List of Figures ............................................... vii
List of Tables ................................................. xi
Part I: Introduction ............................................ 1
Chapter 1 Introduction to Tourism Development - Issues and
Challenges ........................................... 3
William C. Gartner and Tanja Mihalič
Part II: Tourism Development - Systems and Trends .............. 13
Chapter 2 The Global Tourist System: Present and Future ....... 15
Julio Aramberri
Chapter 3 Tourism Development and Trends: Demand and Supply
Side Perspectives ................................... 57
Larry Dwyer
Part III: New Ventures in Tourism Development .................. 91
Chapter 4 Mountain Glacier Tourism and Climate Change:
Impacts and Adaptations ............................. 93
Shijin Wang and Shitai Jiao
Chapter 5 Progress in Tourism Climatology .................... 121
Emilio Martínez-Ibarra and Maria Belén Gomez-Martín
Chapter 6 Understanding Prospective Tourists' Use of
Web-Based GIS ...................................... 139
Grace Chang, Debra Jordan and Lowell Caneday
Chapter 7 Tourism's Latest Sector - Private Spaceflight ...... 163
Derek Webber
Part IV: Tourism Development Case Studies ..................... 185
Chapter 8 Working with the Giant - Hong Kong's Contribution
to Tourism Development in China .................... 187
Haiyan Song
Chapter 9 Stakeholder Conflict and Involvement in Aviemore ... 209
Ian Derrick and Robert Nash
Chapter 10 The Challenges of Community-Based Tourism
Business Ventures in the Developing World:
A Case of Khwai Development Trust, Botswana ........ 227
Lesego S. Stone and Moren T. Stone
Chapter 11 Community-Based Ecotourism and Environmental
Protection in Mexico: A Synergetic Strategy or
Trendy Slogan? ..................................... 255
Ludger Brenner and David Vargas del Río
Chapter 12 Comprehensive Sporting Event Strategies and
Smaller Cities: A Case Study of Kamloops, British
Columbia ........................................... 285
Meaghan Carey and Daniel S. Mason
Chapter 13 Regeneration of Mature Coastal Tourism
Destinations: Three Case Studies in Spain .......... 303
Juan Ignacio Pulido-Fernández and Yaiza
López-Sánchez
Chapter 14 Political Instability in the Central African
Sub-Region and its Impact on the Image of
Cameroon as a Tourism Destination .................. 335
Albert N. Kimbu
List of Contributors .......................................... 357
Index ......................................................... 365
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