1st Edition

World Tourism Cities Developing Tourism Off the Beaten Track

Edited By Robert Maitland, Peter Newman Copyright 2009
176 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book presents new research on the capacity of big cities to generate new tourism areas as visitors discover and help create new urban experiences off the beaten track. It examines similarities and differences in these processes in a group of established world cities located in the global circuits of tourism. The cities featured are Berlin, New York, London, Paris, and Sydney. In these... Read more

1. Developing World Tourism Cities (Robert Maitland and Peter Newman)  2. New York Tourism: Dual Markets, Duel Agendas (Jill Simone Gross)  3. Tourists, Urban Projects and Spaces of Consumption in Paris and Ile-de-France (Patrizia Ingallina and Jungyoon Park)  4. London: Tourism Moving East? (Robert Maitland and Peter Newman)  5. New Tourism (Areas) in the "New Berlin" (Johannes Novy and Sandra Huning)  6. Sydney: Beyond Iconicity (Bruce Hayllar and Tony Griffin)  7. Conclusions (Robert Maitland and Peter Newman)

Biography

Robert Maitland is Reader in Tourism at the University of Westminster, London. His  research focuses on tourism in cities, particularly world cities and national capitals, and on tourism policy. He has led funded research projects, written articles and books and  advised government on these themes. Current research examines visitors' role in the creation of new tourist areas in London, and tourism in national capitals.

Peter Newman is Professor of Comparative Urban Planning at the School of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Westminster, London. He has written widely on European cities, governance and planning. His most recent book is a study of urban planning and city management issues in 'world cities' in North America, Asia and Europe (Planning World Cities, Palgrave 2005).