1st Edition

Innovation and Tourism Destination Development

Edited By Henrik Halkier, Marek Kozak, Bo Svensson Copyright 2015
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

Tourism is a central part of regional development strategies in many localities around Europe, not just in traditional coastal or mountain resorts but also in areas without a strong track record with regard to visitor economy. In a globalising world, destinations can no longer take their traditional visitors for granted and escape growing competitive pressures, because increasingly experienced,... Read more

1. Innovation and Tourism Destination Development  Henrik Halkier, Marek Kozak and Bo Svensson

2. Bridging the Knowledge-gap Between the Old and the New: Regional Marine Experience Production in Orust, Västra Götaland, Sweden  Anders Larsson and Kristina N. Lindström

3. Governance in Multi-Project Networks: Lessons from a Failed Destination Branding Effort  Eva Gustafsson, Mia Larson and Bo Svensson

4. Mussels, Tourism and Community Development: A Case Study of Place Branding Through Food Festivals in Rural North Jutland, Denmark  Bodil Stilling Blichfeldt and Henrik Halkier

5. Innovation, Tourism and Destination Development: Dolnośląskie Case Study  Marek W. Kozak

6. World Heritage and Tourism Innovation: Institutional Frameworks and Local Adaptation  Susanna Heldt Cassel and Albina Pashkevich

7. Beyond the Transfer of Capital? Second-Home Owners as Competence Brokers for Rural Entrepreneurship and Innovation  Ingeborg Nordbø

8. Innovation and Destination Governance in Denmark: Tourism, Policy Networks and Spatial Development  Henrik Halkier

9. Tourism Lobbying in Bavaria: Between Ignorance, Parochialism and Opportunism  Markus Pillmayer and Nicolai Scherle

Biography

Henrik Halkier is professor of regional and tourism studies at Aalborg University, Denmark.

Marek Kozak is professor of regional and tourism studies at Warsaw University, Poland.

Bo Svensson is associate professor of political science at Mid-Sweden University, Sweden.