Managing Educational Tourism by Brent W. Ritchie
Brand: Channel View Publications Ltd
Product Description
Increasingly tourists are seeking learning and educational holidays. This interest has led to the provision of tourism product with some form of learning or education as an integral component including cultural heritage tourism and ecotourism. The growth of offshore education and lifelong learning has stimulated crossborder movement for language learning school excursions and university student travel. Reflecting this growth in educational tourism types the author outlines the main forms of educational tourism their demand and supply characteristics their impacts and the management issues associated with them taking a holistic systemsbased perspective. The book argues that without adequate research and appropriate management of educational forms of tourism the potential regional development impacts and personal learning benefits will not be maximised. The book highlights the need for collaboration and networking between both the tourism and education industries to adequately manage the issues surrounding the growth in educational tourism.
Condition : New
Author : Brent W. Ritchie
Weight : 648
Publisher : Channel View Publications Ltd
Language : English
EAN : 9781873150511
ISBN10 : 1873150512
Format : Hardback
Date of Publication : NA
Place of Publication : United Kingdom
Pagination : 304
Dimensions : 234 X 156 X 22