Tourism Planning and Management in Developing Countries

Author: Bao Jigang
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: This book is a collection of papers from the "International Symposium on Tourism Planning and Management in Developing Countries (Guilin)." The symposium brought together over 170 experts and scholars from 14 countries and regions, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Malaysia, and more. Over 120 papers were exchanged and discussed on a wide range of topics such as tourism resources, tourism markets, travel agency and hotel management, and tourism culture. Among these, tourism planning and community development, tourism planning and environmental protection, and tourism development and enterprise management became focal points for many scholars. These research cases involved multiple countries and regions, including the United States, Italy, Malaysia, Thailand, and others. The research content is continuously expanding into interdisciplinary fields, and research methods are becoming increasingly diverse, with sociological research methods gaining particular attention.