Fashionable resort regions: Their evolution and transformation

The

guide

written

is comprehensive,

and well illustrated.

use is made of yuestionnaires, worksheets, side-bar cially

discussion

highlights

featured

well

Excellent lists,

in green and spe-

key points Cast

also high-

lighted

in green.

;lround

the world arc used to illustrate

planning principles studies

studies

all

understood

charts,

topic

amongst

from

cover topics such as tourism

of

business

participation offering

in

total

emphasis

could

given to the relationship and product must

ask

nnd

facilities

near the Arctic The

first

required

from

of the

the com-

Discussion’

(p

guides

play

will

15 1). The ;in

tourisn-

for

successful

tourism

de-

The

process described in the guide

should

prove to be a valuable toot to

assist communities, knowledge

regardless of their

or expcricnce

to undertake

in tourism,

the task of planning

developing local tourism

without

looking any of the important

and

clcments

that must be considered. A key point that

local

planning

independently

cannot

of national

proceed

and region-

of

concern that should

form an integral

part of any monitor-

311 of the other

local

As good as the guide appears to bc it could have been strengthened few additions Gunn’s would

tourism

model

in

ponrnts to

observation

but highly (itinn,

?‘oifrim

Francis,,

‘All corn-

functioning

integrated

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been included. process

dependence

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of the supply side art csscnii proper

system. All must function

ning

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have hnd more impact on the

reader if Gunn’s tial

by it

:tnd changes. The use of

in 21delicate

balance’ (Ci;m~

~%7~2~7~ng,

York,

tourist

Taylor

&

1988, p 69) had

It is essential in ;i planthat anti

the of

idea of interpartnership

account,

day.

Dr

mouth,

the essenti;tl

of the art‘;1 that

good opportunity the first

attrac-

made it a

for development

in

place is not lost.

On a nit-picking

level I wish that the

describing

capacity in thr

host

carrying

green box on page 5

guide should

volved

that

in tourism

Bilscd

on

it. the

careful

process

that question

expertise

to a

in tourism

or

and in

guide

should

prove to he a welcome addition available

universities

where

to

to the

colleges

tourism

is

taught. The World

Tourism

to be congratulated

estate

industrial

papers,

guidc-

iished

:u-titles,

graphs,

prtrviously

plus :I r;mge of i~ti~~t~~gr~~phss

books

:md

puhmono-

and graphic exhibits. result

1x70:

is a massively

of the four (from

detailed

resorts

their

1x70-fYl4;

through

beginnings

1918~31:

to

1945-70:

Organization

for the publication

is

aspects.

Focal themes economic Europe

include:

resorts;

in

trends

that produced

which constituted

the

socio-

I%h-century a Icisurc

the clientele

class of the

the aesthetics of resort design

(including

an excellent

gram of architectural mouth,

to its practical value as ;I

tools

news-

reports,

envir(~l~ment~il

people with

the

muni-

census dat:l,

and political

planning. manual,

comprise:

council minutes,

which takes in

type of dcvcl(~pi~l~nt. The for

secondary

and German

1970s to the present),

is yes. then tho rest of

guide is planned

directories,

:rnti

French

their economic, soci;il,

the guide will lead the community

and

its

Wics-

working

If the answer to

teaching

Bout-nc-

described

or not the :lrca

planning

to his

books,

five periods

in-

of whether

In addition

of

anti Nice

prim:lry

company

are currently

or arc considering A

papers.

account

should be in tourism.

without

runs

Angclcs

data in English,

be welcomed by

should answer first of all the important

satisfactory

their

cases in each chapter.

The

had been completed! This

of

century

most

Soane

Los

parallel

time I9th

For

the book’s materials

question

concerns,.

present

cipal ilrchives,

of

with

the

the

in the

ing system is that thr~~Ltgh the develttp-

into

integrated

from

estahlishmcnt

of

Los Angeles and

ment of tourism

through

dcvclop-

Nice, Bournemouth,

badon gets its own.

An overriding

cntcring

Imxil

planning must be

to the

agement plan.

corpttrated

total

each element

should bc included in any man-

ail local irre;ls

into

with the product corn-

processes.

book looks at the development

Wiesbaden the satisfaction

avaiiabic and in terms of the

ponents

al pkmning. It is also made clear th;lt lotai tourism planning must hc inment plans. Tourism

both

exist.

scntcnce

made in the guide is

for answering

The need to monitor

tiveness

over-

and anaiysis are the twin

ing of social and physical

tourist

velopmcnt .

