Archipelago Tourism

Rezensionen / Stimmen

'This promising and timely volume reviews issues salient and pertinent to archipelago tourism such as accessibility, vulnerability to external forces, limited visitor knowledge and inconsistent and often unequal treatment by decision-makers. It also delves into revealing discussions on logistic and infrastructural challenges, as well as specific versus generic island branding and marketing strategies, that bedevil island tourism.' Richard W. Butler, Strathclyde University, UK 'Archipelagos are important tourism destinations with unique characteristics, opportunities and challenges. This edited book is a much needed, in-depth study of the tourism policy issues they face. Its authors, from all over the world, provide important new knowledge and many international case studies on topics such as transport systems, planning, development, marketing, and competitiveness. The book is a great resource for tourism policy-makers and those wishing to understand archipelago tourism in more depth.' Pauline J. Sheldon, University of Hawaii, USA "The book gives an excellent overview of tourism in archipelagic contexts across various parts of the world, making useful rapprochements as well as drawing on differences to explain development challenges in island spaces. As the chapters collectively address many interconnected facets of island development that go beyond tourism, the edited volume will be of great interest to "islophiliacs" in a variety of disciplines." - Helene B. Ducros, University of North Carolina, USA