There has been little research on tourism in those European countries or regions which lie outside the continent’s main centres of production and population, even though tourism may be one of the few economic options open to them. This volume aims to fill a gap by presenting a range of case studies – including northern Sweden, the Orkneys, the tip of Norway and northern Cyprus – on tourism in the peripheral areas of Europe. Taking as a leitmotiv the paradoxes inherent in developing places whose very attraction may lie in their lack of development, the case studies investigate and illustrate both the opportunities and the threats that tourism presents to peripheral areas. Although they share certain similarities, the cases also demonstrate differing approaches to tourism development and varying outcomes over time. They suggest solutions for dealing with, for example, community participation as well as providing practical insights into visitor perceptions of peripheral areas and into ways of marketing such areas in a sensitive manner. Together they provide a picture of the needs of peripheral areas and of how far and how best tourism can fulfil those needs.
Table of Content
Preface
Frances Brown and Derek Hall: Introduction: The Paradox of Peripherality
1. David Botterill, R. Elwyn Owen, Louise Emanuel, Nicola Foster, Tim Gale, Cliff Nelson and Martin Selby: Perceptions from the Periphery: The Experience of Wales
2. Marcus Grant: PACE: Guiding Rural Tourism Development in a Fragile Area
3. Julie Scott: Peripheries, Artificial Peripheries and Centres
4. Jens Kristian Steen Jacobsen: Tourist Perceptions of the Ultimate European Periphery
5. Joy Gladstone and Angela Morris: Farm Accommodation and Agricultural Heritage in Orkney
6. Steven Boyne, Derek Hall and Claire Gallagher: The Fall and Rise of Peripherality: Tourism and Restructuring on Bute
7. Nils Arell: The Evolution of Tourism in the Tärna Mountains: Arena and Actors in a Periphery
8. Per Åke Nilsson: Tourism’s Role in New Rural Policy for Peripheral Areas: The Case of Arjeplog
Index
About the author
Derek Hall is a Partner in Seabank Associates, and latterly Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of Plymouth, UK. He has extensive experience in the field of tourism and political geography. His recent publications include Tourism and Geopolitics: Issues and Concepts from Central and Eastern Europe (CABI, 2017).
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