Tourism Collaboration and Partnerships: Politics, Practice and Sustainability: 2 (Aspects of Tourism) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1873150792 ISBN 13: 9781873150795

Publisher: Channel View Publications, 2000

Synopsis

This book explores the concept, techniques and implications of establishing stakeholder collaboration in sustainable tourism. The importance of involving a wide range of stakeholders in tourism planning and management is increasingly recognised. This reflects a move to less top-down, more decentralised and more inclusive forms of governance in tourism and in other policy fields. Twenty-two leading researchers and practitioners from around the world contribute their views and expertise to this pioneering volume. Case studies examining key issues are drawn from Europe, North and South America, Australia and the Arctic. Section 1 examines the processes, patterns and typologies involved. Specific concerns addressed include stakeholder interaction and negotiation, boundary issues in regional and international partnerships and stages of collaborative development. Section 2 evaluates the effects of politics and power on the practice of collaboration. Specific topics here include the changing roles of the state in tourism governance, regime theory and tourism, the public sector and partnership development and partnerships in a post socialist context. Section 3 looks at emerging thinking and approaches, sums up key issues affecting collaborative tourism planning and suggests future research directions. The book will be invaluable for final year undergraduate tourism students, for postgraduate students in tourism, environmental studies or planning and of interest to tourism planners, managers and consultants.

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Review:

The volume impresses with its coherence, continuity of discussion, consistency of concepts used, and balanced treatment of the practical and theoretical aspects of the subject. - Helen Briassoulis, University of the Aegean, Environment and Planning, Volume 19, 2001

The volume impresses with its coherence, continuity of discussion, consistency of concepts used, and balanced treatment of the practical and theoretical aspects of the subject.

-- "Helen Briassoulis, University of the Aegean, Environment and Planning, Volume 19, 2001"

Synopsis:

The key importance of involving diverse stakeholders in tourism planning and management is increasingly recognized. Collaboration and partnerships are essential ways of achieving this. Researchers and practitioners examine the processes, issues and politics involved in this growing field. Case studies are taken from Europe, the Americas, Australia and the Arctic.

About this edition

• Publisher: Channel View Publications
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1873150792
• ISBN 13: 9781873150795
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Bramwell Bill, Lane Bernard