Description
This book focuses on the issues and trends in outdoor, nature-based recreation, leisure and tourism and explores the implications for public policy, planning, management and marketing. It is intended as supplementary reading for advanced students and is a useful reference tool.
Chapter
Part I Society: Factors/Forces Shaping Demand For and Use of Resources
2 Gender Inclusion as a Recreation Trend
3 Changes in Family and Work: Impacts on Outdoor Recreation and Tourism in North America
4 The Effects on Travel and Tourism Demand from Three Mega-trends: Democratization, Market Ideology and Post-materialism as Cultural Wave
5 Trends in Information Technology and Tourism
6 Race and Ethnicity in Leisure Studies
Part II Resources: What Exists and How Did We Reach This Point
7 Trends in Outdoor Recreation Supply on Public and Private Lands in the US
8 US Recreation Policies Since World War II
9 Trends and Implications of Tourism Policy in Developing Countries
10 Trends in Recreation, Tourism and Protected Area Planning
11 Coming of Age: History and Trends in Outdoor Recreation Research
Part III Participation: How We Are Using Resources
12 Trends in Americans’ Outdoor Recreation
13 Trends in Hunting Participation and Implications for Management of Game Species
14 Trends in Casinos and Tourism for the 21st Century
15 Health Tourism Trends: Closing the Gap between Health Care and Tourism
16 Festivals and Special Events: Life Cycle and Saturation Issues
17 Cultural Tourism: Challenges for Management and Marketing
18 Planning to Provide Community and Visitor Bene.ts from Public Lands
Part IV Evaluation and Valuation: Determining How Valuable the Resources Are and What is Happening to Them
19 Trends in Leisure Value and Valuation
20 New Developments in Measuring Tourism as an Area of Economic Activity
21 Trends in Tourism Economic Impact Estimation Methods
22 Holiday Styles and Tourist Types: Emerging New Concepts and Methodology
23 Biophysical Impacts of Wildland Recreation Use
24 Assessing Social Impacts of Resource-based Recreation and Tourism
Part V Development: How Resources Are Organized For Use
26 Globalization and Tourism
27 Rural Tourism Development
28 Community Tourism Development
Part VI Management and Operations: Tools to Get the Job Done
29 The Role of Tour Operators in the Travel Distribution System
30 National Tourist Of.ces and the Language of Differentiation
31 Recreation Con.ict Management
32 Service Quality in Resort Settings: Trends in the Application of Information Technology
33 Partnerships and the Changing World of Park Management
34 Tourism and Sustainability: a Positive Trend
35 Citizen Participation Trends and their Educational Implications for Natural Resource Professionals
36 Trends in the Development of Recreation Services for Youth at Risk
37 So What? Implications of Trends for Management, Public Policy, Marketing and Planning
Trends in Outdoor Recreation, Leisure and Tourism
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