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Leisure, Tourism, and Space: A Thematic Exploration

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Part of the book series: New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives ((NFRSASIPER,volume 53))

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This contribution posits that the tourism sector—as part of the leisure society—deserves a more prominent position in regional science. After a general outline of trends in modern tourism, this chapter argues that promising research angles can be found in: (a) the closer examination of the complex components of leisure time, (b) the income drivers and prosperity impacts of tourism, and (c) the place-based characteristics of tourism destinations (including environmental and neighbourhood externalities). The new role of regional science research in tourism is also to be found in the wider context of the hospitality sector and in a context-specific research framing.

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Acknowledgements

Karima Kourtit and Peter Nijkamp acknowledge the grant from the Axel och Margaret Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, Sweden. The authors also acknowledge the grant from the Romanian Ministry of Research and Innovation, CNCS—UEFISCDI, project number PN-III-P4-ID-PCCF-2016-0166, within the PNCDI III project ReGrowEU—Advancing ground-breaking research in regional growth and development theories, through a resilience approach: towards a convergent, balanced, and sustainable European Union (Iasi, Romania).

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  1. Open Universiteit, Heerlen, The Netherlands

    Peter Nijkamp & Karima Kourtit

  2. Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania

    Peter Nijkamp & Karima Kourtit

  3. University of Technology (UM6P), Ben Guerir, Morocco

    Peter Nijkamp & Karima Kourtit

  4. Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland

    Peter Nijkamp & Karima Kourtit

  5. Hokkai-Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan

    Soushi Suzuki

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Nijkamp, P., Kourtit, K., Suzuki, S. (2021). Leisure, Tourism, and Space: A Thematic Exploration. In: Suzuki, S., Kourtit, K., Nijkamp, P. (eds) Tourism and Regional Science. New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, vol 53. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3623-3_1

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