Tourism in Frontier Areas

Herausgeber: Gradus, Yehuda; Krakover, Shaul

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this timely new collection of essays, an excellent roster of contributors bring new insight to a wide spectrum of topics related to tourism in frontier areas. The book focuses on international case studies as it discusses the economic feasibility of frontier tourist development, the tourist development of rural and urban settings, and the expansion of tourism to remote borderlands. The contributors highlight the potential, as well as the environmental, economic, bureaucratic, and cultural difficulties of peripheral tourism. This innovative and thought-provoking approach-with its wealth of detail-makes Tourism in Frontier Areas essential reading for scholars in tourist development, regional development, and economic geography.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 509g
• ISBN-13: 9780739102879
• ISBN-10: 0739102877
• Artikelnr.: 21796578

Autorenporträt

Edited by Shaul Krakover and Yehuda Gradus - Contributions by Richard W. Butler; Daniel Felsenstein; Aliza Fleischer; Daniel Freeman; Tomer Goodovitch; Sigal Haber; C.Michael Hall; Christina B. Kennedy; Elsa Kruger-Cloete; Miri Lerner; Alan A. Lew; Naomi

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Issues and Approaches Chapter 2 The Development of Tourism in
Frontier Regions: Issues and Approaches Chapter 3 Time Dimension and
Tourism Development in Peripheral Areas Chapter 4 Sustainable Tourism
Development in South Africa: From Policy to Delivery Part 5 Economic
Aspects of Tourism in Frontier Areas Chapter 6 The Economic Impact of
Tourism in Central and Outlying Regions of Israel: A Multiregional
Input-Output Model Chapter 7 Legalization of Casino Gambling in a Frontier
Region: The Israeli Experience Chapter 8 Gambling on the Border: Casinos,
Tourism Development and the Prisoners' Dilemma Part 9 Tourism Frontiers in
Rural Areas Chapter 10 The Training Needs of Small Rural Tourism Operators
in Frontier Regions Chapter 11 Small Tourism Ventures in Peripheral Areas:
The Impact of Environmental Factors on Performance Chapter 12 Agricultural
Land in Frontier Areas: Conflict Between Urban Development and Tourism and
Recreation Activities Part 13 Tourism Frontiers in Urban Areas Chapter 14
Tourism Development and Environmental Implications for the Indian Frontier
Region: A Study of Himachal Himalaya Chapter 15 Tourism Development in a
Desert Frontier Town Chapter 16 Tourism Infrastructure in Frontier Regions:
An Analytical Framework of the Public, Social, and Political Context Part
17 Tourism Frontiers in Borderlands Chapter 18 Tourism in Borderlands:
Competition, Complementarity, and Cross-Frontier Cooperation Chapter 19
Tourism and Culture Clash in Indian Country Chapter 20 The Changing
Cultural Geography of the Frontier: National Parks and Wilderness as
Frontier Remnant