Tourism Destinations and Policies in Europe During the 20th Century - Evolution, Strategies and Markets

This book analyzes key aspects of European tourism development in the 20th century, focusing on the development of tourist destinations, as well as tourism policies that were created to shape these destinations. The book also examines the private sector, which has traditionally played a determining role in European tourism development. While doing so, this volume presents case studies of Western European and Eastern European countries,  such as Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain and Yugoslavia.
This book will appeal to students, researchers, and scholars of economics and business in general, and economic history and tourism studies in particular, interested in a better understanding of the development of tourism destinations and tourism policies in Europe during the 20th century.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Tourism and Nature Conservation in the French Mountains: A Tumultuous Arranged Marriage (1890-1980).- Chapter 3. Switzerland: A New Playground for Tourism in the 20th Century?.- Chapter 4. Public Policies and Tourism Development in Spain in the First Third of the Twentieth Century.- Chapter 5. Tourism Policies in Post WWII Yugoslavia.- Chapter 6. The First World War and the Crisis of International Investment in Tourism in Italy.- Chapter 7. French Perspectives of the Genesis of a New International Tourism in the Interwar Period.- Chapter 8. Costa Del Sol. Tourism and Business in the Configuration of a Touristic Area in Spain.- Chapter 9. Implementation of the Yugoslav Socialist Accommodation Sector Model in the Municipality of Piran Pirano.

Product details

• Assisted by: Carlos Larrinaga (Editor), Strangio (Editor), Donatella Strangio (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 11.08.2025
• EAN: 9783031884467
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3188446-7
• No. of pages: 170
• Illustrations: Approx. 170 p.
• Series: Contributions to Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Europe, Switzerland, France, Spain, Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie, Economic Policy, Italy, Economic history, economic growth, Yugoslavia, Regionalstudien / Internationale Studien, Regional and Spatial Economics, Tourism Management, Economic Development, Innovation and Growth, Tourism Economics, Gastgewerbe, Sport-, Freizeit- und Tourismusindustrie, History of tourism, International tourist markets, Environmental problems, Coastal tourism, Tourism policies, Tourism companies, Mass tourism, Modern tourism