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Whether it’s bungee jumping in Queenstown or visiting the Guinness factory in Dublin, where we travel – and what we do when we get there - has changed significantly in the past twenty years. This innovative textbook explores what is possibly the most unrecognized of international service industries, placing tourism in the context of contemporary globalization and trade-in services. It provides new perspectives on tourism as a form of international business, and the implications for firms, the state and individuals. Split into four separate sections, with introductions outlining the key themes in each, it examines important topics such as: the role of governance and regulation in tourism services the effects of increased global mobility on tourism entrepreneurship how tourism businesses are becoming internationalized why other business sectors are increasingly interested in tourism. Case studies are used throughout to highlight important issues, from developments in the aviation industry to the rise of working holidays. This book gets to the core of a crucial service industry, and is essential reading for any researcher or student of tourism or international business.
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International Business and Tourism Whether it’s bungee jumping in Queenstown or visiting the Guinness factory in Dublin, where we travel – and what we do when we get there – has changed significantly in the past 20 years. This innovative textbook explores what is possibly the most unrecognised of international service industries, placing tourism in the context of contemporary globalisation and trade in services. It provides new perspectives on tourism as a form of international business, and the implications for firms, the state and individuals. Split into four separate sections, with introductions outlining the key themes in each, the book examines such important topics as: • • • • the role of governance and regulation in tourism services the effects of increased global mobility on tourism entrepreneurship how tourism businesses are becoming internationalised why other business sectors are increasingly interested in tourism Case studies are used throughout to highlight important issues, from developments in the aviation industry to the rise of working holidays. This book gets to the core of a crucial service industry, and is essential reading for any researcher or student of tourism or international business. Tim Coles is University Business Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Management in the School of Business and Economics at the University of Exeter, UK, where he is also the co-director of the Centre for Tourism Studies. C. Michael Hall is Professor of Marketing in the Department of Management, University of Canterbury, New Zealand; Visiting Professor, Faculty of Organisation and Management, Sheffield Hallam University, UK; and a Docent at the Department of Geography, University of Oulu, Finland. He is also co-editor of the journal Current Issues in Tourism. Routledge International Series in Tourism, Business and Management Edited by Tim Coles and C. Michael Hall Taylor & Francis Group LONDON AND NEW YORK Routledge International Series in Tourism, Business and Management is an important series that explores the key contemporary issues in the business and management of tourism. The series is organised around two strands: core themes in the business and management of tourism; and comparative international perspectives. Authored by some of the world’s leading authorities on tourism, each book in the series aims to give readers comprehensive, in-depth and accessible texts that combine essential theory and best practice. Topics to be covered include international business and tourism, HRM in tourism, tourism entrepreneurship, tourism and service quality, strategy in tourism and marketing tourism.