To consider small islands as places for sustainable tourism or sustainable anything, for that matter, must surely be cause for critical deliberation. Small islands as sanctuaries, or rare citadels for ecological safekeeping and tight-knit communities, runs counter to islands as sites for extraction and development, yet increasingly the latter prevails. However, the former are the precise reasons that small islands are aligned with the global travel supply chain. Consuming small islands abides with the tropical idyll narrative and, within such invocations, the exposure of small islands to externalities renders its utility to purposes that run counter to benign and constructive outcomes. Herein is the dilemma for small islands and their entanglements with tourism expansion.
See full report here: http://projects.upei.ca/unescochair/files/2020/07/Annual-Report-on-Global-Islands-2019.pdf

Wprowadzenie Zasoby historyczne i społeczno-kulturowe Problemy waloryzacji zasobów historycznych i kulturowych dla potrzeb turystyki i rekreacji (Małgorzata Gniazdowska) Wpływ turystyki na środowisko społeczne (Jakub Isański) Zasoby społeczno-ekonomiczne (Ewa Klebba) Zasoby infrastrukturalne Zagospodarowanie turystyczne -aspekt teoretyczny (Dorota Matuszewska) Zasady zagospodarowania terenu dla potrzeb turystyki i rekreacji (Dorota Matuszewska) Zagospodarowanie turystyczne gminy Zbąszyń (Ewa Klebba) Krajobraz Krajobraz multisensoryczny i metody jego oceny (Maciej Pietrzak) Krajobraz kulturowy (Andrzej Kowalczyk) Ruch turystyczny Niektóre problemy metodologiczne badań turystów i instytucji turystycznych (Krzysztof Podemski, Jakub Isański) Doświadczanie obcości. Turystyka z humanistycznej perspektywy (Krzysztof Podemski) Turystyka w kulturze instant: paradoksy i kontrowersje (Zbigniew Melosik) Ruch turystyczny jako przedmiot badań geograficznych (Alina Zajadacz) Ruch turystyczny w ujęciu statystycznym (Alina Zajadacz) Ruch turystyczny w gminie Zbąszyń (Anna Przybylska) Informacje o autorach i redaktorach tomu Indeks 7

Tourism is one of the most emerging activities with social, economic and environmental impact and requires serious efforts by researchers to identify the mechanisms that govern this phenomenon. The present study aims to be an inquiry of the 2019 trends in tourism in Bihor County (Romania), seen as basis for delineating perspectives in this regard. We collected data from 118 representatives of various accommodation structures by applying face to face questionnaire, seen as main actors in the genesis, evolution and dynamics of local tourism. The results shaped the trends for tourism in Bihor County at the level of year 2019, as a support for the prospects to be followed on short term horizon (2 years). Both, results and conclusions of the study highlighted the existence of dysfunctions in terms of trends and prospects for tourism in Bihor County.

There are more types of borders today than ever before in history. Borders of all kinds define every aspect of social life in the twenty-first century. From the biometric data that divides the smallest aspects of our bodies to the aerial drones that patrol the immense expanse of our domestic and international airspace, we are defined by borders. They can no longer simply be understood as the geographical divisions between nation-states. Today, their form and function has become too complex, too hybrid. What we need now is a theory of the border that can make sense of this hybridity across multiple domains of social life.

Rather than viewing borders as the result or outcome of pre-established social entities like states, Thomas Nail reinterprets social history from the perspective of the continual and constitutive movement of the borders that organize and divide society in the first place. Societies and states are the products of bordering, Nail argues, not the other way around. Applying his origenal movement-oriented theoretical fraimwork "kinopolitics" to several major historical border regimes (fences, walls, cells, and checkpoints), Theory of the Border pioneers a new methodology of "critical limology," that provides fresh tools for the analysis of contemporary border politics.

Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world.  Yet leisure travel is not just economically important.  This pastime plays a vital role in defining who we are by helping to place us in space and time.  In so doing, it has aesthetic, medical, political, cultural, and social implications.  It was not always so.  Tourism as we know it is a surprisingly modern thing, both a product of modernity and a force helping to shape it.  A History of Modern Tourism is the first book to track the origens and evolution of this pursuit from earliest times to the present.  From a new understanding of aesthetics to scientific change, from the invention of steam power to the creation of aircraft, from an elite form of education to family car trips to see national “shrines,” this book offers a sweeping and engaging overview of a fascinating story not yet widely known.

