Tourism is an important secteor in the economy conteributeing around 10 per cent to worldwide GDP, projected to rise to nearly 11 per cent by 2014. There has been an upmakret trend in the tourism over the last few decades. Tourists have high levels of disposable income, considerable leaisure time, are well educated, and have sophisticated tastes. There is now a demand for a better quality products, which has resulted in a fragmenting of the mass market for beach vacations. 

This book aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the issues and trends in tourism and hospitality sector in this liberalised era. Ite attempted to cover major societal changes with a focus on future leisure applications ranging from changes in demographics, to changes in available leisure time and the antagonism of slowness and globalisation, to changing lifestyles and their manifestation in tourism products to the implication of information and communication technologies on future tourism behaviours.