Tourism in Frontier Areas

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Shaul Krakover, Y. Gradus
Lexington Books, 2002 - Business & Economics - 316 pages
In this timely new collection of essays, an excellent roster of contributors bring new insight to a wide spectrum of topics related to tourism in frontier areas. The book focuses on international case studies as it discusses the economic feasibility of frontier tourist development, the tourist development of rural and urban settings, and the expansion of tourism to remote borderlands. The contributors highlight the potential, as well as the environmental, economic, bureaucratic, and cultural difficulties of peripheral tourism. This innovative and thought-provoking approach-with its wealth of detail-makes Tourism in Frontier Areas essential reading for scholars in tourist development, regional development, and economic geography.

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Contents

The Development of Tourism in Frontier Regions Issues and Approaches
3
Time Dimensions and Tourism Development in Peripheral Areas
21
Sustainable Tourism Development in South Africa From Policy to Delivery
39
Economic Aspects of Tourism in Frontier Areas
59
The Economic Impact of Tourism in the Central and Outlying Regions of Israel A Multiregional InputOutput Model
61
Legalization of Casino Gambling in a Frontier Region The Israeli Experience
83
Gambling on the Border Casinos Tourism Development and the Prisoners Dilemma
95
Tourism Frontiers in Rural Areas
115
Tourism Frontiers in Urban Areas
175
Tourism Development and Environmental Implications for the Indian Frontier Region A Study of Himachal Himalaya
177
Tourism Development in a Desert Frontier Town
195
Tourism Infrastructure in Frontier Regions An Analytical Framework of the Public Social and Political Context
205
Tourism Frontiers in Borderlands
231
Tourism in Borderlands Competition Complementarity and CrossFrontier Cooperation
233
Tourism and Culture Clash in Indian Country
259
The Changing Cultural Geography of the Frontier National Parks and Wilderness as Frontier Remnant
283

The Training Needs of Small Rural Tourism Operators in Frontier Regions
117
Small Tourism Ventures in Peripheral Areas The Impact of Environmental Factors on Performance
141
Agricultural Land in Frontier Areas Conflict between Urban Development and Tourism and Recreation Activities
165
About the Authors
299
Index
305
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