Tourism & Leisure Planning Books

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1. The Making of Olympic Cities

   Edited by John R. Gold, Margaret M. Gold

   In the first forty or so years following its revival at the end of the nineteenth century, the burdens placed on cities hosting a modern Olympic Games were relatively modest. However, as the Games have grown in size and stature, morphing from a small-scale summer festival into an intensively...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-55351-3 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Handbook of Tourist Behavior: Theory & Practice

   Edited by Metin Kozak, Alain Decrop

   In today’s highly competitive and global economy, understanding tourist behavior is imperative to success. Tourist behavior has become a cornerstone of any marketing strategy and action. Choosing, buying and consuming tourism/travel products and services includes a range of psycho-social processes...

   2008 | 978-0-415-99360-9 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   European Forest Recreation and Tourism: A Handbook

   Edited by Simon Bell, Murray Simpson, Lisa Tyrväinen, Tuija Sievänen, Ulrike Pröbstl

   In an increasingly urbanised world more and more people are turning to our forests and woodland for recreation and tourism. Planning and providing for this growing demand poses challenges that need to be addressed by managers and designers alike. Based on a study of forest recreation from across...

   2008 | 978-0-415-44363-0 | Hardback (Taylor & Francis)
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   Design for Outdoor Recreation, 2nd Edition

   By Simon Bell

   Design for Outdoor Recreation takes a detailed look at all aspects of design of facilities needed by visitors to outdoor recreation destinations. The book is a comprehensive manual for planners, designers and managers of recreation taking them through the processes of design and enabling them to...

   2008 | 978-0-415-44172-8 | Paperback (Taylor & Francis)

5. Design for Outdoor Recreation

   By Simon Bell

   This book takes a fresh, up-to-date look at all aspects of design of facilities needed by visitors to outdoor recreation destinations. The book is follows the thought processes and physical requirements of visitors, from their perspective. This idea is followed step-by-step from setting off for a...

   1997 | 978-0-419-20350-6 | Paperback (Taylor & Francis)