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Find out how the ways we live and work are changing the ways in which we play!

As populations grow and urbanization increases, social class, income, and ethnicity are influencing where and when people travel. The Tourism and Leisure Industry: Shaping the Future gives you the knowledge and skills you need to keep your business on top of this competitive field. An essential read for all leisure and tourism experts, this book analyzes and explains demographics, global supply and demand, globalization, intercultural behavior, and mobility to help you forecast future consumer needs.

This insightful book also predicts new markets and products to help you tailor your business to the tourism and leisure trends of the next generation. The Tourism and Leisure Industry: Shaping the Future evaluates traditional leisure time activities, such as theme parks and sporting events as well as the fastest growing activities, such as leisure-based wellness resorts. Find out what the populations of different countries are expecting from their free time in terms of temporal aspects, benefits, and location. Get up-to-date advice on information technology and see how it will be changing the way you do business.

The Tourism and Leisure Industry: Shaping the Future focuses on a variety of factors impacting tourism today, including: changes in social values intercultural technology races changed economic market conditions changing lifestyle trends population growth networked economies the growing market for senior travelers The Tourism and Leisure Industry: Shaping the Future is your contemporary guide to the next steps in the evolution of tourism and leisure. Filled with tables and figures to help you organize and understand the information it presents, this book is easy to read yet suitable for any expert in the leisure field. With case studies, research reports, and extensive bibliographies, it is a vital resource for destination managers, consultants, and teachers alike.

