This innovative, multifaceted series comprises authoritative reference handbooks on global tourism regions, research volumes, texts and monographs. Subjects covered by the 10 volumes are: tour guiding research; tourism and development; animals and tourism; urban destination marketing in Europe; VFR ...

The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development sets a series of sustainable development goals (SDGs) "to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all" by 2030. The Agenda influences tourism policy even though the Agenda resolution only mentions tourism three times. A "heterogeneous ...

This special issue examines island tourism destinations. The issue consists of nine papers. The first paper examines tourism development and sustainability and whether this idea can truly exist in practice. The second paper reports on the transition from a fishing economy to a tourism economy, with ...

This book identifies and assesses the magnitude of the practice of 'child sex tourism' in order to provide decision-makers and the general public with a clearer understanding of the phenomenon, as well as to identify critical areas in tourism networks for the elaboration of a comprehensive plan of...

Governments in New Caledonia are supporting ecotourism initiatives as the French state has mandated efforts to increase the income of Kanak people. As it is generally asserted that tourism development provides economic benefits, this article will examine whether tourism (both entrepreneurs and...

Second home tourism is one of the most popular forms of nature-based recreation in Finland and other Nordic countries. A recurrent explanation for its popularity is the idea of postwar Baby Boom generation's return to their roots in the countryside. Younger generations, however, do not share a...

Second homes form an integral part of peoples' mobility and living patterns in today's society. Despite the noteworthy scale of the second-home phenomenon, the political rights of second-home tourists have been studied relatively little. This paper sheds light on the governance of second homes from ...

This chapter examines indigenous involvement on tourism in both developing and industrialised countries. It compares the approaches adopted by different indigenous communities in developing and implementing sustainable tourism ventures. Case studies of indigenous tourism are drawn from the Pacific...

This exploratory study examines the influence that parenting style and children's age may have on the length of family vacations. The study is based on a sample of 50 couples who were participants in a comprehensive national telephone study of parents in Israel that was held between June 2009 and...

This chapter assesses the potential of tourism as an affective agent for change particularly as it relates to the aboriginal majority in North West Territory, Canada. Divided into three sections, the first examines the current status of tourism in the NWT including the involvement of aboriginal...