1. Mass Tourism, Diversification and Sustainability in Southern Europe’s Coastal Regions

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface and Acknowledgements vii
4. The Contributors ix
5. Section 1: Introduction
6. 1. Mass Tourism, Diversification and Sustainability in Southern Europe’s Coastal Regions 1
7. 2. The Policy Context for Tourism and Sustainability in Southern Europe’s Coastal Regions 32
8. Section 2: Coastal Tourism: Impacts and Policies
9. 3. Crete: Endowed by Nature, Privileged by Geography, Threatened by Tourism? 48
10. 4. Tourism Development in Greek Insular and Coastal Areas: Sociocultural Changes and Crucial Policy Issues 68
11. 5. Tourism Growth, National Development and Regional Inequality in Turkey 85
12. 6. Problems of Island Tourism Development: The Greek Insular Regions 114
13. 7. Sustainable Tourism Planning in Northern Cyprus 133
14. Section 3: Mass Tourism Coastal Resorts and Sustainable Development
15. 8. Learning From Experience? Progress Towards a Sustainable Future for Tourism in the Central and Eastern Andalucían Littoral 157
16. 9. Measuring Sustainability in a Mass Tourist Destination: Pressures, Perceptions and Policy Responses in Torrevieja, Spain 176
17. 10. The Planning and Practice of Coastal Zone Management in Southern Spain 200
18. 11. Using EMAS and Local Agenda 21 as Tools Towards Sustainability: The Case of a Catalan Coastal Resort 220
19. 12. Environmental Initiatives in the Hotel Sector in Greece: Case Study of the ‘Green Flags’ Project 249
20. Section 4: Diversified Coastal Tourism and Sustainable Development
21. 13. Sustainable Tourism: Utopia or Necessity? The Role of New Forms of Tourism in the Aegean Islands 269
22. 14. Tourism, Culture and Cultural Tourism in Malta: The Revival of Valletta 292
23. 15. Coffee Shop Meets Casino: Cultural Responses to Casino Tourism in Northern Cyprus 307
24. 16. Tourism, Modernisation and Development on the Island of Cyprus: Challenges and Policy Responses 321
25. 17. Rejuvenation, Diversification and Imagery: Sustainability Conflicts for Tourism Policy in the Eastern Adriatic 341
26. Index 356