Estructura del mercado turístico 2.ª edición

Estructura del mercado turístico 2.ª edición
Author: OLMOS JUÁREZ, LOURDES
Publisher: Ediciones Paraninfo, S.A.
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2016-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 8428338272

Este manual ha sido concebido como libro de texto para el módulo profesional de Estructura del Mercado Turístico, de los Ciclos Formativos de grado superior de Agencias de Viajes y Gestión de Eventos, de Gestión de Alojamientos Turísticos y de Guía, Información y Asistencias Turísticas, pertenecientes a la familia profesional de Hostelería y Turismo. Por tanto, los destinatarios principales son los profesores y los alumnos de enseñanzas turísticas, aunque se ha intentado conscientemente que la obra sea útil para cualquier persona interesada en adquirir los conocimientos básicos sobre este sector. En esta segunda edición se ha realizado una renovación profunda de los contenidos de la primera edición para tratar de reflejar la realidad actual de este fenómeno tan cambiante como apasionante. Entre las novedades y las actualizaciones más importantes que se incorporan podemos citar las siguientes: actualización de normativa y estadísticas, análisis de nuevas tipologías turísticas y tendencias del sector e inclusión de nuevas actividades y lecturas gracias a la colaboración de compañeros y profesionales del sector, entre los que es preciso destacar a Kike Sarasola, presidente y fundador de Room Mate Hotels, o Elisabeth Morales Martín, directora comercial de la agencia de viajes Multicolor Viajes, especializada en turismo LGTB. El libro se ha estructurado en nueve unidades, agrupadas a su vez en tres bloques temáticos: Introducción al sector turístico (Unidades 1, 2 y 3), La oferta turística (Unidades 4, 5, 6 y 7) y La demanda turística (Unidades 8 y 9). Además, en el diseño de cada una de las unidades se han considerado siempre unos principios básicos: la validez en todo el territorio nacional y la adaptación a las necesidades de los destinatarios y a las posibilidades de formación en un centro educativo.

Rite, Flesh, and Stone

Rite, Flesh, and Stone
Author: Antonio Córdoba
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2021-10-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0826502202

Forensic science provides information and data behind the circumstances of a particular death, but it is culture that provides death with meaning. With this in mind, Rite, Flesh, and Stone proposes cultural matters of death as its structuring principle, operating as frames of the expression of mortality within a distinct set of coordinates. The chapters offer original approaches to how human remains are handled in the embodied rituals and social performances of contemporary funeral rites of all kinds; furthermore, they explore how dying flesh and corpses are processed by means of biopolitical technologies and the ethics of (self-)care, and how the vibrant and breathing materiality of the living is transformed into stone and analogous kinds of tangible, empirical presence that engender new cartographies of memory. Each coming from a specific disciplinary perspective, authors in this volume problematize conventional ideas about the place of death in contemporary Western societies and cultures using Spain as a case study. Materials analyzed here—ranging from cinematic and literary fictions, to historical archives and anthropological and ethnographic sources—make explicit a dynamic scenario where actors embody a variety of positions toward death and dying, the political production of mortality, and the commemoration of the dead. Ultimately, the goal of this volume is to chart the complex network in which the disenchantment of death and its reenchantment coexist, and biopolitical control over secularized bodies overlaps with new avatars of the religious and non-theistic desires for memorialization and transcendence.

Smart Tourism as a Driver for Culture and Sustainability

Smart Tourism as a Driver for Culture and Sustainability
Author: Vicky Katsoni
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 657
Release: 2019-01-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030039102

This book explores the latest developments in the field of smart tourism, focusing in particular on the important cultural and sustainability synergies that have emerged during the digital era. The aim is to elucidate how ICTs can promote innovation and creativity in the tourism and leisure sector in ways that take into account cultural and social responsibilities, foster sustainable tourism management, and enhance cultural tourism, cultural heritage, and sustainable development. The book is based on the proceedings of the Fifth International Conference of the International Association of Cultural and Digital Tourism (IACuDiT), attended by academics and industry practitioners from cultural, heritage, communication, and innovational tourism backgrounds, and is edited in collaboration with IACuDiT. It will have broad appeal to professionals from academia, industry, government, and other organizations who wish to learn about novel perspectives in the fields of tourism, travel, hospitality, culture and heritage, leisure, and sports within the context of a knowledge society and smart economy in which sustainability is becoming ever more important.

