Purpose – Non‐discursive practices such as the economy and political constellations have always caused shifts in history. However, in the network society of today, these shifts have become omnipresent. Globalization of health and medical tourism have created a shift or rupture in the history...

Recent years have seen growing media and political attention to the issue of tourism and crime in a number of countries. Issues such as drugs tourism, sex tourism & alcohol-related crime and disorder have highlighted crimes and rule-breaking by tourists.

Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Paradox of Peripherality -- 1. Perceptions from the Periphery: The Experience of Wales -- 2. PACE: Guiding Rural Tourism Development in a Fragile Area -- 3. Peripheries, Artificial Peripheries and Centres -- 4. Tourist Perceptions of the Ultimate European...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the extent to which the nation branding activities of export promotion organisations (EPOs), investment agencies (IAs), national tourism organisations (NTOs) and embassies follow the principle of coordination that characterises an integrated marketing...