The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism

by Linda L. Lowry (Editor)

Overview

Taking a global and multidisciplinary approach, The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism brings together a team of international scholars to examine the travel and tourism industry, which is expected to grow at an annual rate of four percent for the next decade. 

In more than 500 entries spanning four comprehensive volumes, the Encyclopedia examines the business of tourism around the world paying particular attention to the social, economic, environmental, and policy issues at play. The book examines global, regional, national, and local issues including transportation, infrastructure, the environment, and business promotion. By looking at travel trends and countries large and small, the Encyclopedia analyses a wide variety of challenges and opportunities facing the industry. 

In taking a comprehensive and global approach, the Encyclopedia approaches the field of travel and tourism through the numerous disciplines it reaches, including the traditional tourism administration curriculum within schools of business and management, economics, public policy, as well as social science disciplines such as the anthropology and sociology.

Key features include:

• More than 500 entries authored and signed by key academics in the field
• Entries on individual countries that details the health of the tourism industry, policy and planning approaches, promotion efforts, and primary tourism draws. Additional entries look at major cities and popular destinations
• Coverage of travel trends such as culinary tourism, wine tourism, agritourism, ecotourism, geotourism, slow tourism, heritage and cultural-based tourism, sustainable tourism, and recreation-based tourism
• Cross-references and further readings
• A Reader’s Guide grouping articles by disciplinary areas and broad themes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781483368962
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1640
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Linda L. Lowry, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts–Amherst. Her degrees include an M.A. in tourism development and travel administration from the George Washington University, Washington, DC, and a PhD in communication from the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Massachusetts–Amherst.

Dr. Lowry is a social scientist and qualitative researcher who takes a critical lens and locates herself in the constructivist paradigm. Her research and teaching interests include the social, cultural, and economic impacts of tourism; sustainable tourism development; tourism policy, planning, and development; slow tourism; rural and agricultural tourism; theory development; and qualitative research methods.

She has received various awards and grants for research, teaching, and service learning from the University of Massachusetts and has participated in a research grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for work on cultural tourism. In addition, she has published in the Journal of Hospitality&Tourism Education, the New England Journal of Travel&Tourism, and the Journal of Vacation Marketing, among others. She is currently at work on a book on tourism policy, planning, and development compiling international case studies of best practices.