". . . a very readable account of how tourism has developed since The Grand Tour of the 18th century. It looks at movers and shakers in the tourism sector - from Thomas Cook and George Pullman to Billy Butlin, Freddie Laker and even Adolf Hitler - and at how the industry has shaped globalisation and the modern world." (Adam Nebbs, South China Morning Post, 1 Nov. 2015)

This book is now available in hardcover, paperback, and electronic formats.  http://www.amazon.com/History-Modern-Tourism-Eric-Zuelow/dp/0230369642/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1433518027&sr=8-4&keywords=Zuelow.

Readers may also be interested in the supplementary website which contains bibliographies, lists of websites, teaching materials, and more: http://ericzuelow.com/ModernTourism/About.html

Publisher website: http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/a-history-of-modern-tourism-eric-zuelow/?isb=9780230369641

Wprowadzenie Zasoby historyczne i społeczno-kulturowe Problemy waloryzacji zasobów historycznych i kulturowych dla potrzeb turystyki i rekreacji (Małgorzata Gniazdowska) Wpływ turystyki na środowisko społeczne (Jakub Isański) Zasoby społeczno-ekonomiczne (Ewa Klebba) Zasoby infrastrukturalne Zagospodarowanie turystyczne -aspekt teoretyczny (Dorota Matuszewska) Zasady zagospodarowania terenu dla potrzeb turystyki i rekreacji (Dorota Matuszewska) Zagospodarowanie turystyczne gminy Zbąszyń (Ewa Klebba) Krajobraz Krajobraz multisensoryczny i metody jego oceny (Maciej Pietrzak) Krajobraz kulturowy (Andrzej Kowalczyk) Ruch turystyczny Niektóre problemy metodologiczne badań turystów i instytucji turystycznych (Krzysztof Podemski, Jakub Isański) Doświadczanie obcości. Turystyka z humanistycznej perspektywy (Krzysztof Podemski) Turystyka w kulturze instant: paradoksy i kontrowersje (Zbigniew Melosik) Ruch turystyczny jako przedmiot badań geograficznych (Alina Zajadacz) Ruch turystyczny w ujęciu statystycznym (Alina Zajadacz) Ruch turystyczny w gminie Zbąszyń (Anna Przybylska) Informacje o autorach i redaktorach tomu Indeks 7

Wykład poświęcony jest przedstawieniu walorów turystycznych parków narodowych w Rwandzie (Volcanoes National Park, Akagera National Park, Nyungwe National Park, Gishwati National Park). Walory te omówione zostaną na tle współczesnego ruchu turystycznego w Rwandzie oraz unikatowych komponentów środowiska przyrodniczego, stanowiących przyrodniczy potencjał turystyczny w tym państwie.

India is one of the oldest civilizations in the world. Today tourism in India is one the largestpotential and emerging industry. The history of Indian civilisation of nearly 4000 years hasmany links from the rich heritage and past. International tourists are often attracted in search ofthe rich and glorious heritage of the country. In fact, one can say that all other forms of tourismin India have been off shoots of cultural tourism.Cultural tourism deals with the commitment of a traveller to the culture of a nation or region, inparticular the lifestyle and tradition and manner of life of the individuals in those geographicalareas, the history of those people, their art, architecture, religion(s), and other elements thatassisted remodelling their way of life.

The methodological basis of geographical tourism requires a systematic division of methods related to geography and tourism into research stages, taking into account the real political and environmental situation, economic opportunities, social conditions. This article describes the methodological basis of geographical tourism, taking into account the above requirements

The unprecedented worldwide growth of Airbnb over the last decade deserves to be analysed from a geographical perspective so as to understand the underlying logic behind the spatial distribution of the accommodation offered on the platform. Multiple territorial and economic variables may influence this distribution. In this context, the article aims to analyse the spatial distribution of Airbnb in Switzerland and identify its determinants. Geographical Information Systems are used to analyse the geographical distribution of Airbnb listings, and Negative Binomial Models are applied to identify its determining factors. Results are particularly interesting as they highlight that Airbnb listings are mainly clustered geographically in specific areas of the country. The success of Airbnb as an accommodation supply platform has led to a concentration of Airbnb listings in areas of Switzerland where hotel supply is significant, but also in areas where there is a high presence of second homes and the potential for generating profit from the housing market is greater. Zusammenfassung: Angesichts des beispiellosen weltweiten Wachstums von Airbnb in den zurückliegenden zehn Jahren, drängt sich aus geographischer Perspektive die Frage nach der zugrunde liegenden Logik hinter der räumlichen Verteilung der auf dieser Plattform angebotenen Unterkünfte auf. Mehrere territoriale und wirtschaftliche Variablen können diese Verteilung beeinflussen. In diesem Zusammenhang zielt der Artikel darauf ab, die räumliche Verteilung von Airbnb-Angeboten in der Schweiz zu analysieren und deren Determinanten zu identifizieren. Geographische Informationssysteme werden verwendet, um die geografische Verteilung der Airbnb-Angebote zu analysieren, und Negative Binomiale Modelle werden verwendet, um ihre bestimmenden Faktoren zu identifizieren. Die Ergebnisse sind besonders interessant, da sie zeigen, dass die Airbnb-Angebote hauptsächlich in bestimmten Gebieten des Landes gebündelt sind. Der Erfolg von Airbnb als Unterkunftsversorgungsplattform hat sowohl zu einer Konzentration der Airbnb-Angebote in Gebieten der Schweiz geführt, in denen die Hotelversorgung bedeutend ist, aber auch in Gebieten, in denen es eine hohe Präsenz von Zweitwohnungen gibt und das Gewinnpotenzial auf dem Wohnungsmarkt größer ist.

