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City tourism: national capital perspectives

City tourism: national capital perspectives Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change Vol. 9, No. 1, March 2011, 45–54 BOOK REVIEWS Cultural tourism and sustainable local development, edited by Girard, L.F. and Nijkamp, P., Surrey, Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2009, 338 pp., £65.00, ISBN 978-0- 7546-7391-0 As tourism has grown as a component of regional and national economies, many places – from small cities and regions to entire nations – have undertaken the promotion of tourism as a means of economic development and prosperity. At the same time, however, mass tourism has raised concerns about sustainability. Tourists can wreak unintended cultural, economic, and environmental damage, distorting local real estate markets, causing pollution and overdevelopment, and converting local cultures into commodified kitsch. Is it possible that tourism can produce profits but not harm? In Cultural tourism and sustainable local development, editors Luigi Fusco Girard, Peter Nijkamp, and 22 other contributors offer 17 studies that, according to the editors, posit a way forward for sustainable cultural tourism. The result is a volume that offers a wide array of perspectives, and anyone interested in cultural tourism and its effects will likely find individual essays or the volume as a whole an enlightening read. The studies are primarily derived from http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change Taylor & Francis

City tourism: national capital perspectives

Chambers, Erve
Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change , Volume 9 (1): 4 – Mar 1, 2011
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Taylor & Francis
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1747-7654
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1476-6825
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10.1080/14766825.2010.540371
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Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change Vol. 9, No. 1, March 2011, 45–54 BOOK REVIEWS Cultural tourism and sustainable local development, edited by Girard, L.F. and Nijkamp, P., Surrey, Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2009, 338 pp., £65.00, ISBN 978-0- 7546-7391-0 As tourism has grown as a component of regional and national economies, many places – from small cities and regions to entire nations – have undertaken the promotion of tourism as a means of economic development and prosperity. At the same time, however, mass tourism has raised concerns about sustainability. Tourists can wreak unintended cultural, economic, and environmental damage, distorting local real estate markets, causing pollution and overdevelopment, and converting local cultures into commodified kitsch. Is it possible that tourism can produce profits but not harm? In Cultural tourism and sustainable local development, editors Luigi Fusco Girard, Peter Nijkamp, and 22 other contributors offer 17 studies that, according to the editors, posit a way forward for sustainable cultural tourism. The result is a volume that offers a wide array of perspectives, and anyone interested in cultural tourism and its effects will likely find individual essays or the volume as a whole an enlightening read. The studies are primarily derived from

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