Comp;irison

peaks from which to gain LlIidcrst~~IidThis

importance

partnership

prtt-

that will want to visit the

level of tourists

iilip~~rt~~nt role

environmcnt_coIiimunity ncedcd

discussion

the

establishing

in

for

to match

be identified questions

XKI

Questions

‘Their

needs of ;I mar-

ducts that exist, can a market segment

‘Is Tourism

For IJs’ (pp 12-15)

the

given the tourism

area’? Techniyucs

Management

well

Resort Regions: evolution and ‘transformation J V N Soane Fashionable

available

can bc adjusted

the need; or.

munity iis part of the planning process: “Tourism

how

match the experiential the supply

ques-

are good rxamplcs

information

been

ket segment and, if needed, whether

Circle.

and last discussion

tionnaircs

in

tourism

have

devc~(~pn~ent. The

attractions

and cultural

to the serious

on tourism.

indi-

between mar-

community

in Senegal. marine life conservation

literature

product

and not because of their

carrying capacity in Goa. undcrstitnd-

the Philippines,

of this valuable addition

vidual contribution.

kets

village tourism

be

because of their

the

ing traditions

in Bali,

supply

They must recognize that they are in the tourism

More

and activity. These

elements

by all of the participants.

summary

dia-

styles in Bournc-

Nice and Los

Angeles);

the

financing and spatial logistics of building which supported resident

influxes;

Inulli~i~~ai

both tourist and

g(~vernnients

the

role

and of

in Iii~~n~igirig

und regulating

the rapid

tions

by the success of the

resorts bit.

produced

transformn-

for which they were responsi-

Books lays particular

emphasis

on

how resort development

Soane

changed

the

social geography

within

the regions in

which it took place - initially

Spain in the 1970s; cliff erosion was a problem

in Bournemouth

of the century before Scarborough its landslip;

creating

at the turn

drainage

and

Clite enclaves in areas that were once

systems were being debated

undeveloped

cipal

tionally

or

occupied

by

based cominunities

attracting

-- and then

new classes, drawn

nomic opportunities

tradi-

chambers

The

book

supply-side

is

much

of resort demand

of the

that this is resort

industries tourism

and

later

having (the

still

no connection

burgeoning

tegration

I(ftiOs, for

between

with

c~~rnnlun~~~~-

tions sector in Los Angeles 1970s and

by new

during the

instal~ce~.

In-

the levels of these

before

stronger

on

data than the human side

sectors needed to support the lifestyles Clite;

in muni-

long

Salou had its sewage crisis.

by eco-

in the new service

council

had

sanitation

- which reminds development

us

from

the view

of the geographer/planner,

prim;trily

focused on physical resource

allocation,

property

p~anl~ing,

environn~enta~

rather

transaclions,

than on tourist

civic

measures.

experiences

or

the commercial

processes that shaped

focus of the study. Soanc suggests how

them.

arc made,

the social ambience

and the factors that stir their motiva-

comploxifying

social

strata

is a key

set by an Clite in a

leisure resort may be appropriated modified

form

by

subsequent

dents. Thus the suburban of Btrurnemouth atm[~spheric and adopted

residents in their villas in dilute

form

ghtz long after with

it have

by secon-

Nice retains fi’n de .si&le

of its laid-back, the people

book

social

would

networks

place

etc.)

in resort

ism organizational al

activities Above

rolled

are

life

little lasting impression

Dr Soane prefers

the

life was all about.

involves

wider

trends.

Unlike

resorts

as a process that

issues the

than

Koman

set of quantitative

feeling

of what

who

in a changing

Wiesbaden

or packed

so-

a summer

in-

Journalistic Muggeridge’s in

tion

in

the

actually tween

Soane produces a

final

seen four

chapter,

as an

parallel

processes:

historical evolution, structure Many

and product in tourism

recent

years of

streetblocks of Nice

feature the

past.

destroyed

in the

in

catch

the

of a seaside life on the wing than

academic

the

style doesn?

tortuous

complexity

when

and

James

- the example spatial

This

I5 Number

6

help

it.

mode.