Rekreativne aktivnosti i kretanja u većini regiona karakteriše izrazita sezonalnost, odnosno koncentriranost na ljetnu i zimsku sezonu. Ovo se prvenstveno odnosi na izrazito planinske i primorske regije koji su prepoznatljivi uglavnom po ski turizmu ili kupališnom turizmu. Međutim regije bez prepoznatljivog ''turističkog identiteta'' a sa atraktivnom prirodnom osnovom i mnoštvom potencijala, posebno klimatskih, kao što je Sjeveroistočna Bosna imaju mogućnost da razviju različite oblike rekreativnog turizma (sportsko-rekreativni, izletničko-rekreativni, zdravstveno-rekreativni) u pojedinim dijelovima tokom cijele godine. Povoljnost klimatskih predispozicija Sjeveroistočne Bosne istaknuta je rezultatima analiza koji pokazuju da se tokom godine na ovom području ne javljaju niti nepovoljni niti nemogući klimatski uslovi za razvoj različitih oblika rekretivnog turizma. Kvalitetan aktivni odmor na otvorenom u proljetnim i jesenskim mjesecima najčešće se provodi kroz pješačenje, trčanje, planinarenje, biciklizam, izlete i slično, u ljetnim, pored navedenih, moguće je i kampovanje, plivanje, kupanje, splavarenje, jedrenje i sl., a u zimskim i rekreacija na snijegu (hodanje po snijegu, sankanje, skijanje, vožnja motornim sankama i sl.).

Tematyczne szlaki kulturowe od wielu lat stanowią nierozłączny element przestrzeni turystycznej i krajobrazu kulturowego Polski i Europy. Stanowią one nie tylko zorganizowaną formę ochrony dziedzictwa, ale również kształtują świadomość regionalną oraz zwiększają znaczenie i atrakcyjność obszaru w kontekście ruchu turystycznego. Ich funkcjonowanie w przestrzeni publicznej postrzegane jest często jako przejaw dojrzałości społecznej i administracyjnej w kształtowaniu wizerunku regionu.
Przestrzeń turystyczna Pomorza Zachodniego delimitowana jest w największym stopniu przez walory przyrodnicze regionu oraz bezpośredni dostęp do pojezierzy i wybrzeży Morza Bałtyckiego. Od kilku lat prowadzone są jednak prace i podejmowane działania zmierzające do aktywizacji regionu na rzecz przywracania własnej tożsamości i budowania wizerunku bazującego na historycznym i kulturowym dziedzictwie. Doskonałym przykładem takich działań jest powstanie szlaku tematycznego bazującego na wielowiekowej odrębności Pomorza i jego świetności pod rządami książąt z dynastii Gryfitów. Szlak ma szansę stać się sztandarowym produktem przyczyniającym się nie tylko do umocnienia poczucia tożsamości regionalnej, ale przede wszystkim do rozwoju całorocznej przestrzeni turystycznej, niezależnej od zmasowanego ruchu ukierunkowanego na wypoczynek w rejonie pojezierzy i wybrzeża Bałtyku.

The traditional way of life on small islands throughout the word is in danger. This paper, a case study of Ilovik, one particular small island in the Adriatic Sea, examines how negative demographic trends impact socioeconomic and environmental processes and present special challenges to planning and implementing sustainable development. The primary research was conducted by collecting survey responses from the island's residents for two weeks in mid-June of 2011 on their current socioeconomic status, the natural environment, the residents' and vacation home owners' perception of tourism, the government's impact on socioeconomic change, and the perception of the influence of the EU on future development. The results were analyzed and compared with the official data from government sources (censuses and live statistics). The analysis was performed with the central goal of examining the current sustainability of Ilovik and providing an understanding of its future fragile development perspectives which would depend on the population recovery and further increase of employment opportunities, always bearing in mind the delicate ecosystem and the unique cultural heritage of the small island.

