New Facets of Tourism Management

Contents: Preface. 1. Prospects of e-tourism--a critical study with focus to Indian market/Bindi Varghese. 2. An assessment of tourism practices in India: the case of societal ethics/B. George. 3. Government and community partnerships: a perspective of the regional tourism development in Victoria, Australia/Robert Inbakaran and Mukesh Ranga. 4. Sustainable tourism: issues and challenges/Robinet Jacob. 5. Touristic authenticity in the new context of social existence conditioned by the internet and globalization: a critique/Babu P. George. 6. Rural development through tourism: the case of Munnar/B. George and C. Reeves Paul. 7. Visitor management: an integrated approach for sustainable tourism development for a destination/Rakesh Dhodi, Rashmi Dhodi and Sarvesh Uniyal. 8. Technology, innovation and changing nature of tourism business/Toney K. Thomas. 9. Issues of sustainability and eco-friendliness for the hospitality industry/Saurabh Kumar Dixit. 10. Promotion and development of Buddhist tourism in India/S. Hussain Ashraf. 11. Role of right to information in sustainable tourism management--a constitutional and legal aspect/Pallavi Gupta. 12. Women and tourism: women workers participation in the hospitality industry with reference to Pondicherry/Bindu Nair. 13. Changing trends in the souvenir industry of Aurangabad/D.R. Qureshi. 14. Forecasting the tourism impact through the 2008 Messinian thruway--simple linear regression, holt-winters method and sensitization/Leonidas A. Papakonstantinidis. 15. Digital rural India and the role of public information kiosks/J. Sridevi, N.R. Satyanarayana and S.K. Sonker. 16. Scenario of adventure tourism in Garhwal Himalaya/Hemant Kumar. 17. Economic impact of tourism marketing/Christine Ennew and Mukesh Kumar. 18. Tourism in the context of GATS: fears on sustainability and concerns for the Third World/Babu P. George and Pradeep Salgaonkar.

"This edited book attempts to provide a fresh perspective on the existing and emerging areas of travel and tourism industry by focusing on contemporary problems and prospects. The variety of topics covered include prospects of e-tourism, assessment of tourism practices, government and community partnerships in tourism, sustainable tourism, rural development through tourism, visitor management, issues of sustainability and eco-friendliness for the hospitality industry, Buddhist tourism, role of right to information in sustainable tourism management, women workers\' participation in the hospitality industry, trends in souvenir industry, forecasting the tourism impact, adventure tourism, economic impact of tourism marketing, tourism in the context of GATS etc. In sum the contributors discuss some of the most pressing and contemporary issues in the tourism management."