Amber Tourism

From Attractions and Motivations to Sustainability and Territorial Branding
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-00534-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 281 g

Reihe: Routledge Insights in Tourism Series

This book explores the multi-faceted nature of amber tourism, illustrating how amber, both a natural and cultural resource, has evolved into a tourist attraction. Combining theoretical insights with diverse case studies, the book examines the key factors shaping its significance in the tourism industry.

It provides a deeper understanding of amber-related tourist attractions and motivations, along with a well-defined categorisation of amber tourism. It examines how amber tourism aligns with sustainable tourism principles and contributes to the branding of tourist products and destinations. This analysis is grounded in tourism research theories and enriched with case studies from the Baltic region and beyond.

The book will appeal to students and researchers in sustainable tourism, tourism development, tourism management, heritage management, and place branding.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cudny, Waldemar

Stasiak, Andrzej

Wlodarczyk, Bogdan

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. The Formation and Occurrence of Amber 3. Amber as a Resource and Tourist Attraction 4. Division of Amber-Related Tourist Attractions 5. Amber Tourism: Motivations, Tourist Typology, and Definition 6. Amber Tourism as a Sustainable Form of Travel 7. The Use of Amber in Tourism Branding 8. Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Waldemar Cudny, PhD, is an associate professor specialising in human geography, tourism geography, and event studies. His research focuses on festivals, events, city branding, and sustainable tourism. He is affiliated with the University of Lodz's Institute of Urban Geography, Tourism Studies, and Geoinformation, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Poland.

Andrzej Stasiak, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Institute of Urban Geography, Tourism Studies, and Geoinformation, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, University of Lódz. Since 2019, he has been the chief editor of Turyzm/Tourism. His work focuses on the tourist product, cultural tourism, and research on tourism in the experience economy.

Bogdan Wlodarczyk, PhD, is an associate professor and director of the Institute of Urban Geography, Tourism Studies, and Geoinformation at the University of Lódz. A former dean of the Faculty of Geographical Sciences, he specialises in tourism geography, has authored numerous scientific publications, and enjoys mountain and bicycle tourism.