Preface; Contents; Part 1: Tourism Research: Future Challenges; Can Tourism Qualify for Interdisciplinary Research? A European View; 1 Introduction; 2 Discipline requires discipline, or also: Discipline begets discipline.; 3 Discipline requires referencing to the fundamental questions; 4 Discipline requires dedication to the relevant questions in practice; 5 Examples for the further development of tourism research; 6 Academia - politics - industry: three key components for the success of the development of tourism studies; 7 Summary and outlook; Literature

Challenging 'Common Knowledge' in Tourism - A Partial PolemicAbstract; Introduction; References; Part 2: Tourism Policy and Development; Peter Keller: A Pioneer of a Sustainable Tourism Policy; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Concept of Tourism Policy; 1.2 Legitimisation of Tourism Policy; 1.3 Development of Tourism Policy; 2 Swiss Tourism Concept as a Pioneer for Sustainable Tourism Development; 2.1 The Swiss Tourism Concept 1979; 2.2 Objectives and Reality; 3 From a Regulatory Tourism Policy to a New Promotion Policy; 3.1 Tourism Report 1996

3.3 Innotour as a Promotional Instrument for Tourism Policy3.4 Further Development within Cantonal Mission Statements; 3.5 Tourism Report 2002; 4 Conclusion; References; INNOTOUR: An Innovation in Tourism Policy; 1 Introduction; 2 The Concept of Innovation; 3 Innovation in Alpine Tourism; 4 InnoTour and its Consequences on Innovation in Alpine Tourism; 5 Conclusion; Literature; Tourism Satellite Accounts as a Policy Tool - Some Critical Reflections; Introduction; A brief summary of the principles of the TSA techniques; Adjusting the TSA in a macroeconomic context

TSA results and extensions - the cases of Austria and GermanyConclusion; References; Some Directions for the Future Development of a Tourism Satellite Account: The Case of Investments and Government Collective Consumption in Tourism; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 What international standards recommend: Several conceptual and methodological issues; 2.1 Tourism Gross Fixed Capital Formation; 2.2 Tourism Collective Consumption; 3 International experience in compiling Tourism Gross Fixed Capital Formation and Tourism Collective Consumption; 3.1 General situation in Europe

3.2 A more detailed analysis for some European countries3.3 The situation in other continents; 4 Towards enhancing TSA in the case of Tourism Gross Fixed Capital Formation and Tourism Collective Consumption; 5 Conclusions; References; Tourism as a Strategic Option for Development of Less Developed Regions; Introduction; Tourism and the value chain; Possible options of a good strategy for regional development; A sustainable tourism; Tourism as a strategic option for regional development; Comparative advantages of tourism; Other benefits of the tourism sector

Some evidence of the strategic role of tourism in tourism research