Archipelago Tourism Revisited

Core-Periphery Dynamics After the Pandemic
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-58677-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 576 g

Reihe: New Directions in Tourism Analysis

This timely and innovative book explores the dynamics of inter-island/island-island tourism – also known as archipelago tourism – on the cusp of the post-pandemic epoch.

Embellished with illustrative maps and diagrams, the volume examines what novel approaches have been developed, if at all, so as not to repeat past mistakes, and nurture a more sustainable, 'island tourism' business model. It looks at how the political-economic relationship between main and outer islands changed during the pandemic and, if so, whether this shift has had a bearing on current tourism policy. The book also explores how these and other changes are reflected in how: islands are branded; island destinations are marketed; and island transport logistics play out. An array of archipelagos of varying sizes and locations is explored, assuring a global perspective. The book furthers our understanding of core-periphery dynamics in archipelago tourism.

The volume will be of interest to students, researchers, policy makers and academics in the fields of tourism policy and planning, sustainability, island studies and development studies.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Adult education

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baldacchino, Godfrey

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Tourismuswirtschaft, Gastgewerbe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword – Richard W. Butler. Editorial: The archipelagic turn in island tourism – Godfrey Baldacchino PART I. Internal, sub-national archipelagos. 1. Covid-19 and post-Covid times in the Croatian archipelago. 2. Beyond glossy tourist images: Miyako Island, Okinawa, Japan, through the stories of Machas, a small local grocery store. 3. Nightlife, well-being, nature, and a lighthouse: Differentiation and convergence of the post-pandemic images of the Balearic Islands through tourism. 4. Tourism in Madeira and Porto Santo: Resigned subordination or partnership?. 5. Tranquility and exclusivity: Archipelago tourism after the pandemic in Romblon, The Philippines. 6. Beyond 'the Atlantic Bubble': Considering archpelagic tourism on Canada's east coast. PART II. Complete, sovereign, archipelagic states. 7. Archipelago tourism in the tri-island state: Grenada. 8. Archipelago tourism in Seychelles: Journeys through space, time, authenticity, and exclusivity. 9. Culture, Covid-19, cyclones, and supply chains: The contraction of tourism in Vanuatu. PART III. Trans-national, regional archipelagos. 10. Challenging the 'status quo': Archipelago tourism in the central Mediterranean after the Pandemic. 11. The impromtu archipelago: Sint Maarten as the hub of the Northeastern Caribbean. 12. The complex and unequal tourism triangle of the Mascarene Islands: Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues. Conclusion. Conclusion: Unsettling cartographic imaginations.

Über Autor(innen)

Godfrey Baldacchino, PhD (Warwick, UK), is Professor of Sociology at the University of Malta and Malta Ambassador-at-Large for Islands and Small States. He is founding Editor of Island Studies Journal (2006–2016), former Canada Research Chair and UNESCO Co-Chair in Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island (2003–2013; 2016–2020), and former President of the International Small Island Studies Association (ISISA) (2014–2022). His tourism-related books include Global Tourism and Informal Labour Relations: The Small Scale Syndrome at Work (1997), Extreme Tourism: Lessons from the World's Cold-Water Islands (2006), and Archipelago Tourism: Practices and Policies (2015).