Tourist destination governance : practice, theory and issues /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011.
• Subjects: Tourism > Management.; Information and Documentation.; Agencies and Organizations.; Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000); Marketing and Distribution.; Community Participation and Development, (New March 2000); Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000); Conflict, (New March 2000); Sport and Recreational Activities, (New March 2000); Tourism and Travel.; Classification.; Community involvement.; Conflict.; Cooperation.; Crises.; Decision making.; Destinations.; Empowerment.; Golf.; Mountain areas.; Networking.; Politics.; Sport tourism.; Tourists.; Tours.; Wildlife.; Electronic books.
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This book examines the political order and the issues, processes and approaches in applying governance insights to tourist destinations. The book consists of 16 chapters presented in three parts. Part I introduces the reader to the issues and considerations of tourist destination governance. The fou...

Table of Contents:

• Tourist Destination Governance : Practice, Theory and Issues / Eric Laws, Jerome Agrusa, Noel Scott and Harold Richins
• Tourist Destination Governance Challenges and Concerns : Questions of Development, Community Involvement, Responsiveness and Future Outcomes / Harold Richins, Jerome Agrusa, Noel Scott and Eric Laws
• Governance Approaches in New Tourist Destination Countries : Introducing Tourism Law in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam / Peter Semone, Eric Laws, Lisa Ruhanen, Zhuo Wang and Noel Scott
• Tourism in St Andrews : Conflicting Governance in the Mecca of Golf / Richard W. Butler
• Issues and Pressures on Achieving Effective Community Destination Governance : A Typology / Harold Richins
• The Role of Knowledge in Good Governance for Tourism / Gianna Moscardo
• Tourist Destination Governance Decision Making : Complexity, Dynamics and Influences / Harold Richins, Jerome Agrusa, Noel Scott and Eric Laws
• Responding to Crises in Thailand : A Governance Analysis / Kom Campiranon, Eric Laws and Noel Scott
• Controversial Ecotourism and Stakeholder Roles in Governance : 'Swim with Humpback Whales' in Vava'u / Kaye Walker and Gianna Moscardo
• Community Empowered Tourism Development : A Case Study / Jerome Agrusa and Guilherme Albieri
• Tourist Destination Governance Approaches and Solutions : Structural Change, Community Engagement, Networks and Collaborations / Harold Richins, Jerome Agrusa, Noel Scott and Eric Laws
• Structural Change and Re-engineering in Tourism : A Chance for Destination Governance in Grisons, Switzerland? / Philipp Boksberger, Roland Anderegg and Markus Schuckert
• Design of Tourism Governance Networks / Rodolfo Baggio, Noel Scott and Chris Cooper
• A Stakeholder Approach for Sustainable Community-based Rural Tourism Development in Thailand / Therdchai (Ted) Choibamroong
• Dynamics of Destination Governance : Governance and Metagovernance in the Composite Industrial Environment of Destinations / Thanasis Spyriadis, Dimitrios Buhalis and Alan Fyall
• Tourist Destination Governance : Some Approaches and Suggestions for Future Research / Noel Scott, Eric Laws, Jerome Agrusa and Harold Richins.