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New spaces of tourism planning and policy / Tourism planning and policy : historical development and contemporary challenges / Stories of practice / Tourism, trams and local government policy making in Christchurch : a longitudinal perspective / Tourism planning, community engagement and policy innovation in Ucluelet, British Columbia / Development on Kangaroo Island : the controversy over Southern Ocean Lodge / Neoliberal urban entrepreneurial agendas, Dunedin Stadium and the Rugby World Cup : or 'If you don't have a stadium, you don't have a future' / Local government entrepreneurship in tourism development : the case of the Hurunui District, New Zealand / 'Huelva, the light' : enlightening the process of branding and place identity development / The Mekong tourism dilemma : converging forces, contesting values / A participatory approach to planning using geographic information systems (GIS) : a case study from Northeast Iceland / Factors affecting collaboration in destination marketing : the development of www.purenz.com / An integrated approach to tourism planning in a developing nation : a case study from Beloi (Timor-Leste) / How the use of power impacts on the relationship between protected area managers and tour operators / The introduction of tourism destination management organisations in Hungary : top-down meets bottom-up / Why cluster? Text and sub-text in the engagement of tourism development policies with the cluster concept /
Analyses of contemporary tourism planning and policymaking practice at local to global scales is lacking and there is an urgent need for research that informs theory and practice. Illustrated with a set of cohesive, theoretically-informed, international case studies constructed through storytelling, this volume expands readers' knowledge about how tourism planning and policymaking takes place. Challenging traditional notions of tourism planning and policy processes, this book also provides critical insights into how theoretical concepts and frameworks are applied in tourism planning and policy making practice at different spatial scales. The book engages readers in the intellectual, political, moral and ethical issues that often surround tourism policymaking and planning, highlighting the great value of reflective learning grounded in the social sciences and revealing the complexity of tourism planning and policy.