It is often argued that "authenticity" has become one of the most overused terms in tourism marketing and tourism studies. Yet, most scholars readily agree that some form of authenticity is essential to the level of satisfaction experienced by tourists. Through its focus on representations and...

This special volume (consisting of 24 articles, in addition to an introduction) considers the state of research and practice in sustainable tourism. The articles are organised into four thematic areas of research: community and multi-stakeholder perspectives on sustainability in tourism; business...

Purpose - This study seeks to investigate the image that tourists visiting Iceland in the summer months have of Iceland as a tourist destination, and whether the positioning of Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland together as one area in tourist markets is possible or feasible....

Despite the long history of youth expeditions and a growing number of participants and claims of being concerned with 'youth development', expeditions have received little attention by leisure and/or educational researchers in the UK. Recent literature specifically examining expeditions in the UK...

This book contains 25 chapters focusing on Nordic mountain birch (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii) ecosystem with examples from different sites in the Nordic countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Greenland) and Scotland. These chapters are divided into 5 sections: (i) human,...

Comparative methodologies are discussed with particular reference to the lesson-drawing techniques outlined by R. Rose, Glasgow: Centre for the Study of Public Policy, 1991. Lesson-drawing is applied in a comparative study of the tourist industry in the North Atlantic including the Isle of Man,...