It took some time for the term destination to emerge in the literature and to be widely used. Moreover, as references to destinations became more frequent, differences developed in meaning and use. This trend is summarized in the first section of this chapter, which identifies commonly recurring...

This chapter deals with dates and Julian dates. To illustrate some date handling, the chapter will look at nest building and laying dates for breeding pairs of the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) in Europe, on the mainland and on the island of Corsica. The problem with two-digit dates and POSIX...

This chapter draws from Sutton's discussion (in Remembrance of Repasts: An Ethnography of Food and Memory, 2001) of Eucharistic commensality to argue that communal meals given to and shared by pilgrims (at albergues, or pilgrim hostels, and a few restaurants) along the Camino Francés, a 500-mile...

This chapter looks at tourism route development from the viewpoint of the public sector - the agents of national, regional and local government. It explains how routes are seen as a way of distributing value across a destination, and uses examples from Peru and New Mexico to illustrate how...

Tuberous-rooted chervil, Chaerophyllum bulbosum, has been collected in the wild and used as a food since antiquity. The crop was first described in Austria in 1601. After realizing success as a crop during the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, particularly in France and Germany, it was...

This chapter describes the unique relationship between Monaco and France, as well as between Monaco and the rest of Europe and how these pertain to tourism. It examines the microstate's unique geographical and social characteristics and its unique tourism products that derive from its small size,...

The previous chapter presents a cluster analysis of 24 European countries in the years 2006, 2009 and 2015 according to the four variables of animal production, vegetal production, total labour force input in the agri-food sector, and gross value added in the agri-food sector. In order to analyse...

This chapter addresses the developments in tourism governance, along with the characteristics and processes that define tourism governance. In particular, it aims (i) to understand, in the French Alps context, how the organization of tourism destinations will evolve, due to both the diversification ...

This chapter refers to long-term observations and research carried out in different touristic environments in the French Alps over the past 30 years. Focusing on the dilemmas and challenges of tourism policy and engineering facing climate and cultural change, it examines and discusses the processes ...

The dramatic rise in popularity of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in the 11th and 12th centuries is reflected in the 12th-century Pilgrim's Guide, which provides information about shrines to visit and the experiences of pilgrims along the four main routes through France and northern Spain ...