Destination management and resort development and planning are strong core areas in the final year of most undergraduate degrees and a popular area of study at postgraduate level.
Using original case studies based on his own research, Resort Destinations uses examples from Australia's Gold Coast, Britain's Brighton, USA's Las Vegas, as well as Hong Kong, New Zealand and the Caribbean.

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Modelling Destination Development; Chapter 3 Planning for the Future; Chapter 4 Transport - A Key Element in Destination Development and Operations; Chapter 5 Responding to Crisis - The Destination Perspective; Chapter 6 City Destinations - The New Focus of Tourism Activity; Chapter 7 Coastal Tourism; Chapter 8 Mountain Destinations; Chapter 9 Island Destinations; Chapter 10 Sustainability, Change and Drivers - Shaping Future Destinations;