TY  - BOOK
AU  - George,E.Wanda
AU  - Mair,Heather
AU  - Reid,Donald G.
TI  - Rural tourism development: localism and cultural change 
T2  - Tourism and cultural change
SN  - 1845411005
AV  - G155.C2 G46 2009
U1  - 306.48190971 22
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - Bristol, U.K., Buffalo, N.Y.
PB  - Channel View Publications
KW  - Tourism Canada
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Tourism
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Canada
KW  - Rural development
KW  - Sustainable development
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-266) and index; 1; Introduction to Rural Tourism Development --; 2; Political Economy of Rural Tourism Development in Canada --; 3; The Case of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia --v; 4; The Case of Port Stanley, Ontario --; 5; The Case of Vulcan, Alberta --; 6; The Case of Canso, Nova Scotia --; 7; Synopsis: From Case Studies to Premises --; 8; The Complex Role of Culture in Rural Tourism --; 9; Changing the Rural Landscape --; 10; Notions of Community --; 11; Rural Community Sustainability and Sustainable Rural Tourism --; 12; The Role of Public Policy --; 13; Presenting a Process for Planning that Engages Community --; 14; The Way Forward: Rethinking Rural Tourism Research and Practice
N2  - "Rural tourism represents a merging of perhaps two of the most influential yet contradictory features of modern life. Not only are the forces of economic, social, cultural, environmental and political change working to redefine rural spaces the world over, but broad global transformations in consumption and transportation patterns are reshaping leisure behavior and travel. For those concerned with both the nature of change in rural areas and tourism development, the dynamics and impacts of integrating these two dramatic shifts are not well known but yet are becoming increasingly provocative discourses for study.This book links changes at the local, rural community level to broader, more structural considerations of globalization and allows for a deeper, more theoretically sophisticated consideration of the various forces and features of rural tourism development. While Canadian in content, the cases and discussions presented in this book can be considered generally relevant to any rural region, continentally and globally, that has undertaken or is considering rural tourism development."--Publisher's website
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