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• About the Editors (p. xiii)
• Contributors (p. xv)
• Preface and Acknowledgments (p. xxv)
• Introduction: After the Anthill Was Stomped: The Customization of Life and Leisure (p. 1)
• A Revolution in World Population and Living Arrangements (p. 1)
• A Revolution in Work (p. 6)
• A Revolution in the Bases of Modern Economies--Postcapitalist Economies of Knowledge and Experience (p. 7)
• A Revolution of Networked Economies and Globalization (p. 9)
• The Impact of Globalization (p. 11)
• Multipolar and Multicivilizational Politics and Power (p. 12)
• Revolutionary Changes in Environment (p. 13)
• A Revolution in Urban Areas (p. 15)
• A Revolution in the Mass Customization of Products and Services (p. 15)
• Conclusion (p. 16)
• Section I Changes in Demographics, Stages of Life, and Leisure Behavior (p. 19)
• Chapter 1. Leisure Futures: A Change in Demography? (p. 21)
• Introduction (p. 21)
• Framework (p. 22)
• Demographic Change (p. 24)
• Data (p. 26)
• Results (p. 29)
• Conclusion (p. 32)
• Chapter 2. Concerns and Considerations About the Future of Youth Leisure: An International Perspective (p. 35)
• Introduction (p. 35)
• Case Studies (p. 38)
• Critical Questions and Issues for the Future of Youth Leisure (p. 45)
• Time Use, Experience, and Human Development (p. 46)
• Civic and Societal Benefits (p. 48)
• Opportunities for Participation and Provision of Service (p. 48)
• Conclusion (p. 49)
• Chapter 3. A Leisure Lifestyle Study of Generation X in New Zealand (p. 53)
• Introduction (p. 53)
• Background (p. 54)
• Methodology (p. 56)
• Results (p. 58)
• Discussion (p. 63)
• Section II The Globalization of Leisure or Rediscovering Slowness? (p. 67)
• Chapter 4. Spacing and Timing in Leisure Activities (p. 69)
• Scenario (p. 69)
• The Study of Leisure Activities (p. 70)
• Space and Time (p. 71)
• Spacing and Timing (p. 73)
• Examples and Cases (p. 75)
• Conclusion (p. 79)
• Chapter 5. The Rediscovery of Slowness, or Leisure Time As One's Own and As Self-Aggrandizement? (p. 83)
• Introduction (p. 83)
• The Formation of Personal Time (p. 84)
• Leisure Time As an Institution (p. 85)
• Vacation Time (p. 88)
• Slowness During Vacation (p. 90)
• Chapter 6. Can Slow Tourism Bring New Life to Alpine Regions? (p. 93)
• Introduction (p. 93)
• Slow Tourism: An Antidote to Speed and a Promising Niche (p. 96)
• Slow Tourism and Its Principles (p. 100)
• Conclusion (p. 102)
• Chapter 7. Leisure Investments: Global Supply and Demand (p. 105)
• Introduction (p. 105)
• How, Then, Can We Even Begin to Look Ahead? (p. 105)
• Megaperspectives (p. 109)
• The Future (p. 114)
• Alternatives (p. 116)
• Section III (Inter)cultural Leisure Behavior (p. 121)
• Chapter 8. Intercultural Behavior: Glimpses of Leisure from an Asian Perspective (p. 123)
• Introduction (p. 123)
• Collectivism and Face (p. 125)
• Asian Hierarchy of Needs (p. 127)
• The Concept and Meaning of Leisure: An Asian Perspective (p. 129)
• Implications for Leisure Service Provision (p. 131)
• Conclusion (p. 133)
• Chapter 9. Cultural Tourism and the Leisure Paradigm: The Australian Experience (p. 135)
• Introduction (p. 135)
• Understanding Leisure and Tourism (p. 135)
• Leisure and Cultural Tourism (p. 138)
• Leisure and the Arts (p. 140)
• Australian Cultural Participation (p. 141)
• Cultural Tourism (p. 145)
• Conclusion (p. 149)
• Chapter 10. A Comparison of Leisure Styles in Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain, Spain, and Portgual (p. 151)
• Introduction (p. 151)
• Methodology (p. 152)
• Lifestyles As a Criterion for Segmentation in the Leisure Age (p. 153)
• Description of European Leisure Styles (p. 155)
• Factors Impeding Homogenization of Results (p. 164)
• Trends (p. 167)
• Conclusion (p. 169)
• Section IV Changing Patterns in Lifestyle and Implications for Leisure Behavior (p. 171)
• Chapter 11. The Hybrid Consumer of Leisure Squeezed Between Fun Maximization, Chill Out, and the Radical Search for Inner Values (p. 173)
• Introduction (p. 173)
• The Body As a Branding Tool (p. 176)
• Chapter 12. Wellness: A New Perspective for Leisure Centers, Health Tourism, and Spas in Europe on the Global Health Market (p. 181)
• The European Health System Enters the Global Market (p. 181)
• Health Care: Basic Innovation for the Next Millennium? (p. 182)
• The WHO's New Definition of Health (p. 183)
• The Wellness Concept (p. 183)
• Differentiation of Wellness Facilities (p. 188)
• Target Groups: From Young Females to Senior Citizens and Males (p. 191)
• Spas: Between Leisure and Tourism (p. 191)
• Wellness in the New Millennium: Recommendations (p. 195)
• Chapter 13. Alpine Health Tourism: Future Prospects from a Medical Perspective (p. 199)
• Introduction (p. 199)
• A Magical Term: Wellness (p. 199)
• Health and Wellness Tourism (p. 200)
• AMAS 2000: An Example of Scientific Medically Oriented Holiday Research (p. 202)
• Forecast (p. 206)
• Chapter 14. Skiers, Ski Bums, Trust Fund Babies, Migrants, Techies, and Entrepreneurs: The Changing Face of the Colorado Ski Industry (p. 209)
• Introduction (p. 209)
• Leisure-Lifestyle Segmentation (p. 211)
• Study Methodology (p. 213)
• Colorado Resort Community Lifestyles (p. 213)
• Implications and Conclusion (p. 222)
• Chapter 15. Theme Park Tourist Destinations: Creating an Experience Setting in Traditional Tourist Destinations with Staging Strategies of Theme Parks (p. 227)
• Experiences: A New Product of a Future Experience Economy? (p. 227)
• Experience Setting: The Future Concept for Traditional Tourist Destinations in the Experience Economy? (p. 228)
• Experience Settings in Theme Parks (p. 230)
• Conclusion (p. 234)
• Chapter 16. The Future Role of Sporting Events: Evaluating the Impacts on Tourism (p. 237)
• Introduction (p. 237)
• The Study (p. 238)
• Discussion (p. 248)
• Limitations and Future Research (p. 249)
• Chapter 17. Future Living Conditions and Mobility: Travel Behavior of Alpine Tourists (p. 253)
• Leisure and Tourism Mobility: A Structural Concept (p. 253)
• The Influence of Leisure Activities on Mobility (p. 256)
• Leisure Trends and Mobility (p. 262)
• Summary (p. 264)
• Chapter 18. From "Predatory" to "Experience" Tourism: Estimating Tourist Fruition for a Greenway (p. 271)
• Introduction (p. 271)
• The Greenway Concept: Mobility and Tourism (p. 272)
• Greenways: Main Examples in Europe (p. 273)
• The Lemene Greenway Project (p. 275)
• Conclusion (p. 281)
• Section V Information Technologies in Leisure and Tourism (p. 283)
• Chapter 19. Searching for Experience: Technology-Related Trends Shaping the Future of Tourism (p. 285)
• Introduction (p. 285)
• Five Trends (p. 286)
• Future Behaviors in Travel (p. 296)
• Chapter 20. Italian Tourism on the Internet: New Business Models (p. 301)
• Tourism Online (p. 301)
• Italian Tourism on the Web (p. 306)
• Future Models of Being on the Web (p. 311)
• Conclusion (p. 314)
• Chapter 21. Electronic Travel Recommendation Agents and Tourist Choice (p. 317)
• Introduction (p. 317)
• Theory (p. 318)
• Research Method (p. 319)
• Measures (p. 320)
• Findings (p. 321)
• Discussion and Conclusion (p. 323)
• Chapter 22. The Assessment of Tourism and Leisure Trends by Means of Online Management Information Systems (p. 325)
• Introduction (p. 325)
• Development of TourMIS (p. 326)
• The Austrian Guest Survey in TourMIS (p. 328)
• Analysis of User Behavior of TourMIS (p. 332)
• Conclusion (p. 334)
• Index (p. 339)

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CHOICE Review

Weiermair and Mathies (both affiliated with the Center of Tourism & Service Economics, Univ. of Innsbruck, Austria), have edited a volume that reimagines the tourism industry after the whirlwind customization of life and leisure activities that has accelerated during the past few years. Articles in this collection perform the valuable service of examining this ongoing process from the various vantage points defining the emerging "experience economy" and its supporting technologies. In seeking to limn the shape of the emerging future, many contributors seek new and relevant metaphors to describe these continuing changes, and apply them to global markets. These market and destination metaphors are then placed on a technology platform to examine new business models. This is very much a pointillist approach, with articles loosely grouped into subject categories that illustrate various issues. While complex topics are discussed, the book is well organized, easy to read, and most important, rich in bibliographic resources for further research. One small caveat--with new metaphors abounding, the editors would have been better advised to title this important work more imaginatively, so as to separate it from the past that they eschew. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Graduate through professional collections. S. A. Schulman CUNY Kingsborough Community College