Download or read book Tourism and Regional Development written by Maria Giaoutzi and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More people than ever now make leisure trips, making this an era of mass tourism. The scale of this phenomenon means that it is able to generate economic growth, making tourism a key factor in regional development policy. Bringing together a range of European case studies illustrating various ICT and policy innovations, this book examines the interconnections between tourism, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and regional development.