Bandol is more than an idyllic town. It is the only French wine appellation where the Mourvèdre grape is dominant. Discover stories of celebrity residents and aged rosé, plus tasting notes and food pairings for over 50 wine producers and their best bottles.
This book gives the latest information on advances in organic agriculture, with practical examples for farmers, engineers, and agroindustry people. Prepared by experts, it covers multidisciplinary approaches, environmental awareness, and novel ideas for future research.
Pilgrimage in the Twenty-First Century
This inquiry showcases the rich diversity of religious and secular pilgrimage. Scholars explore travel for transformation, revealing why it is one of tourism’s fastest growing segments and how this age-old phenomenon is central to what it means to be human.
Law, Humanities, and Tourism
This book unites experts across law, humanities, and tourism to examine the legal and ethical issues of returning stolen cultural treasures. A practical toolkit for professionals, it features diverse global case studies that underscore the significance of cultural restitution.
Managing a Tour Operating Business
Explore the global tour operations business and how technology influences new business models. With case studies from Europe, Africa, and the USA, this text addresses challenges in developing countries and offers a business model for future sustainability.
Sex Tourism on the Kenyan Coast
This book challenges suppositions about sex tourism. Elderly men seeking romance are taken advantage of, while women delude themselves searching for a mzungu to fulfill their dreams. The success of the few becomes a false promise for the majority. Based on a Kenyan coast study.
This collection offers an interesting overview of good practices in the tourism industry, providing several snapshots of the way various economic activities have been properly managed in order to make the Canary Islands a successful symbol of integrated tourist supply.
Hospitality and Tourism Education in the Digital Era
Authored by experts, this volume explores current research in tourism digital education. It offers sustainable strategies, case studies, and trend analyses to empower hospitality professionals, contributing to the growth, innovation, and sustainability of the tourism industry.
This volume explores approaches to monitoring sustainable tourism at seaside destinations, focusing on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. It presents a systematic process of gathering data to assess and manage development. Essential for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners.
This book delves into the relationship between economic growth and tourism in China’s diverse regions. Emphasizing China’s unique experiences, it offers practical insights and valuable lessons applicable to policymakers, economists, and tourism professionals worldwide.
This book explores the challenges linking tourist motivations, World Heritage Sites, and local culture. With a focus on Portugal and Brazil, it draws on international examples to explore themes like marketing, sustainability, authenticity, and preservation.
This book explores tourism management in Bulgaria in the COVID-19 era. It covers smart destinations, digital technologies, online consumer behavior, and innovative approaches in hotel management, outlining key challenges and opportunities for the industry.
This textbook covers 15 chapters on food, film, shopping, medical, ghost, and suicide tourism, and introduces students, researchers, educators, and tour operators to the demands of affluent tourists from the newly industrialized countries of East and Southeast Asia.
Ecotourism and Interpretive Nature Guiding
A groundbreaking exploration of ecotourism and interpretive nature guiding. Authored by experts, this comprehensive guide shows how to design experiences that conserve natural resources and benefit local communities, while fostering a profound appreciation for our heritage.
This book presents an opportunity and a challenge: to develop cultural tourism in the North of Portugal, empowering communities to protect their heritage. The challenge is promoting sustainable tourism for economic growth, while preserving authenticity in culture and heritage.
A Cultural Analysis of Mobile Communities on Board Cruise Ships
This book argues that the pleasures of a cruise have changed little since the nineteenth century. Drawing on travel writing from Mark Twain and the author’s own voyages on cruise and container ships, it examines what passengers do with their time and how that time is controlled.
Safety Essentials for Business and Leisure Travel
This book blends in-depth research on global risk mitigation with unique perspectives on travel safety. It tackles hard issues like kidnapping and contingency planning, incorporating the real-life experiences of an author who survived torture and abduction. Essential reading.
This volume of international tourism research presents innovative solutions provoked by today’s challenges. It explores innovations in tourism development, management, and staff training, alongside new approaches to foreign language education for the industry.
This book provides a rigorous examination of sustainable tourism, with particular attention paid to Slovenia. It offers a unique and balanced view of both theoretical issues and practical cases, making it valuable for students, researchers and professionals.
Steps towards Sustainable Tourism
This handbook offers detailed insights into the field of sustainable tourism. It will cater to the needs of those within this industry, who wish to widen their perspective by gaining further understanding of its problems and the opportunities and prospects it provides.