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 One

Part One: Researching Tourism
Part Two: Social Analysis
Part Three: Economic Analysis
Part Four: Technological Analysis
Part Five: Environmental Analysis
Part Six: Political Analysis

Volume Two

Part One: Approaching Tourism
Part Two: Destination Applications
Part Three: Marketing Applications
Part Four: Tourism Product Markets
Part Five: Technological Applications
Part Six: Environmental Applications

This handbook offers a fresh, contemporary and definitive look at tourism management, making it an essential resource for academics, researchers and students.

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