Tourism, Recreation and Regional Development

What factors contribute to tourism and recreation development? How can we characterise stakeholder rationales and organisation modes to enhance tourism resources and foster tourism and recreation services? To what extent do tourism and recreation contribute to regional development? What changes are taking place in terms of new destinations, stakeholders, policy objectives? Bringing together scholars from the fields of planning, economics, sociology, management studies and geography, this book examines cross-cutting issues in tourism and recreation with the aim of developing an extended view of leisure time. Focusing mainly on France with comparison to the experience of Northern and Southern European countries and North America, it combines a diverse range of case studies to address issues such as contrasting rural dynamics, changing public policies, sustainable development imperatives, evolving user behaviour and increasingly diverse recreation activities and stakeholder organisation. Specific topics are highlighted, such as the role of social capital or culture as factors of recreation development; resort organisation from international and experience-based perspectives; and the usefulness of the capability approach to evaluate tourism impacts on local development. Emphasising policy recommendations to help public or collective action on the issues and presenting emerging trends in the field, this book should be of interest to students, scholars and stakeholders in tourism/recreation planning and management.

Jean-Christophe Dissart is on the faculty at Université Grenoble Alpes, France. Jeoffrey Dehez and Jean-Bernard Marsat are both at IRSTEA, France.

Introduction, JeoffreyDehez, Jean-ChristopheDissart, Jean-BernardMarsat; Part I Tourism and Recreation; Chapter 1 Social Capital and Tourism Development in Rural Areas, StéphanieTruchet, Jean-MarcCallois; Chapter 2 What Middle Way Is Possible Between a Tourist Site and Natural Heritage? The Case of the Gironde Estuary's Islands, ClarisseCazals, SandrineLyser; Chapter 3 Culture, a Factor for Recreation Emergence and Creativity, JeanCorneloup, PhilippeBourdeau, PascalMao; Chapter 4 Inter-Municipal Cooperation and Tourism, VincentVlès; Part II At the Heart of Destinations; Chapter 5 Strategic Management of Tourism Destinations Within Territories, Jean-BernardMarsat; Chapter 6 Mountain Tourism Development between the Political and Administrative Context and Local Governance, ChristopheClivaz, EmmanuelleGeorge-Marcelpoil; Chapter 7 Nature-Based Leisure Activities Put to the Environmental Test, LudovicGinelli; Chapter 8 Consumer Co-Construction and Auto-Construction Mechanisms in the Tourist Experience, IsabelleFrochot; Part III Tourism and Recreation; Chapter 9 Tourist Contribution to the Financing of Natural Areas, JeoffreyDehez, Asma BenOthmen, TinaRambonilaza; Chapter 10 Resorts, Hinterlands, and Local Development, DominikCremer-Schulte, Jean-ChristopheDissart; Chapter 11 Tourism as a Catalyst for Development Projects, FranceLoubet, LilianePerrin-Bensahel; Chapter 12 What Contribution Do Environmental Amenities Make to Territorial Development?, AmédéeMollard, DominiqueVollet; Part IV Conclusions; Chapter 13 North American Perspectives on Tourism and Outdoor Recreation, David W.Marcouiller; Chapter 14 Perspectives from the United Kingdom and Ireland, MaryCawley, GordonClark; Chapter 15 Tourism in Spain, Isabel CortésJiménez, Salvador AntonClavé;