Railway Heritage and Tourism - Global Perspectives

This is the first book of its kind to examine railway heritage in the context of tourism in a comprehensive, internationally relevant manner. It explores the challenges faced by developers and operators of railway heritage destinations including financial, legal and managerial sustainability in the modern tourism industry.

About the author

Michael V. Conlin is a professor in the Okanagan School of Business, Canada. His research focuses on cultural and heritage tourism and industrial cultural heritage. Recent publications include Mining Heritage and Tourism (edited with L. Jolliffe, 2011).
Geoffrey R. Bird is a professor at Royal Roads University, Canada. His research interests include cultural and heritage tourism and remembrance tourism. He is the co-author of Transforming Communities through Tourism (with C. Fisher, B. White & T. Hood, 2009).

Product details

• Authors: Michael V. Conlin, Michael V. Conlin
• Assisted by: Geoffrey R Bird (Editor), Geoffrey R. Bird (Editor), Michael V Conlin (Editor), Michael V. Conlin (Editor)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.05.2014
• EAN: 9781845414382
• ISBN: 978-1-84541-438-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 211 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Series: Tourism and Cultural Change
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches