 | Routledge Handbook of Wine Tourism Subjects: Economics Finance Business & Industry; Sports and Leisure; Tourism Hospitality and Events; Hospitality; Industry & Industrial Studies; Sport and Leisure Studies; Tourism; Leisure Studies; Facilities Management; Food and Beverage Management; Food Safety Management; The Hospitality Industry; Niche Tourism; The Tourism Industry; Tourism Geography; Tourism Management; Tourism Marketing; Manufacturing Industries; Wine tourism or enotourism or oenotourism or winery tourism or vinitourism is a special interest tourism that empowers local culture and spawns business opportunities for the local community. The comprehensive Routledge Handbook of Wine Tourism offers a thorough inquiry into both regular and emerging issues of wine tourism. Modern wine tourism extends beyond the mere cultivation of grapes and the production and selling of wine. The Routledge Handbook of Wine Tourism examines the complex interplay of market profiling, sustainable regional development, and innovative experiential marketing constructs which, when successful, contribute to the growth and sustainable evolution of global wine tourism. This handbook examines how the success of various enotourism events such as vineyard visits, winery tours, wine festivals and wine trails can stimulate the development of wine-producing regions and territories. Incorporating the latest philosophies and research themes, this handbook will be an essential reference for students, researchers, academics and industry practitioners of hospitality and tourism, gastronomy, management, marketing, cultural studies, development studies, international business and for encouraging dialogue across disciplinary boundaries. Saurabh Kumar Dixit is Professor and founding Head of the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong (Meghalaya), India. His research interests include consumer behavior, gastronomic tourism, and experiential management and Marketing in hospitality and tourism contexts. He has 15 books to his credit, including The Routledge Handbook of Consumer Behavior in Hospitality and Tourism (2017), The Routledge Handbook of Gastronomic Tourism (2019), The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Experience Management and Marketing (2020), Tourism in Asian Cities (2020), Tourism in India: Marketing Perspectives (2021), Consumer Behavior in Hospitality & Tourism (2021), and The Emerald Handbook of Luxury Management for Tourism and Hospitality (2021). Presently he is editing Routledge Handbook of Collaborative Consumption in Tourism and Teaching Cases in Tourism, Hospitality and Events (CABI), to be published in 2022. He can be contacted at saurabh5sk@yahoo.com. |
