Embracing and Managing Change in Tourism:

Compiling 22 detailed case studies from around the world, this volume examines management responses to the major changes taking place in international toursim and considers tourism itself as an agent of change.

List of figures

viii

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List of tables

x

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Chapter summaries

xiii

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Notes on contributors

xxv

1 Embracing and managing change in tourism: International case studies

1

(12)

ERIC LAWS

BILL FAULKNER

GIANNA MOSCARDO

PART I Tourism management and policy responses to change

13

(150)

Introduction to Part I

13

(4)

BILL FAULKNER

2 NAFTA and tourism development policy in North America

17

(12)

GINGER SMITH

ABRAHAM PIZAM

3 Regional tourism in Africa: scope and critical issues

29

(20)

PETER U.C. DIEKE

4 Tourism planning and implementation in the Polish city of Kalisz

49

(21)

GARY AKEHURST

5 A stakeholder-benefits approach to tourism management in a historic city centre: the Canterbury City Centre Initiative

70

(25)

BARABARA LE PELLEY

ERIC LAWS

6 Reliving the destination life cycle in Coolangatta: an historical perspective on the rise, decline and rejuvenation of an Australian seaside resort

95

(21)

ROSLYN RUSSELL

BILL FAULKNER

7 Tourism marketing and the small island environment: cases from the periphery

116

(22)

TOM BAUM

8 Planning for stability and managing chaos: the case of Alpine ski resorts

138

(25)

RICHARD D. LEWIS

SUZAN GREEN

PART II Tourism as an agent of change

163

(118)

Introduction to Part II

163

(3)

BILL FAULKNER

9 Ecotourism and its potential contribution to the economic revitalisation of Saskatchewan and Manitoba

166

(19)

DAVID B. WEAVER

10 Village-based tourism in the Solomon Islands: impediments and impacts

185

(17)

ADRIAN J.H. LIPSCOMB

11 Tourism development options in Indonesia and the case of agro-tourism in central Java

202

(20)

BILL FAULKNER

12 Local participation in tourism in the West Indian islands

222

(13)

LESLEY FRANCE

13 The economic evaluation of the role of conservation and tourism in the regeneration of historic urban destinations

235

(29)

MIKE STABLER

14 Conservation and regeneration: two case studies in the Arab world

264

(17)

MARTIN CROOKSTON

PART III Change management strategies in tourism operations

281

(150)

Introduction to Part III

281

(4)

GIANNA MOSCARDO

15 Dolphins, canoes and marae -- ecotourism products in New Zealand

285

(22)

CHRIS RYAN

17 Managing tourism in the Wet Tropics World Heritage area: interpretation and the experience of visitors on Skyrail

307

(17)

GIANNA MOSCARDO

BARBARA WOODS

17 Competition or co-operation? Small and medium sized tourism enterprises at the destination

324

(23)

DIMITRIOS BUHALIS

CHRIS COOPER

18 Facilitating tourist-host social interaction: an overview and assessment of the culture assimilator

347

(18)

PHILIP L. PEARCE

EDWARD KIM

SYAMSUL LUSSA

19 A globalised theme park market? The case of Disney in Europe

365

(14)

GREG RICHARDS

BILL RICHARDS

20 Strategies for optimising revenues from short breaks: lessons from the Scottish hotel markets

379

(19)

DAVID A. EDGAR

21 An investigation of factors influencing the decision to travel: a case study of Japanese pleasure travellers

398

(17)

SHEAUHSING HSIEH

JOSEPH T. O'LEARY

22 An analysis of the promotion of marine tourism in Far North Queensland, Australia

415

(16)

DIANE BURNS

LAURIE MURPHY

Index

431

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