TY  - BOOK
AU  - Prideaux, Bruce
TI  - Resort destinations: evolution, management and development 
SN  - 9780750657532
AV  - G 155.A1 .P75 2009 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Amsterdam
PB  - Elsevier Science
KW  - TOURISM -- MANAGEMENT
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The resort destination setting - The historical setting -- Definitions: exploring the literature -- Geographical context; Economic perspectives -- The human element; Resort destination dynamics - Planning issues -- Sustainability -- Resort destination marketing -- Management -- Infrastructure issues -- Examples of resort destination types - Resort destination development in developing nations -- Mountain resort destinations -- Resort destinations in isolated locations -- City resort destinations -- Island resort destinations -- The future of resort destinations - Threats -- The future of resort destinations
N2  - Destination management and resort development and planning are strong core areas in the final year of most undergraduate degrees and a popular area of study at postgraduate level. Using original case studies based on the author's own research, Resort Destinations: evolution, management and development uses examples from Australia's Gold Coast, Britain's Brighton, USA's Las Vegas, as well as Hong Kong, New Zealand and the Caribbean
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