Apostolopoulos / Leontidou / Loukissas Mediterranean Tourism

Facets of Socioeconomic Development and Cultural Change
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-317-79837-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Tourism

This book comments on the complexities of Mediterranean tourism, with contributions from researchers, consultants, managers and advisors from thirteen countries. It is an excellent reference tool for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as industry practitioners, for the examination of tourism in different Mediterranean contexts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Apostolopoulos, Yorgos

Leontidou, Lila

Loukissas, Philippos

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Dynamics of Mediterranean Tourism

1. Mediterranean tourism, socioeconomic development, and cultural change: Issues, implications and alternatives Yiorgos Apostolopoulos, Philippos J. Loukissas and Lila Leontidou

Part I. Northern Mediterranean Shores: Changes in the Mature Touristic Destinations

2. Spain: towards sustained tourism competitiveness Vicente M. Monfort and Josep A. Ivars Baidal

3. Mediterranean France: country of invention of tourism Marc Boyer

4. Italian dualism and new tourism trends: endogenous, alternative and sustainable products Giovanni Montemagno and Emilio Becheri

5. The new old Mediterranean tourism destination: Croatia IBoris Vukonic

6. Greek tourism on the brink: overall restructuring or stagnation and decline? Yiorgos Apostolopoulos

Part II. Eastern Mediterranean Shores: A Fast-growing Tourism Market

7. Tourism policy and development in Turkey Turgut Var

8. The dynamics and the effects of tourism evolution in the divided island of Cyprus Dmitri Ioannides

9. The political economy of tourism in Syria Matthew Gray

10. Tourism in Lebanon: transformation and prospects Hyam Mallat

11. Acquired tourism deficinecy syndrome: planning and developing tourism in Israel Yoel Mansfeld

Part III. Southern Mediterranean Shores: Development, Islam and Tourism

12. Tourism policy of Egypt Turgut Var and Khalid Zakaria Imam

13. Dynamic tourism development model in Tunisia: policies and prospects Robert A. Poirier

14. Algeria's tourism industry: a socioeconomic and political assessment Yahia Zoubir

15. Morocco: three decades of tourism development strategies Jacques Barbier

Part IV. New Tourism Products and Social Change in the Mediterranean

16. Tourism and environment: sustainable development in Mediterranean countries Philippos J. Loukissas and Pantelis Skayannis

17. Agrotourism and sustainability in the Mediterranean: regional development, spatial reorganisation and social change Yiorgos Apostolopoulos and Olga Iakovidou

18. From tourists to migrants: Residential tourism and 'Littoralization' Lila Leontidou and Emmanuel Marmaras

19. Marine tourism in the Mediterranean Kostas Kradonellis

Epilogue. Mediterranean Tourism: Policies and Prospects

20. The impact of tourism on the restructuring of Mediterranean space: comparative perspectives Yiorgios Apostolopoulos and Sevil F. Sönmez