This chapter explores issues relating to value creation and co-creation during the tourism mobilities component of holiday travel. It first suggests a number of factors that influence the value creation process in the tourism mobilities sector. The chapter then decomposes the typical tourist...

This chapter summarizes the issues concerning river tourism as discussed in this book, identifies the gaps and challenges for river tourism governance, and outlines future research directions.

This introductory chapter discusses the varied, complex and changing managerial responses needed to deal with a typical crisis, then presents a brief review of current crisis management theory, applying its most salient points to the tourism industry.

This chapter explores issues relating to value creation and co-creation during the tourism mobilities component of holiday travel. It first suggests a number of factors that influence the value creation process in the tourism mobilities sector. The chapter then decomposes the typical tourist...

This book explores river tourism from a range of perspectives including river uses, heritage, management, environmental concerns, and marketing. The book has 15 chapters and an index. The intended readership includes researchers and students of leisure and tourism.

This chapter examines various issues associated with the structure and operation of rivers before developing a framework to describe and understand river-based tourism. It commences with a discussion about aspects of the water cycle and fluvial hydrology. Following this, the discussion turns to...

This chapter examines a number of issues relating to the use of the Amazon River and its tributaries as a tourism resource. After discussing significant ecological and geographical aspects of the Amazon region, the chapter examines development in the major tourism nodes of Manaus and Belém...

This chapter examines aspects of river heritage and how the tourism industry has provided the impetus for the adaptive preservation of a significant heritage site on the Murray River, part of the larger Murray-Darling River System, Australia. The chapter commences with a brief overview of the...

With examples drawn from the UK, Europe, the USA, Australia, and Asia, this book brings together a range of expert academic analysis of theory and practice concerning crisis management in tourism. Part I (chapters 2-11) deals with theoretical foundations of crisis management. Part II (chapters...

This chapter reports on the findings of research undertaken in 2002 to investigate the impacts of three major crises on firms servicing Australia's tourism industry. These crises, which occurred in 2001, include the failure of the HIH Insurance Company, the World Trade Center terrorist attacks, and ...