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 Progress in Tourism Management paper seeks to review the development of
geographical contributions to the study of tourism over the last decade. Given the limited …

This article examines the roots and the evolution of tourism and town planning theory and
practice. It discusses how both fields have interacted with each other, and provides some …

Governments and development corporations around the world favour tourism as an
economic tool for regional development. Funds for regional tourism development are …

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

Purpose This paper aims to address lack in destination leadership and to propose a new
typology of approaches. Frequently, rural tourism is suggested as a remedy that should …

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

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; …

While tourism has been widely used as a tool for economic development in peripheral
regions for many decades, it has been suggested that the actual practice of tourism …

The purpose of this paper is to review the evolution of how the term 'destination'has been
used, critiqued, and analyzed. While the traditional view of a destination has largely focused …