Stories of Practice: Tourism Policy and Planning

Despite the growing economic, social and political significance of tourism in countries around the world, very few scholarly publications have critically examined contemporary tourism planning and policy making processes. Illustrated with a set of cohesive, theoretically informed case studies of tourism planning and policy-making from around the world, this volume expands readers' practical knowledge about how tourism planning and policy making takes place. It questions why plans and policies take the forms they do, as well as providing critical insights into how planning and public policy theoretical concepts and frameworks are applied in tourism studies. The book actively engages readers in the moral and ethical issues that often surround tourism policy making and planning, reveals the complexity of planning and public policy processes and how these influence contemporary society, and summarises the key challenges facing governments and other institutions.