Tourism in European microstates and dependencies : geopolitics, scale and resource limitations /
by Dallen J. Timothy.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 202 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Europe's Smallest States and Anomalous Geographical Areas --Transfrontier Relationships in Europe -- The Pyrenean Co-Principality of Andorra -- Europe's Alpine Mini State: The Principality of Liechtenstein -- Large Luxury and Tiny Grandeur: The Principality of Monaco -- More than Just a Mountain: The Republic of San Marino -- Vatican City: The Smallest Country on Earth but Probably the Most Visited -- Europe's Autonomous Regions, Dependencies and Overseas Territories -- International Exclaves and Extraterritorial Places -- Unrecognized Polities: The De Facto States and Micronations of Europe -- Vulnerability, Dependency and Touristic Appeal: The Costs and Benefits of Smallness and Marginality -- Perspectives on Tourism and Small Polities in Europe.
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This book is about tourism and its multidimensional relationships with some aspects of state geopolitics as manifested on the ground in mini microstates and other anomalous territories in Europe. Chapters 1 and 2 provide conceptual grounding for studying irregular territories and microstates and supranationalism in Europe. Chapters 3-7 look specifically at the five mini states (mini microstates) in Europe from a historical, geographical and socio-economic perspective. In particular, these chapters examine the role of tourism in each of these small countries and the opportunities and challenges they face from a largely geopolitical perspective. Chapters 8 through 10 examine some of the manifestations of the political geographical characteristic of other, non-standard state outliers and unrecognized states in Europe and the role that tourism plays in each one, as well as how their geopolitics influences tourism. Chapter 11 consolidates what was learned from the empirical chapters (3-10), emphasizing the problems and prospects of tourism and ordinary life in these unique European polities. Finally, the concluding chapter highlights some of the main concepts elucidated throughout the pages of the book and suggests future research needs in the area of tourism and political geography.