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Global context, policies and practices in urban tourism: An introduction -- Part I Urban Tourism: Defining the research scene and dimensions -- Tourism connectivity and spatial complexity: A widening bi-dimensional arena of urban tourism research -- Mind the Gap: Reconceptualising inclusive development in support of integrated urban planning and tourism development -- Emerging technologies and cultural tourism: Opportunities for a cultural urban tourism research agenda -- On the move: Emerging fields of transport research in urban tourism -- The participatory place branding process for tourism: Linking visitors and residents through the city brand -- Globetrotters and brands: Cities in an emerging communicative space -- The construction of an emerging tourist destination and its related human capital challenges -- Urban coastal tourism and climate change: Indicators for a Mediterranean prospective -- Visitor streams in city destinations: Towards new tools for measuring urban tourism -- Part II The construction of multiple city 'products' through culture, creativity and heritage: Principles, policies and practices -- Museumification of historical centres: The case of Frankfurt Altstadt reconstruction -- Heritage and urban regeneration. Towards Creative Tourism -- Building Košice European Capital of Culture. Towards a Creative City? -- The role of fashion for tourism: An analysis of Florence as a manufacturing fashion city and beyond -- Does recurrence matter? The impact of music festivals on local tourist competitiveness -- Enhancing the tourism image of Italian regions through urban events. The case of Steve McCurry's Sensational Umbria exhibition -- Rediscovering the "urban" in two Italian tourist coastal cities -- Part III City Tourism performance and urban wellbeing: Tensions, risks and potential trade-offs -- Venice reshaped? Tourist gentrification and sense of place -- Urban tourism development in Prague: From tourist mecca to tourist ghetto -- From Barcelona: The Pearl of the Mediterranean to Bye Bye Barcelona. Urban movement and tourism management in a Mediterranean city -- Green tourism: Attractions and initiatives of Polish Cittaslow cities -- Sports tourism, regeneration and social impacts: New opportunities and directions for research, the Case of Medulin, Croatia -- A "new normality" for residents and tourists: How can a disaster become a tourist resource? -- Urban tourism and city development: Notes for an integrated policy agenda

This book critically explores the interconnections between tourism and the contemporary city from a policy-oriented standpoint, combining tourism perspectives with discussion of urban models, issues, and challenges. Research-based analyses addressing managerial issues and evaluating policy implications are described, and a comprehensive set of case studies is presented to demonstrate practices and policies in various urban contexts. A key message is that tourism policies should be conceived as integrated urban policies that promote tourism performance as a means of fostering urban quality and the well-being of local communities, e.g., in terms of quality spaces, employment, accessibility, innovation, and learning opportunities.