This chapter focuses on crises and disasters in the European alpine tourism industry and the new requirements for the management of potential crises and disasters (including natural disasters). Results are presented from a questionnaire survey of tourism organizations (n=121) in the Tyrol and Alto...

This chapter presents a reflection on how local establishments, such as municipalities, the province, cultural associations and APT (local tourism councils), have used visual signs related to Trentino's borderscape as sources for local territory promotion and development. The chapter explains how...

In the Italian viticultural regions, downy mildew, caused by Plasmopara viticola, is considered one of the most devastating diseases, particularly where moderate temperatures and frequent rainfall occur during the grapevine vegetative season. This chapter deals with the QoI resistance in this...

This chapter presents a case study of the development of experience-based tourism with a key motivation to build unique tourist experiences for visitors and enhance the competitiveness of rural mountain regions in northern Italy. The case study focuses on the relatively remote region of Trentino in ...

This chapter offers an interpretation of the recent theoretical debate on culture-led urban regeneration from the unusual perspective of cross-cultural management studies where the culture of context is conceived as a collective phenomenon, a pattern of values and principles which influences the...