Drive Tourism: Trends and Emerging Markets (Advances in Tourism)

Since the post World War Two boom in private automobile ownership, Drive Tourism has transformed the tourism landscape by facilitating dispersal and the growth of attractions and tourism related infrastructure beyond the zones that had previously emerged around seaports and railway terminals. The automobile has made regional dispersal possible and created opportunities for many small rural communities to supplement rural economies with a tourism economy. Drive Tourism is a popular form of tourism activity that has significantly contributed to the development of Tourism in many nations, but has received relatively little attention in the literature. This book is the first attempt to provide a global comprehensive review and scholarly investigation into this popular and growing form of tourism. It draws on a vast range of geographical locations to critically explore the impacts of drive tourism in developed and underdeveloped regions. It evaluates tourism authorities' response to the Drive Tourism Experience, and offers operational insights into the management of the drive experience as well as providing original empirical research and insights into the field that will contribute to future investigation. In doing so it explores the many forms of drive tourism from caravanning to fly drive touring. Presents A Global Comprehensive Review And An Investigation Into Drive Tourism Which Is A Popular Form Of Tourism. The Structure And Role Of Drive Tourism / Bruce Prideaux And Dean Carson -- Managing The Transition From Coach- To Car-based Markets: The Search For Commercial Value In Australia's Flinders Ranges / Doris Schmallegger -- Golden Week: Driving For Pleasure In Japan / Malcolm Cooper -- 'los Hermanos' Visiting The South Region Of Brazil: A Comparison Between Drive Tourists And Coach Tourists From Argentina, Paraguay And Uruguay / Gui Lohmann, Glauber Santos And Thiago Allis -- Realising The Value Of Self-drive Day Trips To Lower Austria / Dean Carson And Klemens Waldhoer -- Self-drive Tourism In South Africa With Specific Emphasis On Caravanning / Neels Van Heerden -- The Role Of Automobile Associations And Clubs / Bruce Prideaux -- The Growth And Structure Of Drive Tourism In China / Yifeng Yu, Zhuo Wang And Noel Scott -- Self-drive Tourism In China / Hilary Du Cros And Chin Ee Ong -- The Importance Of The Mode Of Transport In Self-drive Tourism / Dean Carson And Bruce Prideaux -- Information And Communications Technology (ict) And The Challenge Of Sustainable Self-drive Tourism / Alisha Ali And Dean Carson -- Tourism And Leisure Motorcycle Riding / Linda Walker The Influence Of International Tourists' Travel Patterns On Rental Car Fleet Management In New Zealand / Gui Lohmann And Anne Zahra -- Highways And Byways: Car-based Tourism In The Us / Dallen J. Timothy -- Why We Travel This Way: An Exploration Into The Motivations Of Recreational Vehicle Users / Anne Hardy And Ulrike Gretzel -- Understanding Changes In The Caravanning Sector: A Case Study / Hoda Mcclymont, Michelle Thompson And Bruce Prideaux -- Four-wheel-drive Tourism In Desert Australia: The Charge Of The 'might Brigade'? / Andrew Taylor And Dean Carson -- Driving The Desert: Profiling Four-wheel-drive Visitors / Bruce Prideaux And Alexandra Coghlan -- Mapping The Road: Developing The Cognitive Mapping Methodology For Accessing Road Trip Memories / Philip L. Pearce And Michael Thomas -- International Tourists And Road Safety / Jeffs Wilks And Donna Pendergast -- Touring Routes: Types, Successes And Failures: An International Review / Dean Carson And Greg Cartan -- The Savannah Way: Developing A Successful Touring Route / Alana Iles And Bruce Prideaux -- Barriers To And Benefits Of Clustering In Drive Tourism Markets: The Case Of The Rainforest Way / Nadine Smith -- Managing Park Roads And Scenic Driving Using Indicators And Standards-based Frameworks / Jeffrey C. Hallo And Robert E. Manning -- Drive Tourism: A View From The Road / Dean Carson And Doris Schmallegger -- What Now? Concluding Remarks / Dean Carson And Bruce Prideaux. Edited By Bruce Prideaux And Dean Carson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Since the post war World War Two boom in private automobile ownership, Drive tourism has transformed the tourism landscape by facilitating dispersal and the growth of attractions and tourism related infrastructure beyond the zones that had previously emerged around seaports and railway terminals. The automobile has made regional dispersal possible and created opportunities for many small rural communities to supplement rural economies with a tourism economy. Draws on a vast range of geographical locations to critically explore the impacts of drive tourism in developed and underdeveloped regions. It evaluates Tourism authorities' response to the Drive Tourism Experience, and offers operational insights into the management of the drive experience as well as providing original empirical research and insights into the field that will contribute to future investigation. In doing so it explores the many forms of drive tourism from caravanning to fly drive touring