Publications

Here you can find recent publications that relate to the UK tourism sector.

If you know of any publications that you think might be of interest to UK tourism professionals please send information to editor@uktourismpro.net

Better Business Tourism in Britain

Published by Business Tourism Partnership, 2004

This publication looks at some of the initiatives and examples of best practice in support of a competitive, high quality and more profitable business tourism sector in Britain.

Download a copy here www.businesstourismpartnership.com

Europe: Tourism Market Trends

Published by World Tourism Organization (WTO)

Regularly published by the World Tourism Organization (WTO), the publication presents international tourism trends worldwide, as well as in each region, sub-region, and individual destination country.
Included in the publication is a summary of key trends and developments in tourism, quantitative analysis of tourism performance, and statistical trends by destination country for the following regions:

Northern Europe
Western Europe
Central and Eastern Europe
Southern and Mediterranean Europe

The latest edition is available to buy from the TSO online Bookshop at
www.tsoshop.co.uk

Evaluating and Improving Websites

The Destination Web Watch

Published by World Tourism Organization (WTO) - World Tourism Organization Business Council (WTOBC)

In recent years, investment by destination management organisations (DMOs) in websites has increased substantially. Online marketing activities make up an important part of the operational programmes of many DMOs, local, regional and national. This publication looks at evaluation of destination websites and the tools to improve them.

The International Federation for IT and Travel and Tourism (IFITT), and the World Tourism Organization (WTO) have agreed to jointly establish a scheme to help DMOs evaluate and benchmark the quality and effectiveness of their web activities and their return investment. This report is an introduction to the scheme, which is called the WTO/IFITT Destination Web Watch.

The publication is available to buy from the TSO online bookshop at
www.tsoshop.co.uk

Olympic Tourism

by Mike Weed
Published by Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007

This publication is the first to focus on the nature of Olympic tourism and the potential for the Olympic Games to generate tourism in the run up to and long after the hosting of a Games. The awarding of the 2012 Olympics to London will see an increasing interest in the phenomena of organising, managing and analysing the issues which surround mega-event sport tourism. This text addresses these issues and using detailed case analysis of previous and future games, discuss how to maximise the success of managing tourism at these events. Written from an international perspective this text provides the reader with:

An exploration of the relationship between sport, tourism and the Olympic Games

A guide on how to establish Olympic tourism as a phenomenon that goes far beyond the visits of spectators, athletes, officials and dignitaries during the Games themselves.

An examination of the detail of Olympic tourism flows before, during and after the Games

Analysis of the requisite partnerships between a range of sport, tourism, Olympic and other agencies to successfully leverage and deliver maximum tourism benefits

The tools to draw lessons from case studies of previous and forthcoming winter and summer Olympic Games in the 21st Century

A discussion of the potential tourism legacies of the Olympic Games

Tourism and Sustainable Community Development

By Derek Hall
Published by Routledge, 2003

As the tourist industry becomes increasingly important to communities around the world, the need to develop tourism sustainably has also become a primary concern. This collection of international case-studies addresses this crucial issue by asking what local communities can contribute to sustainable tourism, and what sustainability can offer local communities. Individually these investigations present a wealth of original research and source material. Collectively the book illuminates the term community, the meaning of which, it is argued, is vital to understanding how sustainable tourism development can be implemented in practice.

Yearbook of Tourism Statistics

Published by World Tourism Organization (WTO)

The annual publication contains data on total arrivals and overnight stays for international inbound tourism in 206 countries and territories, with a breakdown by country of origin. The 2007 edition covers the years from 2001-2005.

The latest edition is available to buy from the TSO online bookshop at www.tsoshop.co.uk

Sunday, 5 September 2010