Marketing Tourist Destinations in Emerging Economies / Palgrave Studies of Marketing in Emerging Economies (PDF)

This book acknowledges the fact that emerging tourist destinations have unique characteristics and challenges, which have implications for destination marketing. Highlighting the marketing challenges, best practices and strategies relevant to emerging economies, this book covers core topics such as image creation and branding, destination marketing during crises and pandemics,market segmentation and the travel decision making process among others.

Providing up to date knowledge on an otherwise under-explored topic, this collection is ideal reading for upper-level students, researchers and policymakers.

Ishmael Mensah is a Professor of Tourism and Hospitality Management and Ghana Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Cape Coast. He is also an external expert at Hunan City University.

Kandappan Balasubramanian is an Associate Professor with the School of Hospitality, Tourism and Events, Taylor's University, Malaysia.

Mohd Raziff Jamaluddin, is a senior member of the Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management in the biggest university in Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi MARA.

S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh is an Associate Professor at the School of Hospitality, Tourism & Events, at Taylor's University. Mostafa is an editorial board member of more than 10 reputed tourism and hospitality journals.