<STRONG>International Cultural Tourism: management, implications and cases</STRONG> provides a comprehensive exploration of the management, operations and marketing of cultural tourism attractions and resources in a global context. <BR id="CRLF"><BR id="CRLF">Topics explored include: <BR id="CRLF"><BR id="CRLF">* For the first time, an evaluation of the use and transformational impact of global media and new ICT in the management and marketing of cultural tourism attractions and resources. <BR id="CRLF">* The changing nature of the global cultural tourism marketplace (including demand, supply, product development and political changes). <BR id="CRLF">* Consumer behaviour, profiles and motivations of cultural tourists.<BR id="CRLF">* Environmental performance, management and wider issues of social and cultural sustainability.<BR id="CRLF"><BR id="CRLF">Written by a team of contributors from Australia, Hong Kong, UK, US, Canada, Mexico, Portugal, South Africa and Finland, this text provides a thoroughly global insight into the issues and techniques involved in the successful management and marketing of cultural attractions.<BR id="CRLF"><BR id="CRLF">* An overview of the way in which cultural tourism resources and attractions are managed and marketed in a global context. <BR id="CRLF">* Analysis of the demand, profiles and motivation of tourists <BR id="CRLF">* An investigation of the transformational and dynamic impacts of new technologies on cultural resources and products <BR id="CRLF">* International contributor team provide case studies from first-hand experience and research