Transport & Tourism, 3rd edition
Global Perspectives
By Stephen J. Page
Pearson Education
Distributed by Trans-Atlantic Publications Inc.
December 2009
ISBN: 9780273719700
447 Pages
$87.50 Paper Original
Description
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.
Features
Key features of the book include:
- Up-to-date, international case material and examples addressing key areas of current concern such as 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
- New concise ‘Insights’ feature providing a greater breadth of case studies especially on the developing world and the challenges of accommodating future growth
- A completely revised ‘future prospects’ chapter bringing greater emphasis on good practice examples and innovative schemes for tourist transport provision
- Chapter summaries and reflective questions focussing on the core material
- Weblinks and further reading pointing the reader to sources and data beyond the text