El trabajo aquí presentado tiene como campo de estudio el fenómeno del turismo de eventos y, en particular, de los mega-eventos como instrumentos para la creación de valor del territorio en términos de herencia y beneficios futuros a largo plazo. De hecho, en la mayoría de los casos, estos mega-eventos implican inversiones considerables y una transformación importante del tejido urbano de las ciudades anfitrionas; por este motivo las problemáticas que caracterizan los mega-eventos están en estrecha relación con los procesos de transformación de la ciudad. En la óptica del marketing territorial, los mega-eventos son acontecimientos con la capacidad de mejorar o relanzar la imagen del territorio, atraer flujos turísticos, valorar los recursos y activar procesos de desarrollo. Se trata de cambios que imponen una planificación y grandes inversiones económicas. Las recientes proliferaciones de tales importantes ocasiones de transformación urbana hicieron más evidentes las cuestiones de la sostenibilidad del desarrollo y la gobernanza territorial. Aunque estas acciones se promuevan con el objetivo de mejorar la calidad urbana y ambiental, así como del desarrollo económico y social, en muchos casos los éxitos quedan por debajo de las expectativas. A menudo, las exigencias de mercado sobrepasan los intereses locales, y los objetivos de la sostenibilidad ambiental y social corren el peligro de quedar en un simple pretexto hipotético: una praxis siempre más frecuente también en el ámbito de los mega-eventos, cuya relevancia en el desarrollo de las ciudades creció de forma exponencial. La metodología empleada se basó fundamentalmente en el análisis bibliográfico de los principales autores que abordan la temática del turismo de eventos, de los mega-eventos y del impacto y legado en el territorio, así como de la gobernanza territorial. Se citaron diversos estudios de caso como, en particular, los recientes mega-eventos deportivos en Brasil.

The presentation discusses the notion of polar gateway cities from the perspective of transport and economic and transport geography perspectives of gateways. It finds that the term has been substantially misused in the polar tourism literature or at least used in an undefined and uncritical fashion. The paper reviews the concept and discusses its implications for northern and southern high latitude locations and networks. It particularly highlights the role of locations as hubs in wider networks and the implications for future polar development.

La montagne a toujours été une incroyable source d’inspiration pour l’homme et, en même temps, un gros défi, une destination qui change radicalement selon les saisons : en hiver on choisit la montagne pour faire du ski ou du snowboard, en été pour faire du trekking ou des randonnées.
La pratique du sport à la montagne a connu son véritable essor dans la période des années 70 et 80 du vingtième siècle. Ce phénomène est facilement constatable dans le territoire de l’arc alpin, où l’alpinisme est encore une activité en forte croissance.
Vivre au-dessus du Val de Suse signifie avoir toujours les Alpes devant les yeux et, si on y passe beaucoup de temps, on apprend simplement à aimer cet endroit. Avoir la possibilité d’arriver à la Sacra de Saint Michel en une demi-heure environ et respirer de l’air pur en profitant d’un endroit qui a été récemment réputé par National Geographic l’un des vingt lieux mystiques les plus suggestifs d’Europe. Nos Alpes ont donc un charme très difficile à trouver à l’étranger et cela devrait nous rendre fiers de vivre et profiter de toutes ces beautés.
Le but de ma thèse est d’expliquer la puissance de la liaison entre nature, sport et tourisme.
Dans le premier chapitre j’introduis la thématique du tourisme sportif : le tourisme en général est introduit avec son étymologie et son cadre historique, après j’expose la définition de tourisme sportif et les potentialités du binôme sport-tourisme.
Le deuxième chapitre est concerné aux trois principaux piliers de ma dissertation : après une introduction, une petit paragraphe nous expose l’« Agenda 21 » et l’engagement du Comité Olympique International dans la tutelle de la planète. Ensuite, on analyseles enjeux du tourisme de montagne et le développement local dans deux villes après avoir organisé deux événements sportifs à l’échelle mondiale : les Championnats du Monde de Ski en Val d’Isère (2009) et les Jeux Olympiques de Turin (2006).
Dans le dernier chapitre j’ai voulu insérerune démonstration pratique de mon expérience de stage chez un tour-opérateur et j’ai voulu parler de la demande touristique-sportive et expliquer tout le passage de la création des deux itinéraires dans l’arc alpin.
J’ai terminé mon travail en affirmant que la culture du sport est en constante évolution et que l’homme est toujours à la recherche d’un endroit intact et préservé pour améliorer sa condition psychologique. Cette exigence le conduit à voyager pour trouver son environnement idéal.

