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....

This chapter discusses, within the context of Poland's EU accession, the importance of improvements in tourism education and in state/regional/local tourism policy for creating a competitive tourism strategy. It is argued that such a strategy, in its turn, should be implemented in order to exert a...

This chapter examines current patterns and trends in Czech tourism in terms of the administration of tourism, foreign exchange receipts and expenditure, inbound and outbound travel, method of transport, and the role of budget airlines. It also explores the impacts of EU accession on tourism...

This chapter examines the impacts of EU accession on Hungarian tourism. It is revealed that in the relatively short period since EU accession, practical changes have proved to be the most important immediate impacts of EU membership, notably the expansion of the low cost airline market and the...

This chapter concludes a book that looks into the tourism implications of accession for the EU's most recent member states, those countries that still wish to join, and those that are directly or indirectly affected by EU enlargement. One key conclusion is that it is difficult to generalize about...

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 first describes the evolution of the tourism industry in Estonia from the Soviet era down to the transition era (1991-94) and then to the period of EU accession (1995-2003). It then introduces the Estonian National Tourism Development Plan 2002-05 and 'Brand Estonia', and describes...

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 presents three case studies of sustainable coastal rural tourism development in Lithuania which are contributing to the diversification of rural activities in Lithuanian coastal areas: (1) Rusnė Island in the Nemunas river delta adjacent to the Curonian lagoon; (2) Minija village in...

This chapter (i) briefly highlights common and contrasting elements between Mediterranean and Central and Eastern European (CEE) accession states, (ii) highlights common and contrasting elements between Malta and Cyprus themselves, (iii) exemplifies this through aspects of tourism-environment...