The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Cities presents an up-to-date, critical and comprehensive overview of established and emerging themes in urban tourism and tourist cities. Offering socio-cultural perspectives and multidisciplinary insights from leading scholars, the book explores contemporary issues, challenges and trends.
Organised into four parts, the handbook begins with an introductory section that explores contemporary issues, challenges and trends that tourism cities face today. A range of topics are explored, including sustainable urban tourism, overtourism and urbanisation, the impact of terrorism, visitorhost interactions, as well as reflections on present and future challenges for tourism cities. In Part II the marketing, branding and markets for tourism cities are considered, exploring topics such as destination marketing and branding, business travellers and exhibition hosting. This section combines academic scholarship with real-life practice and case studies from cities. Part III discusses product and technology developments for tourism cities, examining their supply and impact on different travellers, from open-air markets to creative waterfronts, from social media to smart cities. The final Part offers examples of how urban tourism is developing in different parts of the world and how worldwide tourism cities are adapting to the challenges ahead. It also explores emerging forms of specialist tourism, including geology and ecology-based tourism, socialist heritage and post-communist destination tourism.
This handbook fills a notable gap by offering a critical and detailed understanding of the diverse elements of the tourist experience today. It contains useful suggestions for practitioners, as well as examples for theoretical frameworks to students in the fields of urban tourism and tourism cities. The handbook will be of interest to scholars and students working in urban tourism, heritage studies, human geography, urban studies and urban planning, sociology, psychology and business studies.
Part 1: Contemporary Issues, Challenges and Trends in Urban Tourism
1.
Challenges of World Tourism Cities: London, Singapore and Dubai
2. Global
Terrorism in Tourism Cities: The Case of World Heritage Sites
3. Sustainable
Tourism in Cities
4. The Sharing Economy in Tourism Cities
5. Urbanization
and its Effects on City Tourism in China
6. Tourism and Gentrification
7.
Urbanism and Overtourism: Impacts and Implications for the City of Hyderabad
8. Micro Shocks and Public Outrage: City Tourism in a Turbulent World Part 2:
Marketing, Branding and Markets for Tourism Cities
9. Marketing and Managing
City Tourism Destinations
10. The Emergence of the Business Tourism City
11.
An Eventful Tourism City: Hosting Major International Exhibitions in
Melbourne
12. How Credible is Vancouvers New Destination Brand? An Analysis
of a Destinations Brand Promise and the Tourists Brand Experience
13.
Family Tourism: Past, Present and Opportunities
14. The Impact of Millennials
on Urban Tourism
15. Visiting Older Friends and Relatives: Opportunities for
Tourism Cities
16. Dark Tourism and Cities
17. Green Cities as Bird Watching
Destinations Part 3: Product and Technology Developments for Tourism Cities
18. Cultural and Heritage Tourism in Contemporary Cities
19. Outdoor and
Indoor Markets in Tourism Cities
20. Something for Everyone? The Challenge of
Touristic Urban Spaces
21. Shaping Urban Destinations: Perspectives on
Tourist Attractions
22. Le Vieux And Le Nouveau: The Ambidextrous Model
of French Tourism Cities
23. The Transition of a Coastal Industrial City into
a World-Class Tourism and Maritime City: The Case of Port Elizabeth
24. Smart
Urban Tourism Destinations at a Crossroads Being Smart and Urban Are No
Longer Enough
25. Etourism Challenges for Urban Tourism Destinations
26. The
Growing Role of Social Media in City Tourism
27. Transport in Tourism Cities:
Beyond the Functional and Towards an Experiential Approach
28. The Artistic
Medium of Walking: A Model for Reflexive Tourism the Memory is the Medium
Tourism, Walking and Art Part 4: Worldwide Tourism Cities and Urban Tourism
29. Urban Tourism Development in Europe: A Double-Edged Sword for the Cities?
30. Tourism Cities in the United States
31. Tourism in Latin America: An
Overview and New Experiences
32. Tourism in ASEAN Cities: Features and
Directions
33. Socialist Legacies and Cities: Societal Approach Towards the
Socialist Heritage
34. Tourism Cities in Post-Communist Countries
35. Tourism
Cities in China
36. Appreciating Geology in the Urban Environment
37.
Dolphins in the City
38. Location, Urban Fabric, and Transportation:
Historical Morphogenetic Analysis of Tourism Cities Along the Grand Canal
39.
Macau as a City of Gastronomy: The Role of Cuisine in Tourism Product Bundle
40. Present Situation of Wuhan City Tourism Development
Alastair M. Morrison, PhD is Research Professor in Marketing, Events and Tourism at the Business School, University of Greenwich, UK. Formerly, he was Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Purdue University, USA, specialising in the area of tourism and hospitality marketing, and President of the International Tourism Studies Association. Alastair is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Tourism Cities. He is a member of the Experts Committee of the World Tourism Cities Federation.
J. Andres Coca-Stefaniak is Associate Professor of Tourism and Events at the University of Greenwich, UK, deputy leader of the universitys Tourism Research Centre, and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Tourism Cities. Andres serves on the editorial boards of various journals, including the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research; Sustainability; Journal of Tourism Futures; and the Journal of Place Management and Development, among others. He is a member of the Experts Committee of the World Tourism Cities Federation.
