Tourism and Borders Contemporary Issues, Policies and International Research

Although globalization has led to increased cross-border traffic, there has been little examination of how crossing political boundaries affects tourism and vice versa. Bringing together case studies from Europe, the USA and Southern Africa, this volume discusses current issues and policies, destination management and communication, and planning in cross-border areas. Topics studied include borders as tourist attractions and destinations in their own right, as barriers to travel and the growth of tourism, boundaries as links of transit and the growth of supranationalism. The book concludes that the role of borders has changed dramatically in recent years. Many more borders that have traditionally hosted large-scale tourism are becoming more difficult to cross, primarily because of safety and immigration concerns. On the other hand, places that were once forbidden to foreigners are now opening up and new destinations are becoming more commonplace.

Contents: Preface; Introduction, Helmut Wachowiak. Conceptual Issues and Policies: Relationships between tourism and international boundaries, Dallen J. Timothy; Tourism policy tools applied by the European Union to support cross-border tourism, Holger Faby; Interregional co-operation between Europe's island regions: a case study of the GEDERI project, Dimitri Ioannides. Destination Marketing and Management: Incoming tourism: systematic approaches of international tourism behaviour: the case of Germany, Christian Rast andStephan Kroll; Organizing destination management: France and Germany compared, Heinz-Dieter Quack; Destination management in cross-border regions, Karin Hartman. Communication and Information: Collaborative stakeholder planning in cross-border regions: the case of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park in Southern Africa, Maha Doppelfeld; Tourism information and communication systems in border areas: technical issues, restrictions, and outlook, Holger Faby. International Research: Academic contributions on cross-border issues in tourism around the world: a commentary international literature bibliography, Helmut Wachowiak and Daniel Engels; Final word; Index.

Dr Helmut Wachowiak is a founding Professor and Head of the Tourism Management Department at the International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef, Bonn, which is Germanys' first full English speaking university in the field of service management. Dr Wachowiak is also a Professor of International Tourism Development, associated at the University of Information Technology and Management Rzeszów, Poland. He also participates on the editorial board for "Advances in hospitality and leisure"; in ISTTE, the International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators; and in industrial networks such as DRV, the German tour operator and travel agency association. In addition, he is engaged in various leisure and tourism research projects with focus on cross-border destination development in Europe, visitor profile studies, and tourism on the Balearic Islands.