Contains the results of the 1998 San Francisco and Bay Area restaurant survey, with the opinions of over 1900 people represented on nearly 700 restaurants. This guide offers written commentaries on each establishment, with scores for food, decor and service and an average cost per meal.
An introductory text which covers the basics of travel and tourism, providing a very useful background to students taking any tourism qualification below degree level. Each chapter contains plenty of stimulus material drawn from a variety of sources: numerous diagrams, figures and photographs as well as exercises, assignments and role plays to encourage an investigative approach to the subject. The text is organised into eleven well structured chapters covering all aspects of travel and tourism...
Tourism, Recreation and Biological Invasions
The first section of the book includes information about how tourism-related infrastructure and activities promote biological invasions, including key pathways for non-native invasive species introductions. This section provides case studies of different organisms that are known to be introduced and/or promoted by tourism in different ecosystems or regions. The second section elaborates on known and potential impacts of invasive species on tourism and recreation, including how they may affect, p...
Community Development through Tourism examines the development of local communities through the healthy integration of community planning, business planning and tourism planning. It explores the most pertinent tourism and business theories, moving from strategic planning to community empowerment and practice. Research-based case studies are used to illustrate how things work in the real world, and the ways in which various theories can and have been applied. This book will be an important resour...
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Employment and Tourism (SpringerBriefs in Sociology)
This book proposes a new and original analysis of tourism employment in order to understand the multiple dimensions (economic, cultural, temporal, geographical, etc.) of this cross-cutting sector. It offers an overview of French knowledge, mainly in sociology, anthropology, geography and law, in the light of singular empirical fields. The diversity of disciplinary approaches, methods and questions allows for comparisons between various segments of the tourism employment market in France and with...
Provides readers with an understanding of strategic decision making in hospitality industries. The text examines the key characteristics of market structure, determining how suppliers compete in the market and identifying and contrasting performance of competitors in this sector.
Former member of the US diplomatic corps in Morocco, Kathy Kriger brought the imaginary gin joint from Casablanca to life. But instead of letters of transit, she begged for letters of credit. Instead of Captain Renault, the governor of Casablanca watched her back. And at the piano, playing "As Time Goes By," was not Sam but Issam Chabaa. Along the way, she encountered paper pushers with greasy palms, absent architects, mad chefs, remarkable craftsmen, and surprising allies. It took all her diplo...
Hotel Receptionists Are Fabulous And Magical Like Unicorns Only Better
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Heritage, Sport and Tourism
Sport heritage is increasingly being recognised as a potent instigator of tourism; be it touring a historic stadium, visiting a sports hall of fame, or participating in a sport fantasy camp, tourists now have a vast array of locations and options to experience the sporting past. This book provides the first comprehensive resource on sport heritage as a tourist attraction. Using theoretical and applied studies from researchers in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Z...
The Impact of Tourism (Issues for the Nineties S., v. 33) (Exploring the Issues, #33)