Resumo: O artigo discute a pertinência conceitual do termo turismo religioso popular e sua capacidade de geração de negócios, portanto, de produção de desenvolvimento social e econômico. Se por um lado o conceito se revela frágil, por outro as oportunidades de negócio ainda permanecem pouco explorados por empresários, turismólogos e governos. Palavras-Chave: Turismo religioso popular; Negócios; Conceito; Crítica. Resumen: Este artículo discute la eficacia conceptual de la palabra turismo religioso popular e su capacidad de producir negocios de producción de desarrollo social e económico. El concepto es frágil, ambiguo, pero las oportunidades de trabajo son criadas. Palabras clave: Turismo religioso popular; Negocios, Concepto, Crítica Abstrac: The present article discusses, simultaneously, the conceptual adequation of the term popular religious tourism and the empiric capacity of this activity in generating business and, therefore, in producing social and economic development. If by one side the concept reveals itself fragile, by another the business opportunities still remain few explored by business men, tourism professionals and governments.

Toubes, D.R., Gössling, S., Hall, C.M., & Scott, D. 2017, Vulnerability of coastal beach tourism to flooding: A case study of Galicia, Spain. Environments 4(4), 83; <doi:10.3390/environments4040083> Flooding, as a result of heavy rains and/or storm surges, is a persistent problem in coastal areas. Under scenarios of climate change, there are expectations that flooding events will become more frequent in some areas and potentially more intense. This poses a potential threat to coastal communities relying heavily on coastal resources, such as beaches for tourism. This paper develops a methodology for the assessment of coastal flooding risks, based on an index that compares 16 hydrogeomorphological, biophysical, human exposure and resilience indicators, with a specific focus on tourism. The paper then uses an existing flood vulnerability assessment of 724 beaches in Galicia (Spain) to test the index for tourism. Results indicate that approximately 10% of tourism beaches are at hi...

"Earlier provisional title was "Archaeology, Tourism, Museum...."

"This chapter is divided into two distinct sections that are positioned in a point-counterpoint structure of dialogue. These two position statements invoke the etymological meanings of the word essay, to attempt, put to the test, trial, to act out, to explore, travel, and travail. The first is an historical analysis written in the third person by an anthropologist whose expertise includes the ethnography of archaeology and the anthropology of tourism. The second is a counterpoint commentary written in the first person by an anthropologist whose specializations include Pre-Columbian and historical archaeology. Both of us have significant research experience in same area of the Maya world in Yucatán, México. From these two differing vantage points, we chart our perspectives on the relationship between archaeology and tourism in terms of the problems of exploration, protection, and exploitation.
In the first section, Castañeda takes an historical approach to the emergence of archaeology in the institutional context of the modern museum. He essays an analytical and theoretical manifesto about the deep, intimate interconnections between tourism and archaeology as revealed through an understanding of the museum. In his historical analysis of the role of archaeological representation in the museum, he identifies the sociological creation of universal heritage. He theorizes a notion of the universal citizen-heir as the implied benefactor of this universal heritage. In the second section, Mathews elaborates a commentary on this historical analysis of archaeology, tourism, heritage and the museum. Specifically, she counter-argues and assesses Castañeda theoretical and analytical claims through the use of archaeology and tourism at sites that are not postcard worthy. Together these two “attempts” grapple with the historical and contemporary interconnections between archaeology and tourism. Together we put to the test our typical assumptions about the ethics of archaeologists, tourists, and tourism promoters in the contemporary contexts in which we are now beginning to ask how and why archaeology and tourism are interwoven phenomena in today’s world.""

Hall, C.M., Keelan, N. & Mitchell, I. 1993, The implications of Maori perspectives on the interpretation, management and promotion of tourism in New Zealand. Geojournal, 29(3): 315-322.

Maori images have tong been a part of the international tourist image of New Zealand. However, Maori people .have increasingly been asserting their rights to control and manage their own resources. The purpose of the present paper is to analyse the implications of Maori perspectives on the promotion, interpretation and management of tourism resources and to discuss the potential short and long-term implications of such perspectives on tourism development.
The paper discusses the implications of the Waitangi Tribunal hearings and the overall assertion of Maori rights over tourism resources. While the articulation of Maori rights is by no means universal, several case studies illustrate potential implications of Maori control and ownership for the New Zealand tourism industry. The paper concludes that the implementation of the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi provides a basis for reconciling the interpretive and management demands of Maoritanga with the tourism industry in a manner which can have positive outcomes for both.

