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New Publication:

NICHE TOURISM IN QUESTION
INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON PROBLEMS AND POSSIBILITIES


Edited by Donald V. L. Macleod (University of Glasgow)


University of Glasgow Crichton Publications

Paperback       286 pages       ISBN: 0852617712


Niche tourism is a contentious and exciting subject, a development
preoccupying people within the industry as well as academics: this book
recognises it as embracing cultural and environmental tourism and the
specialist product markets.  This is an interdisciplinary collection
offering expert comments and critiques of contemporary developments, and
includes contributions from the subject areas of history, geography,
sociology, anthropology, marketing, management, literature, film studies and
conservation. Issues and topics addressed include virtual tourism,
sustainability, ecotourism, literary places, visitor management,
representational power, culture and tourism, film tourism, music as an
attraction, disaster tourism, the natural environment and coping strategies.


CONTENTS

PART I   OVERVIEW

1.      Introduction: Perspectives on Niche Tourism.
        Donald Macleod (Glasgow University)

2.      Niche Tourism In Question: Keynote.
        Derek Hall (Scottish Agricultural College)

PART II   TOURISM AND CULTURE

3.      Culture and the Construction of a Niche Market Destination.
        Donald Macleod (Glasgow University)

4.      Developing Cultural Tourism: Strategic Thinking and Opportunity.
        Murray Pittock (Manchester University)

5.      Literary Places and Tourism.
        David T. Herbert (University of Wales Swansea)

6.      Eye of the Beholder: Transcending Scottish Icons, With Particular
        Reference to Bagpipes.
        Mike Paterson (Glasgow University)

7.      The History of Musical Tourism in Dumfries and Galloway.
        Lesley Stevenson (Glasgow University)

8.      The Holy Grail of Film Tourism – Or How to Increase Visitor Numbers
        Without Really Trying.
        Belle Doyle (Dumfries and Galloway Council)

9.      Virtual Tourism: Exploring Scotland by CD-ROM.
        Valentina Bold (Glasgow University)

10.     Responding to Market Downturn: Private and Public Sector Marketing
        Partnerships, the Case of Glasgow’s Leading Attractions.
        John Lennon (Glasgow Caledonian University)

11.     A Pleasant Melancholy in Paradise: Voyeurs, Anthropologists and Volcano
Tourism on      Montserrat.
        Jonathan Skinner (Queen’s University, Belfast)

PART III   TOURISM AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

12.     The Niche Pastiche: Or What Rural Tourism is Really About.
        Lesley Roberts (Northumbria University) and Derek Hall (Scottish
        Agricultural College)

13.     Sustainable Tourism in Scotland.
        Sandy Dear (Tourism and Environment Forum)

14.     Tourism and Sustainable Development: Green Wash or Natural Allies? A
        Case Study of Costa Rica.
      Philip. J. O’Brien (Glasgow University)

15.     Tourism and Ecotourism Development in Malaysia: An Overview.
        Rozaman Hussin (Glasgow University)

16.     Niche Tourism Markets in Scottish Tourism: An Investigation of Niche
        Markets Reliant on the Natural Environment.
        Rory MacLellan (Strathclyde University)

17.     Sustainable Visitor Management System: A Discussion Paper.
        Bill Taylor, David Masters, Peter Scott and Graham Barrow (Scottish
        Natural Heritage)

18.     Nature-Based Tourism: A Paradoxical Niche?
        Mhairi Harvey and Steven Gillespie (Glasgow University)



ORDERING DETAILS

£25.00 (Including P&P: Invoice distributed with book)


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