Eco-cultural tourism is presented here as a concept in which ecological and cultural aspects of a landscape are combined to create a site for tourists. It is proposed as a way for communities with otherwise marginal cultural or ecological resources to develop. Sustainability and participation are...

This chapter focuses on the development of cultural tourism in three local communities of Inari, a municipality in the Lapland province of Finland, and its impact on the Lappish communities. Surveys using questionnaires, interviews or participant observation revealed that tourism development has...

Visiting places associated with popular literature is increasingly prominent as a tourist practice; however little is known on how to explain the growing popularity of this phenomenon in large cities over the world. How do tourists experience contemporary cities through their participation in...