Stories of Practice: Tourism Policy and Planning

Dianne Dredge is Professor in the Department of Culture and Global Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark and John Jenkins, Professor and Head of School, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Southern Cross University, Australia

• 1: New Spaces of Tourism Planning and Policy; 2: Tourism Planning and Policy: Historical Development and Contemporary Challenges; 3: Stories of Practice; 4: Tourism, Trams and Local Government Policy Making in Christchurch: A Longitudinal Perspective; 5: Tourism Planning, Community Engagement and Policy Innovation in Ucluelet, British Columbia; 6: Development on Kangaroo Island: The Controversy Over Southern Ocean Lodge; 7: Neoliberal Urban Entrepreneurial Agendas, Dunedin Stadium and the Rugby World Cup: Or 'If You Don't Have a Stadium, You Don't Have a Future'; 8: Local Government Entrepreneurship in Tourism Development: The Case of the Hurunui District, New Zealand; 9: ‘Huelva, the Light': Enlightening the Process of Branding and Place Identity Development; 10: The Mekong Tourism Dilemma: Converging Forces, Contesting Values; 11: A Participatory Approach to Planning Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS): A Case Study from Northeast Iceland; 12: Factors Affecting Collaboration in Destination Marketing: The Development of www.purenz.com; 13: An Integrated Approach to Tourism Planning in a Developing Nation: A Case Study from Beloi (Timor-Leste); 14: How the Use of Power Impacts on the Relationship between Protected Area Managers and Tour Operators; 15: The Introduction of Tourism Destination Management Organisations in Hungary: Top-Down Meets Bottom-Up; 16: Why Cluster? Text and Sub-text in the Engagement of Tourism Development Policies with the Cluster Concept; 17: Conclusions

'This ground-breaking collection provides important new contributions to understanding the tensions and struggles of tourism policy and planning. Its focus on story-telling is especially innovative. This is the clearest and most thought-provoking set of chapters so far on these issues. Read it and grow wiser about the politics and planning of tourism.' Bill Bramwell, Sheffield Hallam University, UK 'Esteemed international scholars explore in detail the lessons learnt from the past and present, and through their contributions help to consider what the future of tourism policy and planning may hold. Moreover, through the expertise of its editors who employed a rigorous review process, and through its unique and fascinating storytelling approach, this book addresses an important gap in knowledge concerning approaches and methods used in tourism policy and analysis.' Annals of Tourism Research 'Through stories, the authors interpret tourism policy and planning through the social constructivist lens. The value of each story is not in claims of speaking the ’truth’, but in the ability of the story to create new insights and raise new questions. Readers may then critically engage with the stories, relating back to their own experiences, and develop new understandings about tourism over a wide range of settings and contexts'. Australian Planning