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The book "Digital transformation: what are the smart cities today?" edited by Mustika Sari & Anastasia Kulachinskaya explores the concept of smart cities and their potential impact on tourism development. It covers various topics such as smart tourism destinations, smart governance, smart transportation, and smart environment. The book emphasizes the integration of technology in urban development to enhance tourist experiences and offers insights into data-driven decision-making, infrastructure optimization, and energy efficiency in tourism buildings. It serves as a valuable resource for urban planners, policymakers, and technology developers interested in the intersection of smart city development and tourism. [Extracted from the article]

"The Riviera, Exposed: An Ecohistory of Postwar Tourism and North African Labor" by Stephen L. Harp explores the impact of postwar tourism on the landscape and communities of Mediterranean Europe. Focusing on the coastal centers of Nice and Cannes, Harp reveals the hidden reality behind the myth of paradise, including shantytowns of migrant laborers, environmental degradation, and threats to aquatic habitats. The book also examines the challenges faced in providing accommodation, water, sanitation, and transportation for the growing number of tourists. Harp's work sheds light on the living conditions of migrant workers and the resistance they faced, as well as the environmental consequences of tourism development. [Extracted from the article]

Tourism, health, wellbeing and protected areas: edited by Iride Azara, Elina Michopoulou, Frederico Niccolini, B. Derrick Taff, and Alan Clarke, Wallingford, UK, CABI, 2018, 225 pp., £76.50/€99.00/US$126.00 (hardback), ISBN-13: 978-1-78639-1-3-1-5, Contributors, List of Figures, List of Tables, Index Tourism, health, wellbeing and protected areas, edited by Note the absence of a comma between "health" and "wellbeing" in the title of Part 2; obviously, the two concepts are strongly related, but it is not clear why they are not linked (perhaps as "health/wellbeing") throughout the book if there is no need to separate them in that Part's title. [Extracted from the article]

A review of: tourism management in warm-water island destinations: by Michele McLeod and Robertico Croes, Boston, MA, Cabi, 2018, 201 pp., £85.00/€110.00/$140.00 (hardback), ISBN: 978-1-78639-092-9 McLeod and Croes' edited volume on tourism management specialises in warm-water island destinations. This volume serves as an introductory guide to sustainable tourism management in the warm-water island destinations with emphasis on the economy. [Extracted from the article]

As part of the series "Perspectives on Asian Tourism", this book provides a platform to address the knowledge gaps in Asian tourism literature and represent a timely contribution to the myriad tourists market segments within Asia. Section II "Wellbeing" encompasses five chapters, covering topics on spa tourism, spiritual tourism, cultural tourism, educational tourism and adventure tourism. As evidenced by I Asian Cultures and Contemporary Tourism i and extant tourism literature, there is indeed a lack of an Asian theoretical framework to conceptualized Asian tourists' travel behaviors and the influence of culture. [Extracted from the article]

Together, these two chapters contribute a great deal of insight into how economic development, culture and tourism intersect. Anthropologists should read the book for its contributions to the culture concept and its grappling with the "traditional" and contemporary (e.g. chapters 22 and 9). Material culture and museum academics will enjoy the chapters that illuminate some of the more interesting object histories across the Pacific (e.g. chapters 11 and 15). [Extracted from the article]

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