Three decades ago, the hypermobility of tourists from the days before
the global pandemic was truly unthinkable in Eastern Europe. The borders
were closed and the region isolated from the rest of the world. Despite
an extraordinary transformation of tourism in the area since, Eastern
Europe remains under-explored in tourism studies. This book fills the
gap by outlining contemporary strategies for tourism development in
post-socialist countries, considering the opportunities and challenges
as well as the initiatives and approaches to sustainability.
Reviewing tourism development and planning across Albania, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Romania, this book:
- Offers a contemporary and insightful outlook of Eastern Europe
tourism, with a wide range of case studies from inter-disciplinary and
single-disciplinary perspectives;
- Uses varied methodological approaches and research methods, including
in-depth interviews, focus groups, informal conversations, document
analysis, netnography, questionnaires and secondary data, to form an
interesting and diverse treatise;
- Considers post-COVID tourism and the significant role of tourism
stakeholders in its re-development.
Illuminating the various economic, socio-cultural and environmental
impacts that tourism has created, this book is a valuable reference for
researchers and students of tourism and related disciplines, as well as
anyone interested in the development of Eastern Europe.
