Tourism in Transitions: Recovering Decline, Managing Change (Geographies of Tourism and Global Change)

This book explores the relationship between transition and tourism geographies on a global scale, discussing how tourism has been used as a tool to recover from decline or to manage change caused by event-driven, rapid transitions in a region’s economy, politics or environment. With case studies from Europe, America, Asia and Africa, it provides examples of how specific communities and industries around the globe have reacted for better or worse. It also includes analyses of shifts within the tourism industry itself and examines the complex issues arising for localities that have to face the demands and standards of an increasingly globally interlinked tourism industry. From Whistler to Angola, casino gaming in Colorado to art tourism in Japan, the contributors investigate such factors as tourism-induced community change; the social and economic impacts second-home owners have on rural communities in the developing world; reconstruction of local tourism systems after crisis events such as wars; and the competitiveness of ski areas in light of climate change. Overall, the book offers a thoughtful study of the role of geographical and temporal scales for tourism during periods of unprecedented transition, equipping readers with new ways of conceptualizing change and adaptation. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Tourism and Transition (Dieter K. Müller)....Pages 1-20 Challenges to the Resilience of Whistler’s Journey Towards Sustainability (Alison M. Gill)....Pages 21-37 Maritime Cruises: Oligopoly, Centralization of Capital and Corporate Use of Brazilian Territory (Rita de Cássia Ariza da Cruz)....Pages 39-58 Cruise Tourism: From Regional Saturation Towards Global Dynamic Equilibrium (Denis Cerić)....Pages 59-79 Island in Transition: Tourists, Volunteers and Migrants Attracted by an Art-Based Revitalization Project in the Seto Inland Sea (Carolin Funck, Nan Chang)....Pages 81-96 Second Home Tourism: Social and Economic Change in Developing Countries like South Africa (Anette Hay)....Pages 97-115 Tourism Development Cooperation in a Changing Economic Environment—Impacts and Challenges in Lao P.D.R (Diana Marquardt)....Pages 117-136 Tourism Development in Riga: Resident Attitudes Toward Tourism (Aija van der Steina, Maija Rozite)....Pages 137-155 Spatial Structure of Tourism in a City After Transition: The Case of Warsaw, Poland (Marta Derek)....Pages 157-171 From Periphery and the Doubled National Trails to the Cross-Border Thematic Trails: New Cross-Border Tourism in Poland (Marek Więckowski)....Pages 173-186 Ski Areas’ Competitiveness in the Light of Climate Change: Comparative Analysis in the Eastern Alps (Robert Steiger, Bruno Abegg)....Pages 187-199 Back Matter ....Pages 201-203