Bøger af Jennifer Raga

This book explains various key concepts and terms that are relevant to the context of Tourism. Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.

This book offers an overview of brewing technology, brewing materials and its processing, chemistry and biology of brewing, along with the various components of beer, alcohol and methods for measurement. This book further sheds light on the advances in vinegar production and the challenges in brewing industry

This book is written from the perspective of trying to understand how small businesses have contributed to the hospitality industry. The book also explores the challenges that small businesses face in this sector. In so doing, the book highlights some of the possibilities for recovery and supporting these small businesses. This book is aimed at undergraduates who are interested in hospitality, business, global trends, and the social sector as an engine of development.

Focuses on the various ways in which the hospitality sector can promote vegetarianism. The book helps readers find ways in which they can kick off their hospitality ideas to include vegetarianism. It also cites examples to show the popularity of veganism.

Explores what an SME is and how they operate in the tourism and hospitality industry. It pays attention to the tourism and hospitality industry. Readers will gain an understanding of the challenges faced by tourism and hospitality SMEs, the opportunities, policies, regulations, and future projections.

To maintain the growth of tourism, it is important that the personnel working in the industry are thoroughly trained and educated. This book explores education and training in the tourism sector, so that the tourism can be sustainable.

Discusses strategic management for the hospitality sector. The book explores competitiveness in the hospitality industry, medical tourism, and corporate travel management. It also provides insights in to the challenges, current trends and future aspects of the hospitality and tourism industry.

Provides a definition of tourism, discusses different types of tourism, and the importance of tourism in economies of developing countries. The book also explores the concept of evolution of e-tourism, and new business opportunities created by e-tourism industry. The advantages and disadvantages of e-tourism and its future are also covered.

Discusses the concept of culinary tourism. The book includes significant trends in the field of culinary tourism and the market offering for culinary tourism. It also discusses the role of food and media in culinary tourism, culinary tourism as a cultural experience and the presence of culinary tourism in private as well as domestic fields.

Provides an extensive historical overview of conservation tourism and related issues. The book covers planning conservation tourism, visitor impacts and management on conservation tourism, the role of governments and international agencies, and the economics of conservation tourism.

Traces the history of design science in tourism development. The purpose of this book is to illustrate clearly how important technology has been to the tourism industry. The book covers the relevant stages of technological leaps in tourism technology and also to take a closer look at the current state of the information technology.

Highlights the history of travel and tourism along with the evolution of hotels and motels industry. The book provides readers with an in-depth understanding of travel agencies and tour operators.

Environmental management and sustainability have been recent important issues in the hospitality industry. This comprehensive book emphasizes regulatory issues, which relate to the management of hospitality procedures in ways which are penetrating to the impact on the environment whereas not threatening their own financial viability.

Explains the various concepts related to hospitality and tourism management. It provides a comprehensive picture of the industry and a way to manage it.

We all know that tourism industry is a great entertaining industry. Many of us have gone on a tour at some point in our life and so we all have a rough picture of how entertaining as well as how intricate the tourism industry is. The word 'tourist' has been in existence since 1760. It is said that tourism began to be known officially on Jul 5, 1841 when Thomas Cook planned a trip from Market Harborough to Loughborough for a meeting. The first foreign trip made by Thomas Cook was a six-day stay in Paris in 1861. Tourism is a vast industry and though it seems to be a single industry, the tourism industry has many ancillary industries that support its growth. As a tourist one can understand the different touch points involved in tourism from the start of the tour to the end. Tourism industry is a very competitive industry and it needs to be constantly updated and changed according to the needs of the customers. There are two very important elements in the tourism industry. One is the direct element which comes into direct contact with tourists like sales, accommodation, transport and other ancillary services. Indirect elements are the support services which may not come into direct contact with the tourists but it is very hard for the industry to function without these services. For example Infrastructure, Roads, Airports, Communications, Public Toilets, Signs, Manufacturing, Electricity, Water supply and Sewerage and garbage disposal are all indirect elements in the tourism industry but very powerful.The tourism industry benefits both host and home countries. This is mainly observed in developing countries. Tourism is one of the world's most significant sources of economic outcomes and employment. This sector supports 292 million people in employment which is 1 in 10 jobs on the planet. For many countries, such as the Bahamas and other island economies, it is the main source of income and employment. The Travel & Tourism sector contributes a larger share to the GDP. It accounts for 10.2% of the world's GDP. For countries like UK, it is worth more than £120 billion a year. Travel & Tourism industry not only outpaced the wider economy, but also grew faster than other significant industries such as financial and business services, retail and distribution, public services, transport and manufacturing.Tourism is all set to grow more than ever by the year 2030. In the year 2030, most of the tourist population is expected to be in Europe than anywhere in the world. While travel to Africa, the Middle East and the Americas also does increase, Europe sees a great rise in number. If tourism is managed well it will bring positive changes in the socio, cultural, economical, environmental and political development of the destinations and as such represents a significant development opportunity for many countries and communities. The tourism industry will continue to remain in the forefront of wealth and employment creation. Even with numerous challenges arising, the future of tourism looks extremely favorable and expected to grow at a rate of 3.9% annually. It is anticipated that by year 2026, tourism industry could support 370 million jobs and $11 trillion in GDP.This book will help in understanding more about the tourism industry and the various benefits it provides to the developed and developing countries. The book also talks about the various types of tourism and how marketing and branding techniques are applied to develop the tourism sector. The book will take you on a short tour to various tourist destinations and will teach the importance of preserving the tourist spots.

Develops a framework to explore the links between destination based tourism and human resource management. This book covers the central theme of managing the tourism destination, the characteristics of traveller's choice, destination management and destination planning, management of heritage sites and developing of destination products along with information management.