Rural Tourism Development : : Localism and Cultural Change / / Heather Mair, Donald G. Reid, E. Wanda George.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: George, E. Wanda,; Mair, Heather,; Reid, Donald G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Tourism and Cultural Change ; 17
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures and Tables --; Chapter 1: Introduction to Rural Tourism Development --; Chapter 2: Political Economy of Rural Tourism Development in Canada --; Chapter 3: The Case of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia --; Chapter 4: The Case of Port Stanley, Ontario --; Chapter 5: The Case of Vulcan, Alberta --; Chapter 6: The Case of Canso, Nova Scotia --; Chapter 7: Synopsis: From Case Studies to Premises --; Chapter 8: The Complex Role of Local Culture in Rural Tourism --; Chapter 9: Changing the Rural Landscape --; Chapter 10: Notions of Community --; Chapter 11: Rural Community Sustainability and Sustainable Rural Tourism --; Chapter 12: The Role of Public Policy Chapter --; Chapter 13: Presenting a Process for Tourism Planning that Engages Community --; Chapter 14: The Way Forward: Rethinking Rural Tourism Research and Practice --; References --; Subject Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781845411015; 9783110754377
• DOI: 10.21832/9781845411015
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Heather Mair, Donald G. Reid, E. Wanda George.

Rural tourism represents a merging of perhaps two of the most influential yet contradictory features of modern life. Not only are the forces of economic, social, cultural, environmental and political change working to redefine rural spaces the world over, but broad global transformations in consumption and transportation patterns are reshaping leisure behaviour and travel. For those concerned with both the nature of change in rural areas and tourism development, the dynamics and impacts of integrating these two dramatic shifts are not well known but yet are becoming increasingly provocative discourses for study. This book links changes at the local, rural community level to broader, more structural considerations of globalization and allows for a deeper, more theoretically sophisticated consideration of the various forces and features of rural tourism development. While Canadian in content, the cases and discussions presented in this book can be considered generally relevant to any rural region, continentally and globally, that has undertaken or is considering rural tourism development.