Landscape and Tourism, Landscapes of Tourism

• Other Authors: Terkenli, Theano S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Humanities; Social interaction; resilience; island tourism; social-ecological systems; protected area management; landscapes; deliberativeness; social inclusion; community engagement; inclusiveness; Baltic coast; coastal resorts; cultural landscape; development of seaside resorts; tourism architecture; tourism development; mountain destination; dynamic landscape; heterogeneity; geological time; anthropogenic modification; North Japan Alps; mining heritage; landscape; smart tourist promotion; scenic values; land consolidation association (LCA); tourism; land fragmentation; north-west of Italy; bibliometric analysis; Web of Science; SciMAT; VOSviewer; sustainability; campus tourism; multi-scale perspectives; color landscapes; Wangjiang Campus; thermal landscapes; landscape services; architecture-and-landscape integration; seaside resorts; cultural tourism attractiveness; landscape conservation; hierarchical framework; Chinese historic districts; multifunctionality; rural tourism; local development; landscape design; synergistic plans; multiple functions; peri-urban village; landscapes of tourism; conceptualization; experts; Europe; tourist landscape; bibliographic analyses; content analysis; imaginary; cultural heritage site; cultural conflict; local communities; assessment; geo-interpretation; geosite value; geosite cluster; geotourism; landscape transformation; impacts of tourism on the landscape; sustainable tourism; Slovakia; n/a
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Landscape is central to tourism. It is key to the development, marketing/promotion, and consumption of tourism destinations, to triggering and sustaining tourism markets, and to enticing tourist dreams, fantasies, and behaviors. From 'sight-seeing' practices-at the basis of all tourism activities-landscape figures prominently all the way to the overall spatial planning and management of a destination for tourism development. The intertwined relationship between tourism and landscape comes with a series of costs and benefits, in the context of tourism landscapes. Landscapes of tourism reflect and stage recreational trends, multifunctional livelihood systems, conflicts and opportunities for employment and income generation, as well as human, cultural, and natural resource management and use. This Special Issue aims to enhance the interdisciplinary scientific dialogue on these issues and challenges, while highlighting their range and significance for tourism and the landscape, in terms of theory, empirical practice, approach, policy, ethics, and future prospects. Some of the questions posed for consideration here are: What are landscapes of tourism, for whom and how/why? What is the role of the landscape in tourism promotion, attraction, and experience? How does tourism affect the landscape? What lessons do the history and geography of tourism have to offer to tourism landscape stewardship? How may we best plan for and manage the landscape in the context of various forms of tourism growth and spread, at various scales? Scholarly advances in the past few decades have steadily built on a diverse-but spread-out and not adequately connected-bibliographical basis for future research. Much remains to be understood and exchanged as landscape and tourism-two highly complex and multifaceted scientific areas-come together in the scope of this Special Issue in a variety of ways across time, space, and culture.