Governments and Tourism
Subtitle: Controversial Issues for Host Communities - an Introduction
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Burlington
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780080507507
Subjects: Tourism
Description: Governments and Tourism' is a unique text that studies the general and specific tourism policies from central to local government. Through case studies from around the world, including the UK, USA and France, the role and function of Official Tourism Administrations (OTAs) are evaluated. Governments and Tourism is essential reading for busy practitioners, who wish to know: * How different countries and communities have coped with the opportunities and threats posed by tourism * How they plan to address future opportunities and thresats posed by tourism * What lessons can be applied elsewhere *
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 8 The role of the state. Why should governments intervene? How should they intervene?Chapter 9 Interorganizational relationships, coordination, cooperation and hierarchy; Chapter 10 The local dimension; Chapter 11 Seasonal and spatial redistribution; Chapter 12 NTAs and NTOs: programme planning, evaluation and measurement; Part Three Recent Trends in a Selection of Countries, Regions and Localities; Chapter 13 The United States, F.