This book focuses on the issues and trends in outdoor, 'nature-based' recreation, leisure and tourism and explores the implications for public policy, planning, management and marketing. It is intended as supplementary reading for advanced students and is a useful reference tool.

Tourism is of vital importance to the economies of many European countries in terms of both receipts and employment. With the advent of the single European market, further opportunities and threats have arisen for the tourism industries of both EC and non-EC countries. This book provides a general overview of tourism in Europe today. Most of the chapters are written by authors working in the countries concerned. The book is a suitable text for students taking advanced level courses in tourism, but will also be of value to those studying European economics or geography.