Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: A 'French Touch' to Tourism Geography -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 "Touristic Worlds" -- 1.3 Geohistorical Approaches to Tourism -- 1.4 To Which Extent Tourism could change Theoretical Geography? -- 1.5 Problematizing Tourism with a 'French Touch' -- References -- Chapter 2: Inhabiting as Key Concept for a Theory of Tourism? -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Issues of Traditional Theories of Dwelling from the Point of View of Mobility and Multi-locality -- 2.3 Addressing Different Dimensions of Inhabiting -- 2.4 Tourist Practices as "Mode of Inhabiting" and the Tourist as Temporary Inhabitant -- 2.4.1 Playful Inhabiting and Quest for Excitement -- 2.4.2 "Inhabiting Touristically": Tourists as Temporary Inhabitants of Places -- 2.5 Towards the Study of "Dwelling Styles" -- 2.6 The Notion of Inhabiting as an Answer to Current Issues? -- 2.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Tourists and the City: Knowledge as a Challenge for Inhabiting -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The "Touristic Urbanness" of Cities -- 3.3 Inhabiting the City as a Tourist -- 3.4 Conclusion: Knowledge as a Capital -- References -- Chapter 4: Help or Hindrance? Media Uses and Discourses on Media in Outdoor Sport Tourism -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Theoretical Framework: Media and Space as Practices -- 4.2.1 Media as Practices -- 4.2.2 Outdoor Sport Tourism as Geographical Play -- 4.3 Empirical Insights: Methods and Outline -- 4.4 Fake, Virtual, Passive: The Roots of Anti-media Discourses -- 4.5 Media Practices: Sharing Spatialities, Sustaining Communities -- 4.5.1 Mythologies of Places, Mythologies of the Self -- 4.5.2 Encoding Terrains into Playgrounds -- 4.5.3 Communicating and Coordinating Spatialities -- 4.6 Conclusion -- References.

Chapter 5: Challenging Connectivity During Nature-Based Tourism: (Dis)connection at Banff National Park -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Nature's Healing Power in a Connected World -- 5.3 Assisted Practices and Performance -- 5.4 Methods and Fieldwork -- 5.5 Being Connected to the Wilderness -- 5.6 Playing with the Wilderness -- 5.7 Disconnecting from It All -- 5.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Tourism Territory/Territoire(s) Touristique(s): When Mobility Challenges the Concept -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Territory -- 6.3 Territoire(s) -- 6.4 Tourism Territories/Territoire(s) Touristique(s) -- 6.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 7: Living Treasures, Common Goods and Tourism Development of the Agdal of Yagour, Zat Valley, High Western Atlas, Morocco -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Agdal of Yagour: A Changing Territory with Specific Heritage Resources -- 7.3 Heritagization and Tourism Development Among Socio-economic Changes -- 7.3.1 Changes Within a Space of High Cultural Value -- 7.3.2 Heritagization and Touristification as Two Slow Processes of Territorial Revitalisation and Innovation -- 7.4 A Territorial Project that Demands Territorial Mediation -- 7.4.1 The System of Actors: Convergences or Divergences? -- 7.4.2 Could Committed Tourism and Common Heritage Engage the Mediation Among Actors? -- 7.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: From Tourist Gaze to Tourist Engagement, A Relational Approach to Heritage -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 A Relational Approach to Heritage from a Tourism Perspective -- 8.2.1 Moving Beyond the Disconnected Approach to Heritage and Tourists -- 8.2.2 A Relational Approach to Heritage via Tourism -- 8.2.3 Motives for Attachment -- 8.3 What Is the Nature of Tourist "Concernment" in Heritage -- 8.3.1 "Concernment" and Its Motives -- 8.3.2 Is Transnational Public Opinion Informed by Tourism?.

8.3.3 Venice and the Nature of Tourist "Concernment" -- 8.4 From "Concernment" to Engagement -- 8.4.1 A Multiplicity of Tourist Engagement Mechanisms -- 8.4.2 Financial Contributions to Safeguarding Heritage -- 8.4.3 Transnational Patronage -- 8.4.4 Voluntary Engagement of Tourists In Situ -- 8.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Discussing Overtourism: Recognizing Residents' Needs in Tourism Management in Ticino, Switzerland -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 A Brief History of Ticino -- 9.3 The Keynesian Paradigm of the 1980s and Response to Overtourism -- 9.3.1 The Keynesian Paradigm of the 1980s -- 9.3.2 Keynesian Response to Overtourism -- 9.4 The Neoliberal Paradigm of the 2010s and Response to Overtourism -- 9.4.1 The Neoliberal Paradigm -- 9.4.2 Neoliberal Response to Overtourism -- 9.5 What Major Differences? -- 9.6 Discussing Overtourism -- References -- Chapter 10: Rematerializing Tourism Studies: Toward a Political Economy of Tourist Space -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Materialist Approach to Tourism in Light of Certain Contemporary Debates -- 10.2.1 Materialism and Tourism Research: A Missed Opportunity? -- 10.2.2 New Approaches Thanks to the Cultural Turn -- 10.2.3 New Interpretations of Power -- 10.2.4 New Focal Points, New Blind Spots -- 10.3 For a Revival of the Materialistic Approach to Tourism. What Theoretical Perspectives? -- 10.3.1 Questioning the Spatial Dimension of Tourism Based on Conflicts -- 10.3.2 The Tourist Space and Its Contradictions: The Theoretical Contribution of Henri Lefebvre -- 10.3.3 Towards a Political Economy of Tourist Space -- References -- Chapter 11: Tourism as Urban Phenomenon and the Crux of "Urban Tourism" -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 The Urban Foundations of Tourism -- 11.3 Tourist Places as Urban Places -- 11.3.1 The Urbaness of Tourist Resorts.

11.3.2 Towards an Analytical Framework for the Urban Dimensions of Tourist Places -- 11.4 Tourism-Induced Processes of Urbanization -- 11.4.1 The Emergence of Resorts as Urbanization Process -- 11.4.2 Increased Urbanisation of Tourist Resorts: An Emergence of Centrality? -- 11.4.3 Touristification and Urbanization of Cities -- 11.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: Rethinking Resort Development Through the Concept of "Touristic Capital" of Place -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Resort Development: A Critical Review of Three Approaches -- 12.2.1 Strengths and Limitations of the Life-Cycle Approach -- 12.2.2 The Restructuring Approach -- 12.2.3 The Transformation of Place Qualities -- 12.2.4 Conclusion -- 12.3 Towards a Conceptualisation of "Touristic Capital" of Resorts in a Global Tourism Field -- 12.3.1 Capital as a Concept Developed in Several Disciplines -- 12.3.2 The Concept of a Touristic Capital of Resorts in a Global Tourism Field -- 12.4 Implications of the Concept -- 12.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13: The Contemporary Expansion of Tourism as Third "Tourism Revolution"? -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 More Tourists Than Ever in an Increasingly Tourist-Oriented World -- 13.2.1 The Tourism Explosion in Developed Countries -- 13.2.2 Access to Tourism for Non-Western Societies -- 13.2.3 The Difficult Assessment of the Increase in Visitor Economies on a Global Scale -- 13.3 The Shift from Mass Tourism to Individualized Mass Tourism -- 13.3.1 Diversification of Activities -- 13.3.2 Diversification of Tourist Practices Supported by the Diffusion of the Techno-Digital System -- 13.3.3 The Evolution of Intermediation -- 13.3.4 The Spatial Concentration of Tourists -- 13.4 Homogenization and Diversification of Tourism Practices -- 13.4.1 Homogenization -- 13.4.2 Differentiation -- 13.5 Conclusion -- References.

Correction to: Tourists and the City: Knowledge as a Challenge for Inhabiting -- Correction to: Chapter 3 in: M. Stock (ed.), Progress in French Tourism Geographies, Geographies of Tourism and Global Change, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52136-3_3.