Current Issues in Asian Tourism

Current Issues in Asian Tourism: Volume II draws together a collection of papers from Current Issues in Asian Tourism (CIAT). CIAT was launched by the editors of Current Issues in Tourism in response to the growing number of papers about tourism in Asia received by the journal and the increasing number of authors from Asian countries.

This volume focuses on three aspects of Asian tourism. Firstly, the section on marketing, consumption and demand for Asian tourism includes papers on mega events, creative experiences, World Heritage Sites and pollution. Secondly, a group of papers focus on sustainable Asian tourism destinations including papers on investment, climate change, energy and local food. Finally, there are two chapters on Asian tourism research methods including the use of photography and qualitative methods.

The papers in this book were originally published in Current Issues in Asian Tourism.

C. Michael Hall is Professor of Marketing in the Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand; Docent in Geography, University of Oulu, Finland; and a visiting professor at Linnaeus University, Kalmar, and Lund University, Helsingborg, Sweden. He has written widely on tourism, regional development, sustainability and gastronomy. He is co-Editor, with Chris Cooper, of the journal Current Issues in Tourism.

Chris Cooper is Professor of Tourism at Leeds Beckett University, UK. He has published and edited widely in tourism. He works with international tourism agencies, including the UNWTO and was awarded the United Nations WTO Ulysses prize for contributions to tourism policy and education in 2009. He is co-Editor, with C. Michael Hall, of the journal Current Issues in Tourism.