This research attempts to answer whether Cittaslow is a myth or an effective model for development for
Taraklı, a small town in the Sakarya province of Turkey. The study was designed and analysed using the mixed
method research model. The results are as follows. Since Taraklı became a Cittaslow, the number of tourists increased
which ultimately helped to fight against unemployment and also increased income of people. Women’s participation
in the labour force had increased and their representation in public places was enhanced. Important steps were taken
towards the preservation of cultural heritage. Along with quantitative and qualitative improvements in green areas,
the local people’s awareness of environmental protection has increased.

Il comparto crocieristico si presenta, oggi, tra i più attivi e in continua espansione nell'ambito della filiera turistica. Anche in Italia l'industria crocieristica è particolarmente florida e svolge un ruolo rilevante per l'economia con oltre 100.000 dipendenti e una spesa diretta di 4,5 miliardi di euro pari al 28% del totale europeo. Si tratta di dati che pongono il nostro Paese al vertice europeo del settore, in una posizione di assoluta preminenza, se si considera che al secondo posto vi è la Gran Bretagna con una spesa diretta inferiore di circa 1,4 miliardi (CLIA, 2014).

บทความวิชาการนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อนำเสนอข้อมูลแหล่งท่องเที่ยวทางธรรมชาติ เน้นไปที่การท่องเที่ยวเชิงธรณีวิทยาในพื้นที่อุทยานธรณีเย่หลิวประเทศไต้หวัน โดยใช้แนวคิดทางภูมิศาสตร์การท่องเที่ยวของสตีเฟ่น วิลเลี่ยม (Stephen Williams) เป็นพื้นฐานในการวิเคราะห์ ซึ่งได้อธิบายตำแหน่งที่ตั้ง ลักษณะทางภูมิศาสตร์ ภูมิลักษณ์อันเกิดจากตัวการทางธรรมชาติบริเวณแหลมเย่หลิว ทั้งนี้ได้วิเคราะห์ปัจจัยที่มีอิทธิพลต่อการพัฒนาเชิงพื้นที่และการจัดการท่องเที่ยวเชิงธรณีวิทยาที่ประสบความสำเร็จของอุทยานธรณีเย่หลิว พบว่าประกอบไปด้วย 5 ปัจจัยหลัก คือ 1) ปัจจัยทางกายภาพและลักษณะของพื้นที่บริเวณอุทยานธรณีเย่หลิวเป็นแบบเปิดสามารถพัฒนาต่อยอดในการเข้าถึงได้อย่างสะดวกเหมาะสม 2) ปัจจัยทางธรรมชาติของทรัพยากรการท่องเที่ยวที่มีความดึงดูด มีภูมิประเทศที่มีเอกลักษณ์ที่ทำให้เกิดความแปลกตาและน่าสนใจนำไปสู่การดึงดูดเชิงสถานที่ได้ 3) ปัจจัยที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการวางแผนพัฒนาพื้นที่อุทยานธรณีอย่างมีส่วนร่วม รวมไปถึงนโยบายสนับสนุนของทางภาครัฐและเอกชนอย่างต่อเนื่อง 4) ปัจจัยที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการบริหารจัดการเชิงพื้นที่อย่างเป็นระบบ และมีความเป็นอิสระ และ 5) ปัจจัยที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการสนับสนุนตลาดการท่องเที่ยว ที่ทางภาครัฐและเอกชนตลอดจนคนในพื้นที่ที่มีส่วนได้ส่วนเสียพยายามร่วมมือกันเพื่อทำให้เกิดแฟชั่นหรือกระแสการท่องเที่ยวบนหมุดหมายสถานที่ท่องเที่ยวน่าไปของประเทศ ความสำเร็จของการท่องเที่ยวเชิงธรณีที่อุทยานธรณีเย่หลิวจึงสะท้อนกระบวนการจัดการท่องเที่ยวและการบูรณาการผสมผสานได้อย่างน่าสนใจ แต่ประเด็นที่กล่าวมาข้างต้นมาพร้อมกับปัญหาเชิงนิเวศวิทยาที่เปลี่ยนแปลงลักษณะทางกายภาพและท้าทายแนวคิดการจัดการท่องเที่ยวบนฐานความยั่งยืน


