The SAGE Handbook of Tourism Management

The SAGE Handbook of Tourism Management is a critical, authoritative review of tourism management, written by leading international thinkers and academics in the field. Arranged over two volumes, the chapters are framed as critical synoptic pieces covering key developments, current issues and debates, and emerging trends and future considerations for the field.The two volumes focus in turn on the theories, concepts and disciplines that underpin tourism management in volume one, followed by examinations of how those ideas and concepts have been applied in the second volume. Chapters are structured around twelve key themes:Volume OnePart One: Researching TourismPart Two: Social AnalysisPart Three: Economic AnalysisPart Four: Technological AnalysisPart Five: Environmental AnalysisPart Six: Political AnalysisVolume TwoPart One: Approaching TourismPart Two: Destination ApplicationsPart Three: Marketing ApplicationsPart Four: Tourism Product MarketsPart Five: Technological ApplicationsPart Six: Environmental ApplicationsThis handbook offers a fresh, contemporary and definitive look at tourism management, making it an essential resource for academics, researchers and students.