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Chapter summaries

Notes on contributors

1 Embracing and managing change in tourism: International case studies

ERIC LAWS

BILL FAULKNER

GIANNA MOSCARDO

PART I Tourism management and policy responses to change

Introduction to Part I

BILL FAULKNER

2 NAFTA and tourism development policy in North America

GINGER SMITH

ABRAHAM PIZAM

3 Regional tourism in Africa: scope and critical issues

PETER U.C. DIEKE

4 Tourism planning and implementation in the Polish city of Kalisz

GARY AKEHURST

5 A stakeholder-benefits approach to tourism management in a historic city centre: the Canterbury City Centre Initiative

BARABARA LE PELLEY

ERIC LAWS

6 Reliving the destination life cycle in Coolangatta: an historical perspective on the rise, decline and rejuvenation of an Australian seaside resort

ROSLYN RUSSELL

BILL FAULKNER

7 Tourism marketing and the small island environment: cases from the periphery

TOM BAUM

8 Planning for stability and managing chaos: the case of Alpine ski resorts

RICHARD D. LEWIS

SUZAN GREEN

PART II Tourism as an agent of change

Introduction to Part II

BILL FAULKNER

9 Ecotourism and its potential contribution to the economic revitalisation of Saskatchewan and Manitoba

DAVID B. WEAVER

10 Village-based tourism in the Solomon Islands: impediments and impacts

ADRIAN J.H. LIPSCOMB

11 Tourism development options in Indonesia and the case of agro-tourism in central Java

BILL FAULKNER

12 Local participation in tourism in the West Indian islands

LESLEY FRANCE

13 The economic evaluation of the role of conservation and tourism in the regeneration of historic urban destinations

MIKE STABLER

14 Conservation and regeneration: two case studies in the Arab world

MARTIN CROOKSTON

PART III Change management strategies in tourism operations

Introduction to Part III

GIANNA MOSCARDO

15 Dolphins, canoes and marae -- ecotourism products in New Zealand

CHRIS RYAN

17 Managing tourism in the Wet Tropics World Heritage area: interpretation and the experience of visitors on Skyrail

GIANNA MOSCARDO

BARBARA WOODS

17 Competition or co-operation? Small and medium sized tourism enterprises at the destination

DIMITRIOS BUHALIS

CHRIS COOPER

18 Facilitating tourist-host social interaction: an overview and assessment of the culture assimilator

PHILIP L. PEARCE

EDWARD KIM

SYAMSUL LUSSA

19 A globalised theme park market? The case of Disney in Europe

GREG RICHARDS

BILL RICHARDS

20 Strategies for optimising revenues from short breaks: lessons from the Scottish hotel markets

DAVID A. EDGAR

21 An investigation of factors influencing the decision to travel: a case study of Japanese pleasure travellers

SHEAUHSING HSIEH

JOSEPH T. O'LEARY

22 An analysis of the promotion of marine tourism in Far North Queensland, Australia

DIANE BURNS

LAURIE MURPHY

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