Rural tourism and recreation: principles to practice

1. Prelude

2. Social Construction?

Indicators of Rural Well-being / Andrew Copus and Marsaili MacLeod

Hosts, Friends and Relatives in Rural Scotland: VFR Tourism Market Relationships Explored / Steven Boyne

3. 'S' Word

Sustainable Rural Tourism Development: Ideal or Idyll? / Richard Sharpley

4. Managing?

National Policy for 'Rural Tourism': The Case of Finland / Mirja Nylander

Access and Land Management / Fiona Simpson

Roles of Interpretation in Facilitating Access to and in the Countryside / Lesley Roberts and Gunnar Rognvaldsson

5. Embedding Rural Tourism Development?

Extending the Information Society beyond Urban Locations: Prospects and Reality / Seamus Grimes

Role of Rural Gastronomy in Tourism / Jacinthe Bessiere

Partnership Approaches in Rural Development / Lesley Roberts and Fiona Simpson

6. Sideways Look at Tourism Demand

7. Nature of Supply or the Supply of Nature?

Adventure Tourism: a Journey of the Mind / David Grant

Cycling Tourism / Les Lumsdon

8. Where Demand Meets Supply: Markets for Tourism and Recreation in Rural Areas

Letter from an Academic Practitioner / Bernard Lane

Importance of Micro-businesses in European Tourism / Victor T. C. Middleton

Quality Rural Tourism, Niche Markets and Imagery: Quality Products and Regional Identity / Fiona Williams

9. Synthesis and Conclusions.