Overview
- Provides a systematic guide to the current state of knowledge on tourism education and Asia
- Offers case studies of educational practices in nine Asian countries including Greater China
- Covers transnational tourism education in Asia and for Asian students abroad
Part of the book series: Perspectives on Asian Tourism (PAT)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Introduction to the Book
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Tourism Education in Asia
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Tourism Education of Asian Students Abroad
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Transnational Tourism Education in Asia
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About this book
The book is composed of contributions from specialists in the field and is international in scope. It is divided into four parts: an introduction setting the scene of tourism education and Asia; case studies of tourism education in various Asian countries; case studies of tourism education of Asian students abroad and their trans-national student experiences; and broader perspectives on intra-Asian and transnational tourism education. The book provides a systematic guide to the current state of knowledge on tourism education and Asia and its future direction, and is essential reading for students, researchers, educational practitioners, and academics in Tourism Studies.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Heike Schänzel is an associate professor at the Auckland University of Technology in Auckland, New Zealand, and has extensive editorial experience with book publications (Family Tourism and Femininities in the Field: Researching Tourism with Channel View and Children, Families and Leisure with Routledge) and journal special issues (Annals of Leisure Research and Hospitality & Society). Her research interests include tourist behaviour and experiences; families, children and adolescents in tourism; sociality in tourism; innovative educational practices; femininities and paternal masculinities in tourism research; innovative and qualitative research methodologies; and critical theory development in tourism and hospitality.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tourism Education and Asia
Editors: Claire Liu, Heike Schänzel
Series Title: Perspectives on Asian Tourism
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2613-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-2612-7Published: 15 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-2613-4Published: 12 December 2018
Series ISSN: 2509-4203
Series E-ISSN: 2509-4211
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 259
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations
Topics: Tourism Management, Asian Business, Professional & Vocational Education