | 345 | ||
Tourist transport provision in the new millennium: the challenge of globalisation | 347 | ||
Service quality issues in tourist transport | 361 | ||
Questions | 379 | ||
Further reading | 379 | ||
Bibliography | 381 | ||
Index | 436 |