Abstract
Chapter 3 explores the theoretical arguments and approaches regarding tourism and urban transformation by focusing on the ways in which tourism as a concept has evolved in conjunction with the economic and urban restructuring process. In relation to this focus, it shows that industrial waterfronts are the new cultural tourism resources and determines tourism as an economic development tool within urban development strategies but also a devastating factor for the historic urban fabric. Adopting a critical approach, it points out that tourism transforms landscapes of production into landscapes of consumption, and it endangers localities by damaging their authenticity. Therefore, urban tourism uses waterfront locations as sites for landmark projects which affect local communities and consume heritage buildings and structures.
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