Tourism in peripheries : perspectives from the far north and south /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Tourism > Polar regions.; Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000); Tourism and Travel.; Rural Development, (New March 2000); Constraints.; Less favoured areas.; Mountain areas.; Polar regions.; Regional development.; Tourism.; Tourism development.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 230 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book reviews the theory of the role of peripheries in tourism, identifies the core obstacles to tourism in high latitudes, and presents recent case studies from North America, Scandinavia, Scotland, New Zealand and the polar areas. The book's 14 chapters are presented under five headings: (i) introduction; (ii) tourism and regional development issues; (iii) challenges to peripheral area tourism; (iv) tourism opportunities; and (v) future perspectives. The book will be of interest to researchers and students working in tourism, geography and regional development. It has a subject index.