Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management

Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management is a unique text, which links the three crucial areas of tourism: impacts, planning and management. Tourism impacts are multifaceted and are therefore difficult to plan for and manage. This title looks at all the key players involved – be they tourists, host communities or industry members – as well as the key processes of planning and management and considers a number of approaches and techniques for managing tourism impacts successfully.

Now in its fifth edition, this bestselling text has been fully revised to include:

• new material on the top twenty countries by visitor arrivals, sustainable destinations and quality, COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 responses in tourism, tourism employees, heritage interpretation, the Norfolk Broads, tourism collaboration, and technology advances such as Public Participation Geographical Information Systems, and the use of Artificial Intelligence in hotels.

• updated tourism data and statistics

• new case studies throughout to showcase the latest environmental, social and economic activities in the industry, as well as the above topical issues in tourism

• an updated Companion Website that includes video and web links, class discussion questions, PPT’s and a case study archive.

The text is written in an accessible style and includes a plethora of features that engage and aid understanding. This accessible yet academically rigorous introduction to tourism impacts, planning and management is essential reading for all tourism students.