This book addresses European tourism within the framework of an enlarged European Union of 25 members. It looks at the substantial reorientation of the organizational framework of European tourism and its profound implications for future structural and geographical patterns of development. Providing a series of thematic evaluations of relationships between tourism and EU enlargement, this book includes a country-by-country examination of each of the new member states, in terms of their current patterns and trends of tourism development and the impacts that EU accession brings to them. The second, third and fourth parts of the book examine, respectively, those new EU entrants from East Central Europe, the Baltics, and the Mediterranean. The fifth part addresses those countries of Southeastern Europe seeking EU accession in the projected 2007 enlargement (or beyond). This book is designed primarily as a textbook for courses and modules on European tourism, but will also be of interest to those working in the areas of tourism, European studies, development studies, geography, sociology and economics. The book has 23 chapters and a subject index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Derek Hall, Melanie Smith and Barbara Marciszewska -- Tourism and the European Union / Constantia Anastasiadou -- Enlargement Implications for European Tourism / Melanie Smith and Derek Hall -- Tourism and the New Europe : Views from Beyond Europe / C. Michael Hall -- Tourism Education in the New Europe / Greg Richards -- Tourism and EU Enlargement : a Central European Perspective / Peter Jordan -- Slovenia : New Challenges in Enhancing the Value of the Tourism Destination Brand / Maja Konećnik -- Slovakia : EU Accession and Cross-border Travel / Vladimír Baláz̆ -- Tourism in the Czech Republic / Alźbeta Királ'ová -- Product Development and Diversification in Hungary / László Puczkó and Tamara Rátz -- Tourism in Poland : Changes in Policy, Management and Education / Barbara Marciszewska -- The Baltics' Accession : Finnish Perspectives / Raija Komppula, Arvo Peltonen, Tom Ylkänen and Taneli Kokkila -- Estonia : Switching Unions : Impacts of EU Membership on Tourism Development / Jeff Jarvis and Piret Kallas -- Latvia Tourism : Decisive Factors and Tourism Development / Iveta Druva-Druvaskalne, Ilgvars Ābols and Agita Šjara -- Lithuania : Sustainable Rural Tourism Development in the Baltic Coastal Region / Aus̆rinė Armaitienė, Ramūnas Povilanskas and Eleri Jones -- The Mediterranean Enlargement : an Overview / Habib Alipour and Derek Hall -- Malta : Re-imaging the Mediterranean Destination / Nadia Theuma -- Cyprus : Building Bridges in the Borderlands of the New Europe / Julie Scott and Layik Topcan -- Tourism in Bulgaria / Marin Bachvarov -- Romania : National Identity, Tourism Promotion and European Integration / Duncan Light -- Turkey : EU Membership Implications for Sustainable Tourism Development / Cevat Tosun, John Fletcher and Alan Fyall -- Croatia in the New Europe : Culture versus Conformity / Irena Ateljevic and Sanda C̆orak -- Summary and Conclusions / Melanie Smith and Derek Hall.

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