This second edition has been fully revised and updated with important new chapters and case studies that reflect the many important developments in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry and subsequent new policies and plans needed to better understand the nuances and issues in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry. The second edition features:
David L. Edgell, Sr. at East Carolina University is Professor of Trade, Tourism and Economic Development in the School of Hospitality Leadership and is a Research Scholar in the Center for Sustainable Tourism, and, in addition, a Charter Member of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism.
Jason R. Swanson is Assistant Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University of Kentucky and an Adjunct professor of Strategic Tourism Planning at Assumption University in Bangkok, Thailand.