Tourism in Frontier Areas

by Krakover, Shaul; Gradus, Yehuda; Butler, Richard W.; Felsenstein, Daniel; Fleischer, Aliza; Freeman, Daniel; Goodovitch, Tomer; Haber, Sigal; Hall, C.Michael; Kennedy, Christina B.; Kruger-Cloete, Elsa; Lerner, Miri; Lew, Alan A.; Moreno, Naomi; Pizam, Ab

• ISBN13: 9780739102879
• ISBN10: 0739102877
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-21
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

In this timely new collection of essays, an excellent roster of contributors bring new insight to a wide spectrum of topics related to tourism in frontier areas. The book focuses on international case studies as it discusses the economic feasibility of frontier tourist development, the tourist development of rural and urban settings, and the expansion of tourism to remote borderlands. The contributors highlight the potential, as well as the environmental, economic, bureaucratic, and cultural difficulties of peripheral tourism. This innovative and thought-provoking approach--with its wealth of detail--makes Tourism in Frontier Areas essential reading for scholars in tourist development, regional development, and economic geography.

Table of Contents

Tables	vii
Figures	ix
Preface	xi
Part 1: Issues and Approaches
The Development of Tourism in Frontier Regions: Issues and Approaches	3	(18)
Richard W. Butler
Time Dimensions and Tourism Development in Peripheral Areas	21	(18)
Shaul Krakover
Sustainable Tourism Development in South Africa: From Policy to Delivery	39	(22)
Elsa Kruger-Cloete
Part 2: Economic Aspects of Tourism in Frontier Areas
The Economic Impact of Tourism in the Central and Outlying Regions of Israel: A Multiregional Input-Output Model	61	(22)
Daniel Freeman
Esther Sultan
Legalization of Casino Gambling in a Frontier Region: The Israeli Experience	83	(12)
Tomer Goodovitch
Gambling on the Border: Casinos, Tourism Development, and the Prisoners' Dilemma	95	(22)
Daniel Felsentein
Daniel Freeman
Part 3: Tourism Frontiers in Rural Areas
The Training Needs of Small Rural Tourism Operators in Frontier Regions	117	(24)
Abraham Pizam
Randall S. Upchurch
Small Tourism Ventures in Peripheral Areas: The Impact of Environmental Factors on Performance	141	(24)
Sigal Haber
Miri Lerner
Agricultural Land in Frontier Areas: Conflict Between Urban Development and Tourism and Recreation Activities	165	(12)
Aliza Fleischer
Part 4: Tourism Frontiers in Urban Areas
Tourism Development and Environmental Implications for the Indian Frontier Region: A Study of Himachal Himalaya	177	(18)
R. B. Singh
Tourism Development in a Desert Frontier Town	195	(10)
Arie Reichel
Natan Uriely
Tourism Infrastructure in Frontier Regions: An Analytical Framework of the Public, Social, and Political Context	205	(28)
Naomi Moreno
Part 5: Tourism Frontiers in Borderlands
Tourism in Borderlands: Competition, Complementarity, and Cross-Frontier Cooperation	233	(26)
Dallen J. Timothy
Tourism and Culture Clash in Indian Country	259	(24)
Alan A. Lew
Christina B. Kennedy
The Changing Cultural Geography of the Frontier: National Parks and Wilderness as Frontier Remnant	283	(16)
C. Michael Hall
About the Authors	299	(6)
Index	305