According to Jeremy Rifkin (1995), Aronowitz and DiFazio (1994) and others, the industrialized world has now entered the early years of the Information Age. Here it is gripped by dramatic declines in employment and public-sector service paralleled by a concomitant rise in the third sector as well as personal and collective dependency on the volunteers comprising it. Moreover, the twin ideas that work is inherently good and that, when it can be...

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The review of past benchmarking literature shows that there are a substantial number of both conceptual and empirical attempts to formulate a benchmarking approach, particularly in the manufacturing industry. However, there has been limited investigation and application of benchmarking in tourism businesses and particularly in tourist destinations. The purpose of this book is to evaluate approaches to benchmarking and their application within...

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The nature-tourism industry needs access to land with scenery, native plants and wildlife. Land managers need money to maintain their land, its natural resources and built infrastructure. For private lands and public lands managed for economic production, landholders also expect an economic return over and above operating costs. In national parks and other public lands allocated for conservation, management agencies face increasing costs from...

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Like many published works, this book is the product of a true labour of love. It is an attempt by the authors to capture and convey the essence of what they believe is important to successful tourism. As the title of the book indicates, the focus of our efforts is the tourism destination itself. While many other paradigms have been the basis of books on tourism, we believe that, from a management perspective, the destination is the fundamental...

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Là cuốn sách bao văn hóa và phong tục tại Hà Nội, gồm các mục về trang phục (áo dài Việt Nam, chiếc váy, cái yếm, tóc bỏ đuôi gà, nón), vui chơi (hội cờ người ở chùa vua Hà Nội, xuân xưa Quảng Lạc, thú chơi cây cảnh, trò chơi lối xóm, cá vàng Hà Nội),nghệ thuật (nghệ thuật múa rối nước, múa chèo, hát giao duyên, diễn xướng trò mục Liên -...

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This book is simply a collection of case studies from around the world that either exemplify ecotourism in action, illustrate some aspect of ecotourism or test the concept of ecotourism. Some of these places and businesses I have visited myself; some are described in relatively reliable publications; and others were recommended by colleagues, especially members of the Advisory Board of the International Centre for Ecotourism Research. There...

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The book acknowledges the growing literature that enables the practitioner and the student to develop their knowledge and understanding of trends and issues in leisure and tourism management and in consumer behaviour, and the very concepts and theories that help to define the fields of enquiry. The book also recognizes the great strides made in the last decade in developing the subjects of service management, service operations management and...

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This book owes its inception to the international journal Tourism Recreation Research, which had proposed a special issue on the theme of host communities in 1996. For various reasons, this special issue never came to fruition, so the idea to create a book on the subject was introduced, which we were pleased to spearhead with some important guidance from Dr Tej Vir Singh. At the time, sufficient evidence existed within the tourism literature...

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The idea for this book came as a result of what was viewed as a critical lack of information in the literature on ecotourism regarding the link between the service provider and the participant. This missing link or puzzle piece (perhaps there are many more missing pieces!) is the concept of recreation programming, which is a tool that allows for the enjoyment of intrinsically rewarding leisure experiences. Programming focuses almost...

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This book represents an attempt to encapsulate the enthusiasm and positive attempts to use tourism as a means of support for both youth and communities. In a global society that increasingly finds dogma and marketing used to instil values and exploit social relations, volunteer tourism represents both an opportunity and a means of value-adding in an industry that seems to represent consumer capitalism at its worst.

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The preface is usually the last part of a book to be written. It is the start of a process of objectification, whereby the author distances himself or herself from the finished product, and (like the parent of a newborn child) examines it for flaws. That such are to be found in this book is undeniable, and remain the editor’s responsibility. In particular, I am aware that in trying to provide an overview of tourism in less developed...

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It is no accident that the publication of this book coincides with the second international conference hosted by the Leisure and Tourism Management Department at the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC), Auchincruive, in September 2001. The restructuring of agricultural industries, evident in attempts to broaden rural economic bases through diversification, requires support that has led to a broadening of scope within many of the institutions...

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