Julia N Albrecht 
Visitor Management in Tourism Destinations 

Visitor management (VM) can be considered a component of destination management and involves a wide range of stakeholders. Within this unique text, key information is presented via foundation chapters, before moving in to critical concepts and influential factors. It then provides an illustration of the current issues faced by VM, while research-based case studies further contribute to overall understanding of the core issues. A final section on guiding and interpretation rounds the book off before a concluding chapter looks at future research directions. This book is written by leading international researchers and provides an authoritative overview of the current knowledge and insights into conceptual issues of VM.

About the author

Douglas Pearce is Emeritus Professor of Tourism Management at Victoria University of Wellington. He completed a doctorat de troisième cycle at the Université d’Aix-Marseille II in 1975, was on the staff of the Department of Geography at the University of Canterbury (1976-1999) and then held the position of professor of tourism management at Victoria University of Wellington until he retired in 2015. He has also been a visiting professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Université de Paris IV (Paris-Sorbonne), University of Hawaii at Manoa and, most recently, at the Universidad Austral de Chile and the Universidade Federal de Paraná. He has published widely on diverse aspects of tourism, including the following books: Frameworks for Tourism Research (2012, CABI); Tourist Organizations (1992, Longman); Tourism Today: a geographical analysis (2nd ed. 1995, Longman) and Tourist Development (2nd ed, 1989, Longman). His books have been translated into French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese. Douglas is an Emeritus Fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism.