Carlos Costa is Full Professor at the University of Aveiro and Editor of the Journal of Tourism & Development (Revista de Turismo e Desenvolvimento). His main research interests are tourism planning and management, organisations, networks, gender in tourism and tourism education.Emese Panyik is Assistant Professor of Tourism at the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP), Braga Regional Centre. Her research interests include strategic tourism planning and management, rural governance, EU tourism policy, local policymaking and partnerships and host community impacts of tourism.Dimitrios Buhalis is Professor of eTourism and Director of eTourism Lab at Bournemouth University. His research focuses on strategic management and marketing, tourism marketing, technology and eTourism.

Overall the book provides much useful content as it clearly emphasizes the synergy between economic impacts and the political dependence of the EU tourism industry, enlightening the most urgent problems currently faced in European tourism development: new perspectives in the light of the Lisbon Treaty, new synergies between territory and actors and positioning tourism in the global economy.

• Chapter 1. Costa, C.; Panyik, E., Buhalis, D.: Towards a Conceptual Framework: An IntroductionSection 1. TerritoryChapter 2. Jansen-Verbeke, M.: Mutation of Cultural Landscapes: The ‘Unplanned’ Tourism Map of EuropeChapter 3. Antonioli Corigliano, M.; Mottironi, C.: Planning and Management of European Rural Peripheral Territories Through MultifunctionalityChapter 4. Karyopouli, S.; Koutra, C.: Mature Coastal Mediterranean Destinations: Mitigating SeasonalityChapter 5. Timothy, D. J.; Saarinen, J.: Cross-Border Cooperation and Tourism in EuropeSection 2. Actors and StructuresChapter 6. Spyriadis, T.; Fletcher, J.; Fyall, A.: Destination Management Organisational StructuresChapter 7. Peters, M; Buhalis, D.: SMEs in Tourism DestinationsChapter 8. Clarke, A.; Raffay, Á.: Benchmarking Tourism PartnershipsChapter 9. Ladkin, A.: Tourism Human ResourcesSection 3. EconomicsChapter 10. Wanhill, S.: Funding and Development ProcessesChapter 11. Castro, E. A.; Santinha, G.: State or Market in Tourism: Why Not Something Else? … Club GoodsChapter 12. Breda, Z.; Costa, C: ‘Going International’: Challenges and Strategies for European Tourism BusinessesChapter 13. Stavrinoudis, T; Tsartas, P.; Papatheodorou, A.: Business Environment and Accommodation Policies in EuropeSection 4. Policy Chapter 14. Panyik, E.; Anastasiadou, C.: Mapping the EU’s Evolving Role in Tourism: Implications of the New EU Tourism CompetenceChapter 15. Manente M.; Minghetti, V.; Montaguti, F.: The Role of the European Union in Defining Tourism Policies for a Competitive Destination GovernanceChapter 16. Halkier, H.: Tourism Policy and Knowledge Processes in European TourismChapter 17. Robbins, D. K.; Dickinson, J. E.: European Transport Policy and Tourism Section 5. Methods and TechniquesChapter 18. Carneiro, M. J.; Costa, C.; Crompton, J.: Strategies for Positioning Tourism Destinations: Trends’ AnalysisChapter 19. Smith, S. L. J.: Tourism Satellite Accounts: An OverviewChapter 20. Baggio, R.; Scott, N.; Cooper, C.: Using Network Analysis to Improve Tourist Destination ManagementChapter 21. Song, H.; Smeral, E.; Li, G.; Chen, J. L.: Tourism Forecasting Using Econometric Models Section 6. VisionChapter 22. Moutinho, L.; Rate, S.;Ballantyne, R.: Futurecast: An Exploration of Key Emerging Megatrends in the Tourism ArenaChapter 23. Scherl, C; Cooper, C.: Perspectives and Trends on Knowledge Management: European Agencies and InitiativesChapter 24. Buhalis, D.; Matloka, J.: Technology Enabled Tourism Destination Management and MarketingChapter 25. Zaidan, E.; Wall, G.: Mobility, Migration and TourismChapter 26. Costa, C.; Panyik, E., Buhalis, D.: Towards a New Vision for European Tourism Policy: Conclusions