Emerald celebrates World Tourism Day with free access to research

Sept. 26, 2012 - PRLog -- United Kingdom, September 2012 - Emerald Group Publishing is proud to support this year’s World Tourism Day by offering one-month free access to its Tourism & Hospitality collection of eJournals from 27 September 2012. These six publications include the world's oldest journal in the field Tourism Review, one ISI-indexed title and a special issue of sustainable tourism, which echoes this year’s theme on Tourism and Sustainable Energy. For free access details visit www.emeraldinsight.com/tk/wtd2012

Organized by the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), World Tourism Day is an international awareness day held annually on 27 September to reflect on the importance of tourism to global well-being, as one of the world’s largest economic sectors.  To support this year’s event around the theme “Tourism and Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development,” Emerald is offering free access for one month to its entire portfolio of tourism and hospitality titles. This collection includes ISI-indexed International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management as well as a recent Special Issue of Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes pondering  “To what extent might sustainable tourism mitigate the impact of global warming?”

Recent articles from International Journal of Event and Festival Management also feature a timely investigation into the impact and legacies of sporting events.

Readers can also benefit from a 30 per cent discount on the box set “History of Tourism Thought: Social Science Beginnings”, a special collection of personal histories of some of the world’s leading tourism scholars, many of whom pioneered the field.  Containing four volumes of the esteemed Tourism Social Science Series, these pioneers have helped shape the landscape of knowledge in the field of tourism. Visit http://books.emeraldinsight.com/offer and enter discount code TOURISM2012 before 27 October to benefit from the offer.

To find out more about World Tourism Day, and how to get involved, visit http://wtd.unwto.org/en/homewtd2012

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