Carlos Costa is Full Professor at the University of Aveiro and Editor of the Journal of Tourism & Development (Revista de Turismo e Desenvolvimento). His main research interests are tourism planning and management, organisations, networks, gender in tourism and tourism education.Emese Panyik is Assistant Professor of Tourism at the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP), Braga Regional Centre. Her research interests include strategic tourism planning and management, rural governance, EU tourism policy, local policymaking and partnerships and host community impacts of tourism.Dimitrios Buhalis is Professor of eTourism and Director of eTourism Lab at Bournemouth University. His research focuses on strategic management and marketing, tourism marketing, technology and eTourism.

• 1. Carlos Costa, Emese Panyik and Dimitrios Buhalis: A Comparative Approach to European Tourism Planning and Organisation Systems: An IntroductionSECTION 1. NORTHERN EUROPE2. Janne J Liburd and Peter Saabye Simonsen: Tourism in Denmark – from Ugly Duckling to Our Journey3. Steven Richards and Keith Wilkes: Tourism in England: London 2012 Olympic Games and Beyond4. Seppo K. Aho: Finland Tourism Policies – From Helping to Build New State Identities to Branding a Modern Specific Destination5. Denis Harrington, Anthony Foley and Tony Lenehan: Tourism Research, Policy and Practice in Ireland – Current Developments and Future Research Trajectories6. Tommy D. Andersson: Tourism in Sweden - Between a Social Project and Business DevelopmentSECTION 2. EASTERN EUROPE7. Stanislav Ivanov and Miroslava Dimitrova: Managing Tourism in Bulgaria: Between ‘Mission Impossible’ and New Hope8. Heli Tooman and Heli Müristaja: Developing Estonia as a Positively Surprising Tourist Destination9. Iveta Druva-Druvaskalne and Agita Līviņa: Tourism in Latvia: From Fragmented Resorts of Russian Empire to a National Brand on International Level10. Ausrine Armaitiene and Renata Bertuzyte: Tourism Policy in Lithuania: Management of Permanent Transition11. Rodica Manuela Gogonea and Marian Zaharia: Tourism in Romania: From Centralized to Private Initiative, a Growth PathSECTION 3. CENTRAL EUROPE12. Roman Egger, Jutta Novak and Werner Taurer: Austria: Where Tourism has Tradition13. Jarmila Indrová and Zdenka Petrů: The Czech Republic – Destination in the Heart of Europe14. Judith Jochmann and Harald Pechlaner: Germany Tourism: Evolution, Structures, Challenges and Perspectives15. Emese Panyik and Tamara Rátz: Tourism Policy in Hungary: From Central Planning to Multi-level Destination Management16. Grzegorz Gołembski and Agnieszka Niezgoda: Organization of Tourism in Poland after Twenty Years of Systematic Changes17. Jana Kučerová and Tomáš Makovník: Tourism in Slovakia: “The Best Kept Secret in Europe”SECTION 4. SOUTHERN EUROPE18. Alexis Saveriades: Strategic Planning in National Tourism Organisations: The Case of Cyprus19. Paris Tsartas, Andreas Papatheodorou and Magdalini Vasileiou: Tourism Development and Policy in Greece20. Mara Manente and Valeria Minghetti: Tourism in Italy: “Work in Progress”21. Heidi Pantzar and Emese Panyik: Tourism in Malta: From the Knights of St. John’s to an Independent State22. Carlos Costa and Armando Luís Vieira: Tourism Planning and Organisation in Portugal23. Sonja Sibila Lebe: From Cheap Destination Image to Sophisticated Offer24. Josep A. Ivars Baidal: Spain: From the Mass Model to a New Tourism EconomySECTION 5. WESTERN EUROPE25. Anya Diekmann, Jeroen Bryon and Isabelle Cloquet: Explaining Tourism Governance in Belgium: Quite a Balancing Act26. Vincent Vlès, Emmanuelle Marcelpoil and Isabelle Frochot: Strengths and Paradoxes of French Tourism Planning27. Alan Clarke: Luxembourg: Quality is Key28. Jaap Lengkeek: Behind Windmills and Flower Bulbs: Tourism Policies in the Netherlands29. Carlos Costa, Emese Panyik and Dimitrios Buhalis: Towards an Emerging Planning and Organisational Framework: Conclusions

In this 'must have' volume, Costa, Panyik and Buhalis lay down the challenges for European tourism planning and organisation in the coming years and provide us with the inspiration to tackle them in concrete and creative ways. This is an excellent compendium of European tourism planning approaches that is a useful reference for anyone's book shelf.