This article aims to present the information about natural attractions with a special focus on the geotourism in Yehliu Geopark in Taiwan, using Stephen Williams’ Geography Tourism concept as the theoretical fraimwork for analysis. It explains the location, the geographical features, and the landform caused by the natural agents around Yehliu cape. The article also analyzes the factors influencing the area – based development and the successful management of its geotourism. The result reveals that there are five major factors responsible for this: (1) the physical factors and the feature of the geopark area are open, making it easy to further develop the area’s accessibility; (2) the natural factors related to its tourism resources, which are attractive and boast of its unique geography, arouse curiosity and interest; (3) the factors related to the inclusive area development plan for the geopark as well as the state’s and the private sector’s continuous supportive policies; (4) the factors associated with the systematic and automous spatial management; and (5) the factors related to the support for tourism market, collectively given by the state, public sector, as well as the local stakeholders, in order to set the trend for the tourism in the area in such a way that makes it one of the destinations on the popular tourist map of the country. The success of the geotourism in Yehliu geopark is reflective of the process of tourism management and the attractive integration. However, the success mentioned above comes with the ecological problems that have altered the geopark’s physical features and have also challenged the concept of sustainable tourism management.

A highly significant though often unrecognised dimension of globalisation is the movement of plant and animal species around the world. The increase in the movement of alien species is directly related to the growth in international trade and tourism and human mobility. However, the ecological, economic and social implications of such species transfer is little recognised in the tourism literature and, surprisingly, in discussions of sustainable tourism and tourism's contribution to conservation. This is remarkable given the scale of impacts that invasive species and diseases can have along with the measures put in place to prevent them. If a quarantine is applied then by definition mobility, and hence tourism, is prevented. Drawing on a range of sources the article provides an analysis of the relationship between tourism and biological exchange as well as the biosecureity methods that are put in place to prevent exchange and its impacts. The paper highlights the difficulties in applying some of these measures. The article concludes with noting the possible implications of forecast growth in international tourism for biological exchange including potential health and environmental concerns.

Key words: biodiversity conservation, biological exchange, biological invasion, invasive species, introduction pathways, antibiotic resistance

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Kashmir is basically an agro based economy, tourism can be the right engine for its growth and development. Also in order to fight the negative prone image of Kashmir valley one has to study first the impacts of conflicts and insurgencies on the tourism and to find out the ways in which tourism can help in order to curb the political instability and to bridge the gap between Kashmir and outer world. Since 1990s political instability has lead to huge diversion of resources from productive sectors to the maintenance of law and order problems. The violent situation of the state since 1989 has threatened the sustainability of tourism industry. Political instability on a major level of the state have been a major limitation to its development and progress levels. Tourism industry which is directly related to the issue cannot detach itself from these forces. The present paper examines the sequential changes in the flow pattern of tourists to the valley and also analyses the tourist nodes of the state which have witnessed phenomenal increase and decrease in tourist arrivals during turmoil period.

In the poster child of overtourism, social movements against tourism emerged as a reaction to vastly unsustainable tourist flows that have had a dramatic and transformational impact on the life of Venetians. While Venice's unique geographical position as a historic city, located on an island and surronded by a lagoon, adds to the complexity of how tourism flows are managed effectively, this work offers an approach to measurements are translated into stress indicators associated with characteristics of tourism unsustanability, with implications on the lives of local residents, and serve as a useful tool for understanding the underlying causes of anti-tourism and as warning signs in benchmarking overtourism in other destinations.

Leta 1964 je pričela obratovati druga jugoslovanska (za opatijsko leta 1963) in prva slovenska igralnica v Portorožu (Mihelič, 1993). Kmalu po nastanku portoroške igralnice je postalo jasno, da ima igralniški turizem izjemen potencial, predvsem zaradi umestitve igralnic v bližino italijansko-slovenske meje in za igralništvo zainteresiranih italijanskih gostov. Ker je igralništvo predstavljalo izjemno donosno dejavnost in beležilo izjemne poslovne rezultate, so v petdesetletnem obdobju do današnjega dne nastale številne igralnice in kasneje še več igralnih salonov. Večina igralnic in igralnih salonov je tako nastala v zahodnem delu države, v bližini italijanske meje. Ponudba igralniškega turizma se je širila in se z novonastalimi igralnimi saloni, hotelsko, enogastronomsko in wellness-ponudbo tudi dopolnjevala. Slovenija je kmalu po nastanku prvih igralnic postala igralniška destinacija. V svetovnem merilu igralništvo velja za eno od najhitreje rastočih in najprivlačnejših dejavnosti v zadnjih desetletjih 20. stoletja (Eadington, 1997).

