Tourism in Transition: Economic Change in Central Europe (Tourism, Retailing and Consumption)

Major changes have occurred in the tourism industries in Central Europe which have implications not just for the countries involved but for all of the tourism industries in Europe. Tourism in Transition provides a detailed analysis of the role of tourism in the economic transition which has swept central and eastern Europe since 1989. The work on privatization in particular is highly innovative and will be of interest to a wider community of social scientists beyond tourism specialists. "Major changes have occurred in the tourism industries in Central Europe, changes which have implications not just for the countries involved but for the tourism industries in Europe as a whole. To date, however, there has been no substantial study of the causes, mechanisms, and implications of these changes. _Tourism in Transition_ is the first book to provide a detailed analysis of the role of tourism in the economic transition which has swept central and eastern Europe since 1989. The work on privatisation in particular is highly innovative and will be of interest to a wider community of social scientists beyond tourism specialists."--Bloomsbury Publishing. This text provides a detailed analysis of the role of tourism in the economic transition which has swept central and eastern Europe since 1989. It includes work on privatization which should be of interest to social scientists and tourism specialists. Since 1989 Central and Eastern Europe have been subject to an economic transformation which has been characterized as the 'sharp-shock' economic programme of reforms.