Embracing and Managing Change in Tourism: International Case Studies

by Laws; Eric

• ISBN13: 9780415159982
• ISBN10: 0415159989
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-06-18
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Compiling 22 detailed case studies from around the world, this volume examines management responses to the major changes taking place in international toursim and considers tourism itself as an agent of change.

Table of Contents

List of figures	viii	(2)
List of tables	x	(3)
Chapter summaries	xiii	(12)
Notes on contributors	xxv
1 Embracing and managing change in tourism: International case studies	1	(12)
ERIC LAWS
BILL FAULKNER
GIANNA MOSCARDO
PART I Tourism management and policy responses to change	13	(150)
Introduction to Part I	13	(4)
BILL FAULKNER
2 NAFTA and tourism development policy in North America	17	(12)
GINGER SMITH
ABRAHAM PIZAM
3 Regional tourism in Africa: scope and critical issues	29	(20)
PETER U.C. DIEKE
4 Tourism planning and implementation in the Polish city of Kalisz	49	(21)
GARY AKEHURST
5 A stakeholder-benefits approach to tourism management in a historic city centre: the Canterbury City Centre Initiative	70	(25)
BARABARA LE PELLEY
ERIC LAWS
6 Reliving the destination life cycle in Coolangatta: an historical perspective on the rise, decline and rejuvenation of an Australian seaside resort	95	(21)
ROSLYN RUSSELL
BILL FAULKNER
7 Tourism marketing and the small island environment: cases from the periphery	116	(22)
TOM BAUM
8 Planning for stability and managing chaos: the case of Alpine ski resorts	138	(25)
RICHARD D. LEWIS
SUZAN GREEN
PART II Tourism as an agent of change	163	(118)
Introduction to Part II	163	(3)
BILL FAULKNER
9 Ecotourism and its potential contribution to the economic revitalisation of Saskatchewan and Manitoba	166	(19)
DAVID B. WEAVER
10 Village-based tourism in the Solomon Islands: impediments and impacts	185	(17)
ADRIAN J.H. LIPSCOMB
11 Tourism development options in Indonesia and the case of agro-tourism in central Java	202	(20)
BILL FAULKNER
12 Local participation in tourism in the West Indian islands	222	(13)
LESLEY FRANCE
13 The economic evaluation of the role of conservation and tourism in the regeneration of historic urban destinations	235	(29)
MIKE STABLER
14 Conservation and regeneration: two case studies in the Arab world	264	(17)
MARTIN CROOKSTON
PART III Change management strategies in tourism operations	281	(150)
Introduction to Part III	281	(4)
GIANNA MOSCARDO
15 Dolphins, canoes and marae -- ecotourism products in New Zealand	285	(22)
CHRIS RYAN
17 Managing tourism in the Wet Tropics World Heritage area: interpretation and the experience of visitors on Skyrail	307	(17)
GIANNA MOSCARDO
BARBARA WOODS
17 Competition or co-operation? Small and medium sized tourism enterprises at the destination	324	(23)
DIMITRIOS BUHALIS
CHRIS COOPER
18 Facilitating tourist-host social interaction: an overview and assessment of the culture assimilator	347	(18)
PHILIP L. PEARCE
EDWARD KIM
SYAMSUL LUSSA
19 A globalised theme park market? The case of Disney in Europe	365	(14)
GREG RICHARDS
BILL RICHARDS
20 Strategies for optimising revenues from short breaks: lessons from the Scottish hotel markets	379	(19)
DAVID A. EDGAR
21 An investigation of factors influencing the decision to travel: a case study of Japanese pleasure travellers	398	(17)
SHEAUHSING HSIEH
JOSEPH T. O'LEARY
22 An analysis of the promotion of marine tourism in Far North Queensland, Australia	415	(16)
DIANE BURNS
LAURIE MURPHY
Index	431