Mediterranean Tourism

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Introduction: The Dynamics of Mediterranean Tourism 1. Mediterranean tourism, socioeconomic development, and cultural change: Issues, implications and alternatives Yiorgos Apostolopoulos, Philippos J. Loukissas and Lila Leontidou Part I. Northern Mediterranean Shores: Changes in the Mature Touristic Destinations 2. Spain: towards sustained tourism competitiveness Vicente M. Monfort and Josep A. Ivars Baidal 3. Mediterranean France: country of invention of tourism Marc Boyer 4. Italian dualism and new tourism trends: endogenous, alternative and sustainable products Giovanni Montemagno and Emilio Becheri 5. The new old Mediterranean tourism destination: Croatia IBoris Vukonic 6. Greek tourism on the brink: overall restructuring or stagnation and decline? Yiorgos Apostolopoulos Part II. Eastern Mediterranean Shores: A Fast-growing Tourism Market 7. Tourism policy and development in Turkey Turgut Var 8. The dynamics and the effects of tourism evolution in the divided island of Cyprus Dmitri Ioannides 9. The political economy of tourism in Syria Matthew Gray 10. Tourism in Lebanon: transformation and prospects Hyam Mallat 11. Acquired tourism deficinecy syndrome: planning and developing tourism in Israel Yoel Mansfeld Part III. Southern Mediterranean Shores: Development, Islam and Tourism 12. Tourism policy of Egypt Turgut Var and Khalid Zakaria Imam 13. Dynamic tourism development model in Tunisia: policies and prospects Robert A. Poirier 14. Algeria's tourism industry: a socioeconomic and political assessment Yahia Zoubir 15. Morocco: three decades of tourism development strategies Jacques Barbier Part IV. New Tourism Products and Social Change in the Mediterranean 16. Tourism and environment: sustainable development in Mediterranean countries Philippos J. Loukissas and Pantelis Skayannis 17. Agrotourism and sustainability in the Mediterranean: regional development, spatial reorganisation and social change Yiorgos Apostolopoulos and Olga Iakovidou 18. From tourists to migrants: Residential tourism and 'Littoralization' Lila Leontidou and Emmanuel Marmaras 19. Marine tourism in the Mediterranean Kostas Kradonellis Epilogue. Mediterranean Tourism: Policies and Prospects 20. The impact of tourism on the restructuring of Mediterranean space: comparative perspectives Yiorgios Apostolopoulos and Sevil F. Sonmez