TOURISM IN PERIPHERIES: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FAR NORTH AND SOUTH; ED. BY DIETER K. MULLER

Using case studies from North America, Scandinavia, Scotland, New Zealand and the Polar Regions this book explores the use of tourism as a vehicle for regional development in peripheral areas. Topics covered include tourism management, rights of access, tourism destination communities, tourism impacts and regional development. The book identifies the core obstacles facing tourism in peripheral regions and highlights that tourism development in peripheries is not any easy task. Tourism In Peripheries: Perspectives From The Far North And South Reviews The Theory Of The Role Of Peripheries In Tourism, Identifies The Core Obstacles Of Tourism In High Latitudes And Presents Recent Case Studies From The North Of America, Scandinavia, Scotland, New Zealand And The Polar Areas. It Will Be Of Particular Interest To Researchers And Students Working In Tourism, Geography And Regional Development.--book Jacket. Pt. I. Tourism In Peripheries: An Introduction --the Difficult Business Of Making Pleasure Peripheries Prosperous: Perspectives On Space, Place And Environment / Dieter K. Muller And Bruno Jansson -- North-south Perspectives On Tourism, Regional Development And Peripheral Areas / C. Michael Hall -- Pt. Ii. Tourism And Regional Development Issues -- Tourism In Peripheries: The Role Of Tourism In Regional Development In Northern Finland / Jarkko Saarinen -- Organising Tourism Development In Peripheral Areas: The Case Of The Case Of The Subarctic Network In Northern Sweden / Malin Zillinger -- The Impact Of Tourism On The Local Structure Of Supply With Goods And Services In Peripheral Areas-the Example Of Northern Sweden / Günter Löffler -- Tourism Development And The Rural Labor Market In Sweden, 1960-1999 / Dieter K. M¿ller And Philip Ulrich -- Pt. Iii. Challenges To Peripheral Area Tourism -- The Vulnerability Of Peripheral Tourism: The Rapid Disenchantment Of Peripheral Attraction / Wilson Irvine And Alistair R Anderson -- If That's A Moose, I'd Hate To See A Rat! Visitors' Perspectives On Naturalness And Their Consequences For Ecological Integrity In Peripheral Natural Areas Of New Zealand / Brent Lovelock -- Access, Tourism And Democracy: A Conceptual Framework And The Non-establishment Of A Proposed National Park In Sweden / Klas Sandell -- Visitor Management In Protected Areas Of The Periphery: Experiences From Both Ends Of The World / Peter Mason -- Pt. Iv. Tourism Opportunities -- Wind Farms As Possible Tourist Attractions / Robert Nash, Andrew Martin, Don Carney And Kumaran Krishnan -- Sport Events As Tourist Attractions In Canada's Northern Periphery / Tom Hinch And Suzanne De La Barre -- Pt. V. Future Perspectives -- Tourism Research In Greenland /berit C. Kaae. Edited By Dieter K. Müller And Bruno Jansson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents......Page 5 Contributors......Page 7 Preface......Page 9 Part I: Tourism in Peripheries: an Introduction......Page 11 1 The Difficult Business of Making Pleasure Peripheries Prosperous: Perspectives on Space, Place and Environment......Page 13 2 North–South Perspectives on Tourism, Regional Development and Peripheral Areas......Page 29 Part II: Tourism and Regional Development Issues......Page 49 3 Tourism in Peripheries: the Role of Tourism in Regional Development in Northern Finland......Page 51 4 Organizing Tourism Development in Peripheral Areas: the Case of the Subarctic Project in Northern Sweden......Page 63 5 The Impact of Tourism on the Local Supply Structure of Goods and Services in Peripheral Areas: the Example of Northern Sweden......Page 79 6 Tourism Development and the Rural Labour Market in Sweden, 1960–1999......Page 95 Part III: Challenges to Peripheral Area Tourism......Page 117 7 The Vulnerability of Peripheral Tourism: the Rapid Disenchantment of Peripheral Attraction......Page 119 8 ‘If That’s a Moose, I’d Hate to See a Rat!’ Visitors’ Perspectives on Naturalness and their Consequences for Ecological Integrity in Peripheral Natural Areas of New Zealand......Page 134 9 Access, Tourism and Democracy: a Conceptual Framework and the Non-establishment of a Proposed National Park in Sweden......Page 151 10 Visitor Management in Protected Areas of the Periphery: Experiences from Both Ends of the World......Page 164 Part IV: Tourism Opportunities......Page 185 11 Wind Farms as Possible Tourist Attractions......Page 187 12 Sporting Events as Tourist Attractions in Canada’s Northern Periphery......Page 200 Part V: Future Perspectives......Page 213 13 Tourism Research in Greenland......Page 215 14 Epilogue/Prologue......Page 230 D......Page 237 M......Page 238 S......Page 239 W......Page 240