Marketing Places and Spaces brings context to the forefront for advancing theory and management sensemaking in understanding the influences of marketing on tourism behavior. This book is for tourism professionals and educators seeking deep knowledge of how visiting places transforms the lives of visitors--a nonfiction version of Eat Pray Love.

Local Students’ Perceptions of Spaces for Tourists and Locals in a Shopping District: Photo-Based Research. Residents’ Perceptions of Mountain Destinations. Attitudes of Successors in Dairy Farms toward Educational Tourism in Japan. Residents’ Perceptions of the Impact of Ship Tourism and their Preferences for Different Types of Tourism. Wedding-Based Tourism Development: Insights from an Italian Context. Conceptualizing the Value Co-Creation Challenge for Tourist Destinations: A Supply-Side Perspective. The Emotional Attachment Built through the Attitudes and Managerial Approach to Place Marketing and Branding – “The Golden City of Kremnica, Slovakia”. Hospitality Servicescapes Seen by Visually Impaired Travelers. Determinants of Tourism Destination Competitiveness: A SEM Approach. Events as a Differentiation Strategy for Tourist Destinations: The Case of Allgarve. From Tourism Space to a Unique Tourism Place through a Conceptual Approach to Building a Competitive Advantage. Achieving Consistency in Destination Personalities: A Tripartite Personality Congruity Theory Focused on Industry Professionals. Marketing to Children in Tourism Industry: Descriptive Analysis of Kid-Friendly Hotels’ Practices in Turkey. The Influence of Slow City in the Context of Sustainable Destination Marketing. Customer Communication Facilities with Tourism: A Comparison between German and Japanese Automobile Companies. Tourist Spaces and Tourism Policy in Spain and Portugal. Analyzing Seasonal Differences in a Destination’s Tourist Market: The Case of Minho. Modelling Ferry Passenger Numbers: Implications for Destination Management. Yielding Tourists’ Preferences. Lake-Destination Image Attributes: Content Analysis of Text and Pictures. How Do Tourists Turn Space into Place? – A Conceptualisation for Sustainable Place Marketing. Marketing Places and Spaces. Advances in culture, tourism and hospitality research. Copyright page. Marketing Places and Spaces. List of Contributors. List of Reviewers. Preface. Introduction. EDITORIAL BOARD.