Provides detailed information on planning for tourism development and marketing in any region or community with emphasis on cases applicable to various parts of the globe. Not only contains a formula for strategic tourism planning but delves into such topics as environment and resource analysis, target marketing for profit and non-profit, regional marketing mix strategy, management and regional suppor and systems.

Ernie Heath is Director of Tourism Promotion for the South AfricanTourist Board, in Pretoria. Previously, he was Director of theInstitute for Planning Research at the University of PortElizabeth, South Africa.

Geoffrey Wall is Professor of Geography at the University ofWaterloo, Canada. He has written several books on tourism and isinternationally known as a research scholar.