Compare

Malcolm

scription

Muggeridge”s

of the social ambience

Bournemouth

de-

of the

sea front in 1934:

One seaside resort dif’fers in character from another, but the plant is the same - promcnadc, pier. pavilion, Winter gardens, picrrots, rock, slot machines . All that happens is that they Lidapt thcmsclves to dil’lcring circumstances In Bourncmouth they adapt themseivcs to its solidity. There urc, for instance, slot machines. but not indecent slot machines. There arc promenades, hut, whcrcns in flightier places the rhythm of movement up imd down the promenade is sensual, in Bournemouth it is restmincd, like the rhythm up ;md down B cloister. Girls’ I;tughtcr is not hysteric;d: men do not turn their heads and Iccr; no scent of flesh get5 in your nostrils - ;tt least, if a scent of flesh, SO rarified that it le;tvcs you unmoved.

But perhaps academic the

book

tribution wider

makes

to expect

this well.

an

Overall

an important

to our understanding

conof the

contexts of resort development

and through sis,

it is unfair

to write

close comparative

demonstrates,

Goodall’s

puce

introduction,

underlying

similarity

analy-

Professor how

‘an

of resort function

of it is

national

of

settings and spatial scales’. It

stakes out issues and relationships future comparative

studies (Berck

&tend,

Deauville

and

Biarritz

and Sitges?).

But

some getting

for and

Trouville, it does

take

through.

A V Seuton

The

of some of his ruminations

Henry

century

character

forms

he moves from

to reflective

ance, describing

Soane’s

heavier

analysis.

Soane’s often

artist

IYY4 Volume

hotel pack-

I97f)s”.

better

debate in

did in

the

feeling

fiigh-density the

there

scapcs

and form transcends a wide variety

Rdhan’S

J(~nathan

of a Christmas

make

Dr

or

in

re-

1890s as they

Tourism Mamcgrment

trans-

destination

at Bournemouth.

essay on Bournemouth

1930s’

descriptive

fife cycle.

gions which have stimulated analysis

linear

the beaches for

age

be-

stages of econo-

of the environmental

formations

is

to the

a season at

description

economic/cultural

of growth,

mic growth

which

interaction

the

gets

accounts, such as Malcolm

migrants,

model of urban evoiu-

that attracted

enjoyed

fortnight

volving existing residents and new im-

useful summary

the free-and-

it meant

thousands

configurations

of tourist visitation.

of what resort

atmosphere

and

as well as changing patterns

has

is left with

to the resorts, the reader

and qualitative

and economic

this

blitzkrieg

Though Dr Soane

emphasizes

easier so& people little

Empire,

tend not to rise, decline

fall, so much as undulate cial

tourist

repeatedly

from

the reader

of the destination

because he sees

detailed features

missing

cycle, although

resort development

the

all the experiential

through.

tour-

policy issues.

on the concept

term ‘urban evolution’

to have

efforts: promotion-

alongside

life

a It

~~zff~~e~~~~prac-

analyses of supply-side of resort

light

have

history.

have been interesting

study. Once the factual

sheds intermittent

pub-

tices: tourist trends and profiles;

associated

gone and back-packing

hippies occupy the beaches. The

licity,

more on c(~m~~rative

the original

not born,

tions to visit or stay (promotion, legitimate

can be seen as an

dary waves of residents. something

resi-

refinement

legacy from

hut howgeoi.s

in

Tourists

according to interrelated levels of cnvironmental equanimity: firstly equanimity in respect of the proportion of built-upon to unhuilt-upon space in each residential district; secondly equunimity with reg;trd to how face-to-face ;md economic relationships between different neighbourhoods were neither hi~r~;r~hic~lily segregated nor perpetuated xxw: and thirdly equanimity in the fxt that irrespective ol the relative lack of’ public open space in it majority of the ncwcr suburbs, 3 f;tir dcgree of repose was achicvcd bctwccn the privatized space of the individual and the broader t~p~~raphi~~ll r~l~lti~nship of cxh resort with its integrated sea- and land-

look

like

below,

a rap

for inst-

the success of social

relations

in

late

Ic)th-

Bournemouth:

achievement

would

be

prcdicatcd

‘Muggeridgc, M ‘Bournemouth’ in Cloud, Y (ed) Beside ihe Seusidc: Six Vrwi~~tiotrs John Lane (1934) ‘R&an, J For Low und Monr7yPan (10X2)

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