Snapshots: An Introduction to Tourism, Canadian Edition

Review
“Yes I do think the author has done a wonderful job on current issues of Tourism and also addressing Tourism change. Our students that are entering into a Tourism career which is always changing need to be prepared for change and I am confident that this text has expressed that in quite a few ways.”
―Jane Banks, Georgian College
“I love the inclusion of the Footprint features ... they are excellent ways to get them [students] to see the connectedness of the state of our environment with the success of tourism.... After examining them [Case Studies], I do see some great value.... The questions at the end of the case study are good and really get the students to think about the tourism product. I also like how the case studies ask the students what they would do in the situation.”
―Kim McLeod, Capilano University
“I found this book to be extremely interesting. I found that the author’s writing style was very easy to follow and kept me wanting to read more. There were a number of different techniques used to maintain the reader’s interest and was very appropriate for a student taking an introductory course in Tourism. I was very pleased with the amount of Canadian content. One of the main challenges of being a professor in a Canadian College is the lack of textbooks with current Canadian content. I find that students learn best when an example can be given to help their understanding of a new concept. I found that this book provided a lot of helpful and appropriate examples.”
―Kim Wilmink, Fanshawe College
“The Canadian content of this text is excellent―again, making the content relevant and understandable to students instead of having them try to figure out the relevance of foreign examples. This text presents a lot of introductory information regarding tourism in an accessible and engaging fashion.”
―Steve Yurkiw, Red River College
Snapshots: An Introduction to Tourism is a concise, easy-to-read overview of the Canadian tourism industry. Beginning with a history of the industry’s development, Snapshots proceeds to highlight the interrelation of the various components of the industry, as well as the impact of tourism on the Canadian economy, culture, and environment. The Sixth Canadian edition has been updated and reorganized to conform to the new North American Industrial Classification System’s five sectors of tourism and features a chapter devoted to each segment.