This volume gathers important research from around the globe in the field of swimming and aquatic activities. Readers will be able to better grasp ...

Although "Too Big to Fail" (TBTF) has been a perennial policy issue, it was brought to the forefront by the near-collapse of several large financia...

The recent change in the image of India due to information technology revolution has put India into the limelight. The country has become a destina...

This book explores the relation between tourism and development and covers an array of diverse issues in a contemporary economic, socio-cultural an...

Tourism is making tremendous headway in many countries of the world including India. he present book is designed in such a manner as to bring toget...

In this compilation, the authors investigate factors that stop female participation in leisure cycling using research combining literature on LTPA ...

This book intends to support research and management practices in the real world and build a capacity to strengthen connections between Brazilian s...

This book presents the objectives, main steps and results of a European cooperation project, focusing on the importance of scientific competencies ...

Over the last decades, tourism has become a key sector in the world economy: its contribution to balance of payments, incomes and employment has si...

The development of tourism in a country/region carries some social and economical changes with their positive, as well as negative, aspects. It is ...

In the 21st Century, tourism has emerged as a leading sector across the globe. This sector has been widely acknowledged for its contribution to nat...

The focus of this book is on various aspects of tourism as development issues for the whole of India, policy and environmental issues, income and e...

"Currently, tourism has become a popular global leisure activity and it is vital for many countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Lebanon, Egypt, Spa...

"Technology has played an important role in achieving economic growth by garnering economic means for consumers to travel. The development and cont...

Tourism appears to be an industry that anyone can understand, but in reality it is a very complex subject. It is a meeting ground for economics, so...

From the very inception of life, travel has fascinated man. Travel and tourism have been important social activities of human beings from time imme...

Tourism appears to be an industry that anyone can understand, but in reality it is a very complex subject. It is a meeting ground for economics, so...

Working on your Master Thesis or Ph.D. Dissertation, have you ever felt the limits of your methodological toolbox when it comes to grasping the com...

The application of market segmentation techniques is long established in the tourism and hospitality literature. Various methods have been proposed...

While many fields of our current life and technology make use of the involvement of chemistry, even in a subtle way as quantum-, mathematical-, phy...

Managing tourism destinations is an important part of controlling tourism's environmental impacts. Destination management can include land use plan...

Effective Management of customer satisfaction and complaints is essential for organisations in terms of profitability and sustainability. This book...

This book explores the trafficking of persons for the purpose of exploitation and illicit drug trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean. Traf...

Transformational Travel is a journey away from home, concerning a really unforgettable and powerful experience (active, cultural, natural, social o...

A democratic society is grounded on the informed participation of the citizenry, which in turn requires access to Government information. If offici...

This book examines the travel and tourism industry in the United States which are critical to the American economy. This growing industry offers si...

The Department of State and the Department of Defense (DOD) have long shared responsibility for U.S. assistance to train, equip, and otherwise enga...

Following terrorist attacks against the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1983, the U.S. Department of State began an embassy construction progra...

The U.S. travel and tourism sector, the main economic and employment engine in a number of states, suffered a steep decline in 2008 and 2009 as the...

Edwin Cole Bearss, born in 1923, is an American World War II wounded warrior of the Greatest Generation. As a U.S. Marine, he was shot four times b...

Vietnam attracts visitors from various source markets and such diversity has become commonplace in major tourism receiving areas. The practice of i...

Federal financial regulation in the United States has evolved through a series of piecemeal responses to developments and crises in financial marke...