Lake Tourism — An Integrated Approach to Lacustrine Tourism Systems

Hall (tourism, U. of Otago, New Zealand) and Harkonen (research and business development, Helsinki Business Polytechnic, Finland) assemble 13 essays by scholars and researchers in tourism, economics, lakes and fisheries, and other fields in Europe, the US, and New Zealand who discuss the relationship between lakes and tourism, a topic usually ignored in favor of oceans. They focus on lakes in the developing world, their historical dimensions and cultural values in examples of Crater Lake, Oregon, Savonlinna, and New Zealand; tourist activities and perceptions in the Netherlands, Poland, and Finland; planning and management issues, including marketing and developing, and global concerns; and environmental issues. The book originated with the Lake Tourism Project developed within the Finnish University Network of Tourism Studies. It is aimed at tourism students and those involved in lake management. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

C. Michael Hall is a Professor in the Department of Tourism, School of Business, University of Otago, New Zealand and Docent, Department of Geography, Oulu University, Finland. Co-editor of the journal Current Issues in Tourism he has wide-ranging interests in human mobility, international business, regional development and environmental history with recent work focusing on environmental, rural and gastronomic change.

Tuija Harkonen is an Education Planner and Project Coordinator at the Savonlinna Institute for Regional Development and Research, University of Joensuu, Finland where she works in the fields of tourism education and research and development. She has extensive experience in project management and planning in relation to lake and nature-based tourism in the European context.