Tourism in the City

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Global Context, Policies and Practices in Urban Tourism: An Introduction

   • Cecilia Pasquinelli, Nicola Bellini

   Pages 1-25

3. Urban Tourism: Defining the Research Scene and Dimensions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27

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   2. Tourism Connectivity and Spatial Complexity: A Widening Bi-dimensional Arena of Urban Tourism Research

      • Cecilia Pasquinelli

      Pages 29-50

   3. Mind the Gap: Reconceptualising Inclusive Development in Support of Integrated Urban Planning and Tourism Development

      • Lauren Uğur

      Pages 51-66

   4. Emerging Technologies and Cultural Tourism: Opportunities for a Cultural Urban Tourism Research Agenda

      • Chiara Garau

      Pages 67-80

   5. On The Move: Emerging Fields of Transport Research in Urban Tourism

      • Werner Gronau

      Pages 81-91

   6. The Participatory Place Branding Process for Tourism: Linking Visitors and Residents Through the City Brand

      • Mihalis Kavaratzis

      Pages 93-107

   7. Globetrotters and Brands: Cities in an Emerging Communicative Space

      • Efe Sevin

      Pages 109-122

   8. The Construction of an Emerging Tourist Destination and Its Related Human Capital Challenges

      • Assya Khiat, Nathalie Montargot

      Pages 123-136

   9. Urban Coastal Tourism and Climate Change: Indicators for a Mediterranean Prospective

      • Robert Lanquar

      Pages 137-145

   10. Visitor Streams in City Destinations: Towards New Tools for Measuring Urban Tourism

       • Göran Andersson

       Pages 147-161

4. The Construction of Multiple City ‘Products’ Through Culture, Creativity and Heritage: Principles, Policies and Practices

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163

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   2. Museumification of Historical Centres: The Case of Frankfurt Altstadt Reconstruction

      • Nebojša Čamprag

      Pages 165-178

   3. Heritage and Urban Regeneration: Towards Creative Tourism

      • Maria Della Lucia, Mariapina Trunfio, Frank M. Go

      Pages 179-191

   4. Building Košice European Capital of Culture: Towards a Creative City?

      • Kamila Borseková, Anna Vaňová, Katarína Vitálišová

      Pages 193-205

   5. The Role of Fashion for Tourism: An Analysis of Florence as a Manufacturing Fashion City and Beyond

      • Luciana Lazzeretti, Francesco Capone, Patrizia Casadei

      Pages 207-220

   6. Does Recurrence Matter? The Impact of Music Festivals on Local Tourist Competitiveness

      • Matteo Caroli, Alfredo Valentino

      Pages 221-233

   7. Enhancing the Tourism Image of Italian Regions Through Urban Events: The Case of Steve McCurry’s Sensational Umbria Exhibition

      • Luca Ferrucci, Silvia Sarti, Simone Splendiani, María Cordente Rodríguez

      Pages 235-245

   8. Rediscovering the “Urban” in Two Italian Tourist Coastal Cities

      • Chiara Rabbiosi, Massimo Giovanardi

      Pages 247-258

This book critically explores the interconnections between tourism and the contemporary city from a policy-oriented standpoint, combining tourism perspectives with discussion of urban models, issues, and challenges. Research-based analyses addressing managerial issues and evaluating policy implications are described, and a comprehensive set of case studies is presented to demonstrate practices and policies in various urban contexts. A key message is that tourism policies should be conceived as integrated urban policies that promote tourism performance as a means of fostering urban quality and the well-being of local communities, e.g., in terms of quality spaces, employment, accessibility, innovation, and learning opportunities. In addition to highlighting the significance of urban tourism in relation to key urban challenges, the book reflects on the risks and tensions associated with its development, including the rise of anti-tourism movements as a reaction to touristification, cultural commodification, and gentrification. Attention is drawn to asymmetries in the costs and benefits of the city tourism phenomenon, and the supposedly unavoidable trade-off between the interests of residents and tourists is critically questioned.

• Urban tourism
• Tourism and the city
• Tourism management
• Urban development
• Tourism planning
• Tourism policies
• Transport for urban tourism
• UNESCO World Heritage city
• Anti-tourism development
• Green tourism
• urban geography and urbanism

• Groupe Sup de Co La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France

  Nicola Bellini

• GSSI Social Sciences, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy

  Cecilia Pasquinelli

Nicola Bellini is a full Professor of Economics and Management at the Institute of Management of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa, Italy – currently on leave) and Director of the La Rochelle Tourism Management Institute at the Groupe Sup de Co, La Rochelle (France). He is a former Director of IRPET, the Regional Institute for Economic Planning of the Tuscany Region (Florence, Italy) and a former Trustee of the Regional Studies Association. He also works for the European Commission as an expert on smart specialization strategies for European regions. His research interests include local and regional development policies (with a special focus on innovation, internationalization, and tourism), business support services, area marketing, and place branding.


Cecilia Pasquinelli is a post-doctoral research fellow at the GSSI Cities, Gran Sasso Science Institute in L’Aquila (Italy). She previously worked in the Department of Social and Economic Geography at Uppsala University, Sweden. She received her PhD in Management, Competitiveness, and Development from the Institute of Management of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in 2012. Her research interests include place branding, place of origin, and the geographical associations of brands and branding, cultural and creative industries, local and regional development, and urban tourism.

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