Lakes are an essential element of some of the world’s most popular tourism destinations. However, increased pressure from visitors and the tourism industry as well as from other, sometimes competing, land and water uses has made the sustainable development of lakes increasingly problematic. This book represents the first attempt to bring together some of the key elements of lake tourism within a single volume in order to present the urgent need for an integrated approach to lacustrine tourism systems management.The book presents comprehensive overviews of lake tourism including branding and marketing, visitor management and planning, historical and cultural dimensions, and environmental quality. The volume is international in scope with cases from Europe, North America and Oceania. The book concludes by noting that tourism needs to be established as a complimentary land and water use at a time when lakes and their watersheds are facing challenges in the form of climate and environmental change, increasing numbers of visitors as well as an overall increase in competing demands for water.
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Part 1: Introductory Context
1. Lake Tourism: An Introduction to Lacustrine Tourism Systems – C. Michael Hall and Tuija Härkönen
2. Lakes as Tourism Destination Resources – Chris Cooper
Part 2: Historical Dimensions and Cultural Values
3. Natural Heritage and the Maintenance of Iconic Stature: Crater Lake, Oregon, USA – Stephen R. Mark
4. The Changing Historical Dimensions of Lake Tourism at Savonlinna: The Pearl of Saimaa. Lake Representations in the Tourist Marketing of Savonlinna – Kati Pitkänen and Mia Vepsäläinen
5. Lakes, Myths and Legends: The Relationship Between Tourism and Cultural Values for Water in Aotearoa/New Zealand – Anna Carr
Part 3: Tourist Activities and Perceptions
6. Lakes as an Opportunity for Tourism Marketing: In Search of the Spirit of the Lake – Anja Tuohino
7. Lake Tourism in the Netherlands – Martin Goossen
8. The Ostroda-Elblag Canal in Poland: The Past and Future for Water Tourism – Grazyna Furgala-Selezniow, Konrad Turkowski, Andrzej Nowak, Andrzej Skrzypczak and Andrzej Mamcarz
9. Finnish Boaters and Their Outdoor Activity Choices – Tuija Sievänen, Marjo Neuvonen and Eija Pouta
Part 4: Planning and Management Issues
10. Planning and Management of Lake Destination Development: Lake Gateways in Minnesota – William C. Gartner
11. Lake Tourism in New Zealand: Sustainable Management Issues – C. Michael Hall and Michelle Stoffels
12. Local Considerations in Marketing and Developing Lake Destination Areas – Daniel L. Erkkila
13. Research Agendas and Issues in Lake Tourism: From Local to Global Concerns – C. Michael Hall and Tuija Härkönen
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Sobre el autor
C. Michael Hall is a professor at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. His recent book publications include Contemporary Tourism (with C. Cooper, 5th edn, Goodfellow, 2022) and Sense of Place and Place Attachment in Tourism (with N.C. Chen & G. Prayag, Routledge, 2023).
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