ABSTRACT

The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Cities presents an up-to-date, critical and comprehensive overview of established and emerging themes in urban tourism and tourist cities. Offering socio-cultural perspectives and multidisciplinary insights from leading scholars, the book explores contemporary issues, challenges and trends.

Organised into four parts, the handbook begins with an introductory section that explores contemporary issues, challenges and trends that tourism cities face today. A range of topics are explored, including sustainable urban tourism, overtourism and urbanisation, the impact of terrorism, visitor–host interactions, as well as reflections on present and future challenges for tourism cities. In Part II the marketing, branding and markets for tourism cities are considered, exploring topics such as destination marketing and branding, business travellers and exhibition hosting. This section combines academic scholarship with real-life practice and case studies from cities. Part III discusses product and technology developments for tourism cities, examining their supply and impact on different travellers, from open-air markets to creative waterfronts, from social media to smart cities. The final Part offers examples of how urban tourism is developing in different parts of the world and how worldwide tourism cities are adapting to the challenges ahead. It also explores emerging forms of specialist tourism, including geology and ecology-based tourism, socialist heritage and post-communist destination tourism.

This handbook fills a notable gap by offering a critical and detailed understanding of the diverse elements of the tourist experience today. It contains useful suggestions for practitioners, as well as examples for theoretical frameworks to students in the fields of urban tourism and tourism cities. The handbook will be of interest to scholars and students working in urban tourism, heritage studies, human geography, urban studies and urban planning, sociology, psychology and business studies.

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

City tourism and tourism cities

part I|116 pages

Contemporary issues, challenges and trends in urban tourism

chapter 1|12 pages

Challenges of World Tourism Cities

London, Singapore and Dubai

chapter 2|21 pages

Global Terrorism in Tourism Cities

The case of World Heritage Sites

chapter 3|13 pages

Sustainable Tourism in Cities

chapter 7|20 pages

Urbanism and Overtourism

Impacts and implications for the city of Hyderabad

chapter 8|10 pages

Micro Shocks and Public Outrage

City tourism in a turbulent world

part II|145 pages

Marketing, branding and markets for tourism cities

chapter 11|13 pages

An Eventful Tourism City

Hosting major international exhibitions in Melbourne

chapter 12|20 pages

How Credible is Vancouver’s New Destination Brand?

An analysis of a destination’s brand promise and the tourist’s brand experience

chapter 13|21 pages

Family Tourism

Past, present and opportunities

chapter 15|10 pages

Visiting Older Friends and Relatives

Opportunities for tourism cities

chapter 16|10 pages

Dark Tourism and Cities

part III|144 pages

Product and technology developments for tourism cities

chapter 20|15 pages

Something for Everyone?

The challenge of touristic urban spaces

chapter 21|14 pages

Shaping Urban Destinations

Perspectives on tourist attractions

chapter 22|13 pages

“Le Vieux” and “Le Nouveau”

The ambidextrous model of French tourism cities

chapter 24|15 pages

Smart Urban Tourism Destinations at a Crossroads

Being “smart” and urban are no longer enough

chapter 27|10 pages

Transport in Tourism Cities

Beyond the functional and towards an experiential approach

chapter 28|11 pages

The Artistic Medium of Walking

A model for reflexive tourism the memory is the medium – tourism, walking and art

part IV|165 pages

Worldwide tourism cities and urban tourism

chapter 29|11 pages

Urban Tourism Development in Europe

A double-edged sword for the cities?

chapter 30|10 pages

Tourism Cities in the United States

chapter 31|16 pages

Tourism in Latin America

An overview and new experiences in city tourism

chapter 32|15 pages

Tourism in ASEAN Cities

Features and directions

chapter 33|16 pages

Socialist Legacies and Cities

Societal approach towards the socialist heritage

chapter 35|12 pages

Tourism Cities in China

chapter 38|18 pages

Location, Urban Fabric and Transportation

Historical morphogenetic analysis of tourism cities along the Grand Canal

chapter 39|10 pages

Macao as a City of Gastronomy

The role of cuisine in a tourism product bundle