This chapter examines Serbia's pursuit of a "sustainable" tourism development policy and the context within which this is evolving. This context comprises: Serbia being set in relative isolation during the 1990s; the physical destruction and regional instability wrought by the break up of...

This chapter examines the implications for the Finnish tourism industry of the Baltic countries' accession to the EU. First, the relationships between Finland and Estonia, and between Finland and Russia, are briefly introduced. In the second section, reflections on transformations and EU...

This chapter examines tourism product development in Latvia and the factors influencing tourism development in the country. These factors include: global tourism tendencies favourable to tourism development in Latvia; political and geographical position; natural and cultural heritage tourism...

This chapter analyses changes in tourism in Malta over the past three decades and the actions adopted by Maltese tourism authorities to reposition the Maltese islands. In doing so, it highlights the difficulties encountered when operating in an environment of increased competition, limited...

This chapter considers the role of officially sponsored tourism promotion, produced during the mid and late 1990s, in presenting a new identity for Romania. In particular, it examines the efforts to draw a line under the tyranny of Nicolae Ceaușescu's regime (and the political and economic...

This chapter presents the impacts that EU accession is bringing to the development of the tourism sector in Slovenia and especially to the development of Slovenia as a tourism destination brand.

This chapter highlights some of the welfare dimensions of tourism and suggests ways in which welfare can become a more important focus of tourism study, particularly through an emphasis on social responsibility. It looks at examples of welfare as applying to tourists, tourism destinations and...

This chapter explores and highlights the virtual power of social media platforms and of the actual collective power of tourists in contributing to the production and reproduction of destination city image through their travel blogs. In the context of Bucharest (Romania) and Sofia (Bulgaria), the...