Perspectives on Rural Tourism Geographies Case Studies from Developed Nations on the Exotic the Fringe and the Boring Bits in Between Rhonda L. Koster

1. Why Differentiate Rural Tourism Geographies?

Part I. The Fringe

2. The Barossa Tourism Region—The Catch 22 Effect of a Near Periphery Location

3. Rural Tourism in a Metropolitan Hinterland: Co-evolving Towards a Resilient Rural Fringe

4. Dalarna, Sweden: Conflicted Touristic Representations of a Place on the Fringe

5. Fringe Tourism Geographies Synthesis

Part II. The Exotic Remote

6. Disasters, Market Changes and ‘The Big Smoke’: Understanding the Decline of Remote Tourism in Katherine, Northern Territory Australia

7. Marine Tourism in Nunavut: Issues and Opportunities for Economic Development in Arctic Canada

8. An Evolutionary Economic Geography Perspective on Tourism Development in a Remote Ski Resort: The Case of Tarnaby/Hemavan in the Swedish Mountains

9. Exotic Remote Tourism Geographies Synthesis

Part III. The Boring Bits in Between

10. Transitioning from a Local Railway Hub to a Regional Tourism System: The Story of Peterborough, South Australia

11. Community-Based Tourism as an Antidote for Being Part of the Boring Bits in Between: A Case Study of Terrace Bay, Ontario, Canada

12. How Modest Tourism Development Becomes Successful: The Complementarity of Tourism in Malå Municipality

13. The ‘Boring Bits in Between’ Synthesis

14. Considerations for Differentiating Among Rural Tourism Geographies