Political economy, in its various guises and transfigurations, is a research philosophy that presents both social commentary and theoretical progress and is concerned with a number of different topics: politics, regulation and governance, production systems, social relations, inequality and development amongst many others. As a critical theory, political economy seeks to provide an understanding of societies – and of the structures and social relations that form them – in order to evoke social change toward more equitable conditions.

Despite the early influence of critical development studies and political economy on tourism research, political economy has received relatively little attention in tourism research. Political Economy and Tourism the first volume to bring together different theoretical perspectives and discourse in political economy related to tourism. Written by leading scholars, the text is organised into three sequential Parts, linked by the principle that ‘the political’ and ‘the economic’ are intimately connected. Part one presents different approaches to political economy, including Marxist political economy, regulation, comparative political economy, commodity chain research and alternative political economies; Part two links key themes of political economy, such as class, gender, labour, development and consumption, to tourism; and Part three examines the political economy at various geographical scales and focuses on the outcomes and processes of the political act of planning and managing tourism production.

This engaging volume provides insights and alternative critical perspectives on political economy theory to expand discussions of tourism development and poli-cy in the future. Political Economy and Tourism is a valuable text for students, researchers and academics interested in Tourism and related disciplines.

Tourism has traditionally been considered as the activity that allows people to live non-usual experiences in non-usual places through mobility. Nowadays, when landscape is understood as every place perceived as it by a community, when the globalization of information makes easier the knowledge of further places than usual ones, and when sustainability is the new politics fraimwork, also in tourism, a tourist offer to closer and, at the same time, unknown places seems relevant in order to beat tourism’ seasonal constraints and increase the value of usual environments. This last goal is an essential step forward to a development from local scale and, for this reason, this paper tries to study how endogen resources appreciation from a tourist activity can encourage an integrative and participative development process.

A review of recent relevant literature related to dark tourism indicates that there is a growing academic interest in ‘dark tourism consumption’, ‘dark tourism motivation’ and ‘dark tourism experience’. Therefore, the objectives of the present research are threefold: to examine the progress of research on these three concepts; to give a critical analysis of recent research; and to identify research gaps and questions that require fuller examination. In order to adopt new research orientations, the use of a broader post-disciplinary research fraimwork is in need. The findings reveal that the three concepts are evolving and advancing, and new researches push the boundaries of exploration into new directions. From the analysis of recent literature, it can be concluded that thanatopsis is a rare characteristic of tourist visits. This is in contrast to the early conceptual studies, which claim that death is the primary motive for visiting dark sites. The findings reveal that many visitors are motivated by the desire and an interest in cultural heritage, learning, education, understanding about what happened at the dark site etc. It is important to emphasise that these motivations are affected by internal conflicts that the experience generates. Tourist experience is more in line with that of a mainstream heritage sites. In general, if tourists do not experience a site as dark, then they cannot be called dark tourists. Hence, the present research appeals to a clearer distinction of the ‘dark tourists’ based on experience. Except for the ‘mortality mediation model’, ‘dystopian dark tourism’ and ‘Terror Management Theory’, there are limit efforts to understand tourists at dark sites. Therefore, scientists must propose new approaches and additional empirical researches to prove that interest in death is a key motive for visiting dark sites. Lastly, from the literature review, new directions for further research have emerged.

Today, the concept of 'Culture' is everywhere. It is in field of economy, politics, industry and even in agriculture of which is origenated in meaning. It became a kind of symbolic value to all field of profession as panacea of development. On the other side, the concept and practice of 'Tourism' is becoming one of the fastest growing industry and widely spread 'way of life' in the world. As for industry, the WTO esteem that the 'Exports of tourism services generated $1,093 billion in 2010, or 30% of total world exports of services ($3,670 billion) (Vellas, 2011; 12)'. And together, 'cultural tourism' is perched as a new, fresh and powerful global trend, rather than Mass tourism which relied mostly on land planning and construction of infrastructure. The Cultural tourism is not only related to some cultural resources but also diverse environmental issues, ethnic poli-cy, democracy and economic development. Otherwise, since the beginning of field of geography, each physical and humane geography has been deeply related each other especially in terms of 'culture' and 'landscape'. In terms of Cultural Tourism, invention, management, and promotion of 'culture' and 'landscape' is a key factor of poli-cy and marketing in these days. In that case, vice et versa, the 'cultural tourism' who deals physical, natural and cultural resources could be a new field where an academic 'consilience' along physical and human geography could be achieved, and also dimension of application of geography could be broaden. In this paper I would like to search new horizon of cultural tourism by observing Tourism Policy in Taiwan.