Managing Tourism in Cities Policy, Process and Practice

This book examines the management issues raised by urban tourism development through a series of international case studies. An international author base covers a range of political, social, cultural, environmental, product development, visitor management and strategic development issues. A key theme to the collection is how the management of the development of tourism in major cities can affect local residents and industry players, Central to this are the effects of urban processes and administrative structures on this development. Contributors Gary Akehurst ? Belinda Dodson ? Katie Evans ? C. Michael Hall Howard Hughes ? Habibullah Kahn ? Darryll Kilian ? Trevor Mules Myra Shackley ? John Tunbridge ? Jan van der Borg. Students and researchers of tourism management, urban studies and geography will find this book provides insight into an important area Urban managers, planners, consultants and public sector agencies will find the case studies enormously useful in their work.