A Practical Guide to Tourism Destination Management

A Practical Guide to Tourism Destination Management
Author: World Tourism Organization
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

One of UNWTO's top sellers!!! This publication represents a major contribution to developing professionalism in the field of destination management. It is intended as a practical guide, showing how concepts of destination management may be translated into practice. Besides it will be of considerable interest to academics as we acknowledge the work of other experts and academic leaders who have contributed to the field of destination management. As the main purpose of Destination Management Organisations is to attract people to visit in the first place, this practical guide will explain through models, guidelines and snapshot case studies how to create a suitable environment and quality delivery on the ground and how to ensure that visitors' expectations are met at the destination.

Practical Guidelines for Integrated Quality Management in Tourism Destinations

Practical Guidelines for Integrated Quality Management in Tourism Destinations
Author: World Tourism Organization
Publisher: World Tourism Organization
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2017
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789284417971

This Guidebook offers a comprehensive and pragmatic approach to the improvement of quality of tourism destinations. It clarifies tourism concepts developing basic tools for improving quality at tourism destinations.

A Practical Guide to Managing Tourist Experiences

A Practical Guide to Managing Tourist Experiences
Author: Isabelle Frochot
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2021-12-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000520382

This book provides students with a concise and practical guide that presents key understandings of the tourist experience and provides strategic guidance on how to develop an impactful and memorable experience. Chapters follow the path of the tourist journey, firstly exploring consumer behaviour, the decision-making process and the tourist’s need for escape, and providing insights into the strategic implications of consumer behaviour and the concept of immersion in tourism. Subsequent chapters look at the impact of experiences; consider trends in tourism experience such as wellness, sustainability, authenticity and fantasy; and provide experience design models. The final chapter offers a unique ten-step approach to designing impactful and memorable tourist experiences. Highly practical and engaging, this book is packed full of case studies and examples, from forest bathing in Finland to truffle hunting in Italy, as well as tools and exercises to guide the design process. This book offers students a full understanding of how the experience is lived from the tourist perspective, how tourism providers can manage that process and how to develop successful experimental marketing interventions. This is essential reading for all tourism students and future tourism managers.

Advanced Introduction to Tourism Destination Management

Advanced Introduction to Tourism Destination Management
Author: Chris Ryan
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2020-06-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1839103906

Written by Chris Ryan, this Advanced Introduction seeks to integrate macro and micro components of tourism destination planning into a discussion of impacts, destination development, and national, regional and site planning. Exploring the characteristics of tourism destinations, the political framework of tourism and region specific management, this accessible book offers an insightful introduction to the field. Key topics include the impacts of tourism, the evolution of the tourist destination and analysis of marketing as a management tool.

The Guide to Successful Destination Management

The Guide to Successful Destination Management
Author: Pat Schaumann
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2004-03-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0471226254

* The first complete book on the subject of destination management. * Authored by the leading association of destination managers. * Includes the Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)'s Accepted Practices and Guidelines.

Community Destination Management in Developing Economies

Community Destination Management in Developing Economies
Author: Kaye Chon Sung
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2006-05-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136794859

The practical, user-friendly guide to creating a sustainable future for destinations in developing economies Community Destination Management in Developing Economies is a user-friendly guide that provides a comprehensive view of the issues facing planners, policymakers, and destination managers who attempt to ensure a sustainable future

Marketing and Managing Tourism Destinations

Marketing and Managing Tourism Destinations
Author: Alastair M. Morrison
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 644
Release: 2018-09-13
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1351714805

Marketing and Managing Tourism Destinations is a comprehensive and integrated introductory textbook covering both destination marketing and destination management in one volume. It focuses on how destination management is planned, implemented and evaluated as well as the management and operations of destination management organizations (DMOs), how they conduct business, major opportunities, challenges and issues they face to compete for the global leisure and business travel markets. This second edition has been updated to include: • A new chapter on visitor management that includes a section on crisis and disaster management • New material on destination leadership and coordination • New and revised content on digital marketing • New and updated international case examples throughout to show the practical realities and approaches to managing different destinations around the world. It is illustrated in full colour and packed with features to encourage reflection on main themes, spur critical thinking and show theory in practice. Written by an author with many years of industry practice, university teaching and professional training experience, this book is the essential guide to the subject for tourism, hospitality and events students and industry practitioners alike.

Handbook on Tourism Destination Branding

Handbook on Tourism Destination Branding
Author:
Publisher: World Tourism Organization (Unwto)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789284413119

Tourism has become one of the world's fastest growing economic sectors in recent years. Governments around the world are increasingly recognising the power of tourism to boost their nation's development and prosperity. As more tourism destinations emerge and competition for visitors becomes more intense, a destination's ability to project itself on the world stage and differentiate itself from others is ever more important. Recognising the value of successfully building and managing a destination's brand, the European Travel Commission (ETC) and World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) have commissioned this Handbook to provide a useful and practical guide for both marketing novices and experienced destination managers. The Handbook on Tourism Destination Branding provides a step-by-step guide to the branding process accompanied by strategies for brand management. Case studies are featured throughout the Handbook to illustrate the various concepts, present best practices from destinations around the world and provide fresh insight into destination branding. The Handbook concludes with a section on evaluating brand impact and a set of practical recommendations.

Tourism Destination Management

Tourism Destination Management
Author: Manuel Rodríguez-Díaz
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2019-09-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3039214713

This book collected studies focused on the management of tourist destinations. Destinations are complex and adaptive systems, where the different elements that make them up have to be oriented towards achieving a common objective that improves the competitiveness of the destination. Five main lines of research on tourist destinations can be established: 1) the management, planning, and marketing of destinations, with special attention to the tourism supply chain, communication, and integral management; 2) the sustainability of resources and capabilities; 3) the renewal of destinations in order to update their offer and main resources to maintain competitiveness; 4) online reputation and communication through social media in order to create and enhance a strong brand image and customer loyalty; and 5) the application of new technologies in order to develop smart destinations. The book is made up of five research studies that focus on analyzing the transition towards a more circular tourist activity in hotels, image as a competitive factor of destinations, the value of cultural creativity, the coherence of online reputation, and the relationship between hotel prices and online reputation in different tourist destinations.