Tourism, Territory and Sustainable Development Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Applications in Japan and Europe /

• Main Author: Romão, João (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, 28
• Subjects: Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Tourism.; Management.; Economic history.; Development economics.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Tourism Management.; Economy-wide Country Studies.; Development Economics.

Welfare rise, spatial mobility, and global information and communication channels (in particular, social media) have prompted the emergence of a specific booming and rapidly growing mobility industry all over the world, namely tourism. The tourist sector (including recreation and leisure activities)...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Tourism economic impacts
• 3. Tourism, a place-based activity
• 4. Tourism, a knowledge-based activity
• 5. Tourism dynamics and regional sustainable development
• 6. Spatial-economic impacts of tourism on regional development: contemporary challenges.