ARTICLES

ERIK COHEN

1

The Beach of 'The Beach'—The Politics of Environmental Damage in Thailand

DAVID B. WEAVER

19

Mass and Urban Ecotourism: New Manifestations of an Old Concept

GIANNA MOSCARDO

27

Peripheral Tourism Development: Challenges, Issues and Success Factors

G.J. ASHWORTH and J.E. TUNBRIDGE

45

Moving from Blue to Grey Tourism: Reinventing Malta

SHERMA ROBERTS and JOHN TRIBE

55

Exploring the Economic Sustainability of the Small Tourism Enterprise: A Case Study of Tobago

MIKE ROBINSON

73

The Trans-textured Tourist: Literature as Knowledge in the Making of Tourists

JOHN BEECH, ANDREW RIGBY, IAN TALBOT and SHINDER THANDI

83

Sport Tourism as a Means of Reconciliation? The Case of India–Pakistan Cricket

COLIN M. HALL

93

Time, Space, Tourism and Social Physics

RALF BUCKLEY

99

Recreation Ecology Research Effort: An International Comparison

VALENE L. SMITH

103

Asian Outbound Tourism: Cross Cultural Models

BOOK REVIEWS

GEOFFREY WALL

109

The Competitive Destination: A Sustainable Tourism PerspectiveBy J.R. Brent Ritchie and Geoffrey I. Crouch

SAGAR SINGH

110

Heritage: Management, Interpretation, IdentityBy Peter Howard

TEJ VIR SINGH

111

The Global Nomad: Backpacker Travel in Theory and PracticeEdited by Greg Richards and Julie Wilson

GEOFFREY I. CROUCH

112

Destination Branding: Creating the Unique Destination PropositionEdited by Nigel Morgan, Annette Pritchard and Roger Pride

MELANIE SMITH

113

Cultural Tourism: The Partnership Between Tourism and Cultural Heritage ManagementBy Bob McKercher and Hilary du Cros

LINDA K. RICHTER

114

New Horizons in Tourism: Strange Experiences and Stranger PracticesEdited by T. V. Singh

116

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