Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Part 1: Context -- 1. Introduction: Second Homes, Curse or Blessing? Revisited -- 2. Second Home Tourism Impact, Planning and Management -- Part 2: Mobilities, Encounters and Meanings -- 3. The 'Cottage' Privilege: Increasingly Elite...

This is the first comprehensive book-level examination of the relationship between tourism and climate change, of interest not only to students of tourism but to policy makers and the industry who will have to respond to the challenges posed.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Cases and Issues -- Figures, Tables and Plates -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. Nordic Tourism: Introduction to Key Concepts -- 2. Tourism Marketing -- 3. Nordic Tourism Governance and Planning Issues -- 4. Urban Tourism -- 5. Rural Tourism: Tourism as...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1: Introductory Context -- 1. Lake Tourism: An Introduction to Lacustrine Tourism Systems / Hall, C. Michael / Härkönen, Tuija -- 2. Lakes as Tourism Destination Resources / Cooper, Chris --...

Climate change is one of the major issues facing us today and has been described as a threat greater than terrorism. As the world's largest industry tourism both contributes to and will be dramatically affected by climate change. This is the first comprehensive book-level examination of the...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Part 1: Introduction -- 1. Nature-based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: Introduction / Hall, C. Michael / Boyd, Stephen -- Part 2: Nature-based Tourism in Alpine, Forest and Sub-polar Environments -- 2. Ecotourism and Regional...

The central importance of involving diverse stakeholders in effective sustainable tourism planning and management is increasingly recognised. Collaboration and partnerships are valuable ways of achieving this. Leading researchers and practitioners examine the processes, issues and politics...