Tourism in the new Europe : the challenges and opportunities of EU enlargement / edited by Derek Hall, Melanie Smith and Barbara Marciszewska.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hall, Derek R.

Marciszewska, Barbara.

Smith, Melanie K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--European Union countries.

Tourism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the implications of EU enlargement for tourism in the region. It provides a country-by-country examination of each of the new member states, in terms of their current patterns and trends of tourism development and the impacts of EU accession on them. Topics include: historical trajectories of the European tourism development process, new structural and geographical patterns of European tourism, the politics of EU enlargement and implications for tourism policy, regional, national and local economic development trends, social and cultural implications of transition and access

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; The Editors; Abbreviations; Preface; PART I: INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT; 1 Introduction; 2 Tourism and the European Union; 3 Enlargement Implications for European Tourism; 4 Tourism and the New Europe: Views from Beyond Europe; 5 Tourism Education in the New Europe; PART II: EAST CENTRAL EUROPE; 6 Tourism and EU Enlargement: a Central European Perspective; 7 Slovenia: New Challenges in Enhancing the Value of the Tourism Destination Brand; 8 Slovakia: EU Accession and Cross-border Travel; 9 Tourism in the Czech Republic

10 Product Development and Diversification in Hungary11 Tourism in Poland: Changes in Policy, Management and Education; PART III: THE BALTICS; 12 The Baltics' Accession: Finnish Perspectives; 13 Estonia - Switching Unions: Impacts of EU Membership on Tourism Development; 14 Latvia Tourism: Decisive Factors and Tourism Development; 15 Lithuania: Sustainable Rural Tourism Development in the Baltic Coastal Region; PART IV: THE MEDITERRANEAN ENLARGEMENT; 16 The Mediterranean Enlargement: an Overview; 17 Malta: Re-imaging the Mediterranean Destination

18 Cyprus: Building Bridges in the Borderlands of the New EuropePART V: THE NEXT ENLARGEMENT; 19 Tourism in Bulgaria; 20 Romania: National Identity, Tourism Promotion and European Integration; 21 Turkey: EU Membership Implications for Sustainable Tourism Development; 22 Croatia in the New Europe: Culture versus Conformity; PART VI: CONCLUSIONS; 23 Summary and Conclusions; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-73626-7

9786610736263

1-84593-118-1

OCLC:

133165302