Challenging traditional notions of tourism planning and policy processes, this book also
provides critical insights into how theoretical concepts and frameworks are applied in …

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book contains a collection of stories by authors who explore …

This paper examines progress in tourism planning and policy knowledge and identifies gaps
and future directions for research. The study employs a post-structuralist perspective …

This chapter explains the broader theoretical landscape of planning and policy studies and
links this to tourism policy and planning research. Tourism planning and policy research …

For many communities and countries throughout the world tourism is the most valuable
industry. Economic changes taking place in China, India, and the United States (with almost …

The timelines of planning theory and the approaches to tourism planning are compared from
the early twentieth century to the present. The researchers address two specific questions; …

Development and planning have long been a focus of tourism geographers. Although the
ideas of development and planning are complex and challenging to define and study, there …

This book explores the relationship between tourism and development and establishes a
conceptual link between the interconnected disciplines of tourism studies and development …

The role of governance has only recently begun to be researched and discussed in order to
better understand tourism policy making and planning, and tourism development …

Fully revised, Tourism, 2nd edition covers aspects of tourism from a modern perspective,
providing students with a range of theoretical and research-based explanations, supported …