Nordic Tourism Issues and Cases
by Hall, C. Michael; Muller, Dieter K.; Saarinen, JarkkoFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-11-11
Publisher(s): Channel View Publications
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Summary
Tourism is an increasingly important industry in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) that is integral to economic, social and sustainable development. Nordic Tourism is the first comprehensive and accessible introduction to tourism in the region and also includes case studies from leading Nordic researchers on specific destinations, attractions, resources, concepts and issues.
Author Biography
Colin Michael Hall is PhD from the University of Western Australia and previous positions at the University of Canberra, University of New England, Massey University and the University of Otago. Currently co-editor of Current Issues in Tourism and Professor, University of Canterbury; Docent, University of Oulu; Visiting Professor, Linnaeus University; and Senior Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg.Dieter K. Müller is Professor of Social and Economic Geography at Umeå University, Sweden.Jarkko Saarinen is Professor at University of Oulu in Finland and University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interests include tourism and development, sustainability and tourism-community relations.
Table of Contents
| Introduction and Contexts | |
| Introduction: Call for Sustainability | |
| Tourism Development in Southern Africa: Patterns, Issues and Constraints | |
| Tourism Policy and Politics in Southern Africa | |
| Gender and tourism in Southern Africa | |
| Sustainable Tourism: Perspectives to Sustainability in Tourism | |
| Tourism development and local policies of sustainability | |
| Tourism, Conservation Areas and Local Development in Namibia - Spatial Perspectives of Private and Public Sector Reform | |
| Nature-based Tourism and the Commercialization of National Parks | |
| Natural Resource Based Tourism and Wildlife Policies in Botswana | |
| Tourism, Nature Conservation and Environmental Legislation in Namibia | |
| Transfrontier Conservation and Local Communities | |
| Tourism, Local Communities and Natural Resources in Transition | |
| Village-based Tourism and Community Participation: a Case Study of the Matsheng Villages in Southwest Botswana | |
| Socioeconomic Impacts of Tou rism in Okavango | |
| Sustainable Tourism on Commonages: An Alternative to Traditional Agricultural-based Land Reform in Namaqualand, South Africa | |
| Local Cuisine, Tourism and Culture | |
| Conclusions and Critical Issues in Tourism and Sustainability in Southern Africa | |
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