
Tourism in the Peripheries : Perspectives from the Far North and South.
Title:
Tourism in the Peripheries : Perspectives from the Far North and South.
Author:
Muller, D.K.
ISBN:
9781845931797
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (240 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Part I: Tourism in Peripheries: an Introduction -- 1 The Difficult Business of Making Pleasure Peripheries Prosperous: Perspectives on Space, Place and Environment -- 2 North-South Perspectives on Tourism, Regional Development and Peripheral Areas -- Part II: Tourism and Regional Development Issues -- 3 Tourism in Peripheries: the Role of Tourism in Regional Development in Northern Finland -- 4 Organizing Tourism Development in Peripheral Areas: the Case of the Subarctic Project in Northern Sweden -- 5 The Impact of Tourism on the Local Supply Structure of Goods and Services in Peripheral Areas: the Example of Northern Sweden -- 6 Tourism Development and the Rural Labour Market in Sweden, 1960-1999 -- Part III: Challenges to Peripheral Area Tourism -- 7 The Vulnerability of Peripheral Tourism: the Rapid Disenchantment of Peripheral Attraction -- 8 'If That's a Moose, I'd Hate to See a Rat!' Visitors' Perspectives on Naturalness and their Consequences for Ecological Integrity in Peripheral Natural Areas of New Zealand -- 9 Access, Tourism and Democracy: a Conceptual Framework and the Non-establishment of a Proposed National Park in Sweden -- 10 Visitor Management in Protected Areas of the Periphery: Experiences from Both Ends of the World -- Part IV: Tourism Opportunities -- 11 Wind Farms as Possible Tourist Attractions -- 12 Sporting Events as Tourist Attractions in Canada's Northern Periphery -- Part V: Future Perspectives -- 13 Tourism Research in Greenland -- 14 Epilogue/Prologue -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
Using case studies from North America, Scandinavia, Scotland, New Zealand and the Polar Regions, this book explores the use of tourism as a vehicle for regional development in peripheral areas. It identifies the core obstacles facing tourism in peripheral regions and highlights that tourism development in peripheries is not any easy task.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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