Tourism in transition : economic change in Central Europe /
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| Author / Creator: | Williams, Allan M. |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2000. |
| Description: | xi, 256 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Tourism, retailing and consumption |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4375594 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Tourism and Transition
- Transition in Central Europe: path dependency and path creation
- Tourism and the challenge of transition
- Global changes in tourism production and consumption
- The Czech and Slovak Republics: case studies of tourism in transition
- Chapter 2. Economic Transition and Tourism
- Central planning and market economies
- The twilight years of state-socialism
- Tourism under state-socialism
- The economic transition and tourism
- Tourism policies during transition
- Conclusions: uneven and hesitant interventionism
- Chapter 3. Transition and the Re-internationalization of Markets
- Changes in international tourism consumption and behaviour
- Changing domestic and international markets
- The challenge of repositioning in international markets
- The economic impact of international tourism
- Conclusions: the role of internationalization
- Chapter 4. The Privatization and Development of the Private Sector
- Privatization: neo-liberalism and 'political capitalism'
- Privatization pathways
- Tourism at the leading edge of privatization
- Case studies of tourism privatization
- Conclusions: privatization as a precondition for market relationships
- Chapter 5. The Economic Performance of Tourism Businesses: Ownership and Corporate Governance
- Introduction: a leading economic sector?
- Tourism in the National Accounts
- Businesses structures and economic outcomes
- Property rights, management and corporate governance
- Conclusions: interpreting economic performance
- Chapter 6. Tourism and Uneven Regional Development
- Tourism and regional restructuring
- Uneven development during transition: de-industrialization and divergence
- The regional structure of tourism
- Re-internationalization and the changing regional structure of tourism flows
- Conclusions: Tourism and regional divergence versus convergence
- Chapter 7. Consumption: Collective Provision and Commodification
- Domestic tourism under state-socialism
- Social tourism versus commodification during the transformation
- Changing patterns of domestic tourist preferences
- Conclusions: New or old pathways in domestic tourism?
- Chapter 8. Conclusions
- Reflections on tourism in transition
- Tourism and the state: strategic sector or policy neglect
- Re-internationalization: global competition and spatial proximity
- Privatization: Property rights and production
- Tourism and uneven development
- Consumption: Leisure time and tourism as casualties of transition?
- Bibliography
- Annexes
- Index