Tourism & Economic Development - European Experience 3e

Tourism has been identified as one of the few potential growth sectors in the mature economies. This volume provides a detailed study of the industry and of its contribution to economic development in Europe. This diverse region offers a wide range of examples of the potential and limitations of tourism as a vehicle for development, and of government policies for tourism. This, the third edition of the title includes a new country case study chapter on the Republic of Ireland. Together with the general review chapters and the existing ten country case studies the book provides a comprehensive and up--to--date survey of tourism in Western Europe. A new chapter on Central and Eastern Europe broadens the reach of the book. The cases studies are modelled on similar formats and cover recent changes in domestic and foreign tourism, seasonal and regional concentration, the national and regional economic implications of tourism development, and tourism policies. All the authors are specialists on the tourism industries of the particular countries. They have access to the most recent data available on each case study, and place the study of tourism in the broader context of national developments. Contents aeo Introduction: tourism and uneven economic development Allan M. Williams and Gareth Shaw aeo Western European tourism in perspective Gareth Shaw and Allan M. Williams aeo Spain: from the phenomenon of mass tourism to the search for a more diversified model Manuel Valenzuela aeo Italy: diversified tourism Russell King and Armando Montanari aeo Greece: hesitant policy and uneven tourism development in the 1990s Lila Leontidou aeo Portugal: market segmentation and economic development Jim Lewis and Allan M. Williams aeo Switzerland: structural change within stability Andrew Gilg aeo Austria: contrasting tourist seasons and contrasting regions Friedrich Zimmermann aeo The United Kingdom: market trends and policy responses Gareth Shaw, Paul Thornton and Allan M. Williams aeo Republic of Ireland: an expanding tourism sector Desmond A. Gillmor aeo France: tourism comes of age John Tuppen aeo Germany: still a growing international deficit? Peter Schnell aeo Tourism in the Netherlands: resource development, regional impacts and issues David Pinder aeo Scandinavia: challenging nature Tommy Andersson and Morten Huse aeo Central and Eastern Europe: tourism, development and transformation Derek R. Hall aeo Tourism policies in a changing tourism environment Allan M. Williams and Gareth Shaw