ABSTRACT
What factors contribute to tourism and recreation development? How can we characterise stakeholder rationales and organisation modes to enhance tourism resources and foster tourism and recreation services? To what extent do tourism and recreation contribute to regional development? What changes are taking place in terms of new destinations, stakeholders, policy objectives? Bringing together scholars from the fields of planning, economics, sociology, management studies and geography, this book examines cross-cutting issues in tourism and recreation with the aim of developing an extended view of leisure time. Focusing mainly on France with comparison to the experience of Northern and Southern European countries and North America, it combines a diverse range of case studies to address issues such as contrasting rural dynamics, changing public policies, sustainable development imperatives, evolving user behaviour and increasingly diverse recreation activities and stakeholder organisation. Specific topics are highlighted, such as the role of social capital or culture as factors of recreation development; resort organisation from international and experience-based perspectives; and the usefulness of the capability approach to evaluate tourism impacts on local development. Emphasising policy recommendations to help public or collective action on the issues and presenting emerging trends in the field, this book should be of interest to students, scholars and stakeholders in tourism/recreation planning and management.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|62 pages
Tourism and Recreation
part II|62 pages
At the Heart of Destinations
chapter 5|16 pages
Strategic Management of Tourism Destinations Within Territories
chapter 6|14 pages
Mountain Tourism Development between the Political and Administrative Context and Local Governance
chapter 7|16 pages
Nature-Based Leisure Activities Put to the Environmental Test
chapter 8|14 pages
Consumer Co-Construction and Auto-Construction Mechanisms in the Tourist Experience
part III|70 pages
Tourism and Recreation
chapter 9|16 pages
Tourist Contribution to the Financing of Natural Areas
part IV|51 pages
Conclusions