Tourism and Gentrification in Contemporary Metropolises

Tourism and Gentrification in Contemporary Metropolises
Author: Maria Gravari-Barbas
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2017-06-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317244982

Tourism gentrification is a critical shaping force of socio-economic and contemporary urban landscapes. This book aims to be the first substantive text on this subject, explaining the multiple and complex relationships between tourism and gentrification and their outcomes and manifestations in contemporary metropolises. This is achieved by drawing on in-depth case analyses addressing the different issues at stake. Part I deals with the manifestations of tourism gentrification and the ways it affects urban landscapes through heritagization and urban regeneration strategies. Part II looks at the correlations between tourism gentrification and culture. Finally, the last two parts aim to identify and examine forms and expressions of tourism gentrification, distinguishing among the actors, beneficiaries, and victims of the phenomenon while looking at its implications for intra-metropolitan territories and metropolitan governance. The book approaches these issues in an innovative way, by looking at a variety of metropolises in a diverse range of countries and by dealing with the different relations and management issues generated by gentrification in relation to tourism. Through interdisciplinary approaches, this groundbreaking text sheds light on the role tourism plays in contemporary metropolises, furthering knowledge of urban tourism. For these reasons, it will be of particular interest to scholars and students of tourism, urban studies, geography, anthropology and sociology.

Democracy in Mexico

Democracy in Mexico
Author: Pablo González Casanova
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1970
Genre: Mexico
ISBN:

From Pilgrimage to Package Tour

From Pilgrimage to Package Tour
Author: David L. Gladstone
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2013-01-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136078746

When people in First World countries think of tourists in the vast expanses of the Third World today, they typically think of pampered westerners, filling up the luxury hotels and imposing their Orientalist gazes on the teeming masses. As David Gladstone shows us in this fascinating and provocative book, such preconceptions are wrong. Coupling incisive and colorful ethnographic accounts of tourism in India and Mexico with sharp analysis, Gladstone demonstrates the amazing complexity of this industry, which now comprises close to ten percent of the world economy. As he also shows, the vast majority of tourists in the Third World are indigenous people with few resources-often making pilgrimages to religious shrines. From Pilgrimage to Package Tour is a fresh and entirely original account that stands tourism studies on its head and proves that this industry is far more complicated than it initially appears.

Niche Tourism

Niche Tourism
Author: Marina Novelli
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2007-06-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 113637616X

Niche Tourism examines one of the fastest growing areas within the tourism sector. This book provides an integrated picture of speciality/niche tourism as a whole looking at both the 'macro' and 'micro' niche area. It has a comprehensive theoretical framework, and discusses initiatives, policies and strategies adopted internationally. With an emphasis on linking theory to practice, it is underpinned by up-to-date international case studies from around the world. Divided into 3 parts, it covers a variety of aspects under the headings of special interest tourism, tradition and culture base tourism and activity-based tourism.

Strategic Perspectives in Destination Marketing

Strategic Perspectives in Destination Marketing
Author: Camilleri, Mark Anthony
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2018-08-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1522558365

The marketing of a destination necessitates effective strategic planning, decision making and organization. Notwithstanding, the destination managers should possess relevant knowledge and understanding on traditional and contemporary marketing channels to better engage with prospective visitors. Strategic Perspectives in Destination Marketing is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of branding in the tourism, travel, and hospitality industry sectors. This book provides students and practitioners with a good understanding of the tourism marketing environment, destination branding, pricing of tourism products, tourism distribution channels, e-tourism, as well as on sustainable and responsible tourism practices, among other topics. It explores the socio-economic, environmental, and technological impacts of tourism through various regional-focused empirical studies and contemporary discussions. This book is ideally designed for managers, travel agents, tourism professionals, executives, marketing agencies, academicians, researchers, and graduate-level students seeking current research on the applications of branding strategies in the tourism sector.