Competitive strategies and policies for tourism destinations : quality, innovation and promotion

Intro -- COMPETITIVE STRATEGIESAND POLICIES FOR TOURISMDESTINATIONS: QUALITY,INNOVATION AND PROMOTION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- TOURISM PRODUCT: CONCEPTUALISATIONAND CHARACTERISTICS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. BACKGROUND -- 3. CONSUMPTION OF TOURISM SERVICES -- 4. THE CONFIGURATION OF THE TOURISM PRODUCT -- THE COMPONENTS OF TOURISM PRODUCTION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PERFORMANCE STRATEGIES FOR MATURESUN AND SAND DESTINATIONS. THE CASEOF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR AND THE FUTURE OF THEDESTINATION -- 3. THE CASE OF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS -- REFERENCES -- COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES FOR TOURISMDEVELOPMENT IN THE CENTRAL COASTALREGION OF ANGOLA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE REGARDING THE TOURISMDEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION -- 3. EVALUATION OF TOURISM RESOURCES AND HUMANCAPITAL -- 3.1. Evaluation of Tourism Resources -- 3.2. Human Capital in the Tourism Sector -- 4. GENERAL PROPOSALS FOR DEVELOPING URBAN,COASTAL AND INTERIOR TOURISM -- 4.1. Proposals for Urban and Coastal Tourism -- 4.2. Proposals for Tourism in Interior Areas -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EVALUATING THE ROLE OF EUROPEAN UNIONPREACCESSION INSTRUMENTS IN THECOMPETITIVE TOURISM DEVELOPMENTOF THE LATEST ACCESSION COUNTRIES:THE HUNGARIAN EXPERIENCE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND THE STRUCTURAL FUNDS -- 3. THE PRE-ACCESSION INSTRUMENTS -- 4. EVALUATION METHOD AND RESEARCH APPROACH -- 5. PRE-ACCESSION TOURISM ALLOCATIONS IN HUNGARY -- 5.1. Demand-Driven Programming: Tourism DevelopmentThrough PHARE-Regional Development Programmes (1992-1997) -- 5.2. PHARE Cross Border Co-Operation (CBC) Programming(1995-2006) -- 5.3. PHARE Accession-Driven Programming (1998 - 1999) -- 5.4. PHARE - Special Preparatory Programming For The EU StructuralFunds, SAPARD And Phasing Out (2000-2006).