Contemporary issues in tourism development / by Douglas G. E. Pearce

book cover --
title --
copyright --
contents --
figures --
tables --
contributors --
1 introduction --
introduction --
issues --
approaches --
conclusions --
acknowledgements --
references --
2 theoretical issues for tourism's future development --
introduction --
the toffler or futures approach --
the simmelian perspective --
open-ended work --
blind alleys --
self-appropriation --
reversing conventional wisdom --
concept stretching --
scope broadening --
breaking out of the case --
'resolving paradoxes' --
establishing new linkages --
conclusion --
references --
3 tourism community analysis --
introduction --
question asking in context --
a question-asking analysis --
tourism community studies --
acknowledgment --
references --
4 tourism academics and tourism practitioners --
introduction --
the great divide --
tourism academics --
practitioners --
cross-over --
project preparation --
methodology --
bridging the gap-issues for a new agenda --
research --
publications --
meetings --
education --
academic participation --
conclusion --
references --
5 problems and issues of integrating tourism development --
introduction --
principles of integration --
policy issues --
practicality --
practice --
problems --
conclusions --
references --
6 analysing heritage resources for urban tourism in european cities --
'the urban question' --
urban tourism --
current issues in urban tourism development --
the market for urban tourism in europe --
the symbiosis of culture, heritage and tourism --
synergy between culture and tourism --
profile of the 'cultural tourist' --
heritage resources and cultural tourism --
spatial analysis of heritage clusters --
morphological characteristics of heritage resources --
functional characteristics of heritage clusters --
urban tourist opportunity spectrum --
time-space use of urban tourists --
research agenda --
conclusion. tourism and developing countries --
national parks in developing countries --
tourism in vietnam --
cat ba island and national park --
visitors to cat ba island and national park --
cat ba island residents --
summary of resident/tourism interaction --
management implications for cat ba island national park --
conclusion --
references --
14 environmental impact assessment for tourism --
introduction --
environmental impact assessment --
eia in developing nations --
assessing the impacts of tourism --
the indonesian research context --
tourism and development in indonesia --
eia in indonesia --
paradise beach hotel and resort, north sulawesi --
population, economy, and setting --
the paradise amdal --
the impacts of paradise --
physical environment --
social environment --
strengths and weaknesses of the paradise amdal process --
conclusions --
acknowledgments --
references --
15 impact of korean tourists on korean residents in hawaii and queensland, australia --
introduction --
purpose of study --
survey administration --
analysis and findings --
economic impact --
sociocultural impacts --
korean residents' attitude toward korean tourists --
discussion --
conclusions --
references --
index.

This work combines a study of contemporary issues in tourism development with a close examination of approaches to tourism research. Looking beyond the much-studied mass tourism industries, leading international academics who are members of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism, explore new issues raised by emerging tourist destinations such as Ghana, Samoa, Vietnam and India's Bhyundar Valley. A fascinating work, Contemporary Issues in Tourism Development discusses a wide range of topics such as: * reasons for development * tourism development as a strategy for urban revitalization * tourism's links to heritage conservation and regional development * sustainability and the adverse impacts of development * cultural considerations and community participation * the importance of context for individual tourism projects.