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Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. European Tourism Planning and Organisation SystemsThe EU Member StatesBy Carlos Costa, Emese Panyik, Dimitrios BuhalisMultilingual MattersCopyright © 2014 Carlos Costa, Emese Panyik, Dimitrios Buhalis and the authors of individual chaptersAll rights reserved.ISBN: 978-1-84541-433-7ContentsFigures, Tables, Acronyms, Contributors, 1 A Comparative Approach to European Tourism Planning and Organisation Systems: An Introduction Carlos Costa, Emese Panyik and Dimitrios Buhalis, Part 1: Northern Europe, 2 Tourism in Denmark: From Ugly Duckling to Our Journey Janne J. Liburd and Peter Saabye Simonsen, 3 Tourism in England: London 2012 Olympic Games and Beyond Steven Richards and Keith Wilkes, 4 Finland Tourism Policies: From Helping to Build New State Identities to Branding a Modern Specific Destination Seppo K. Aho, 5 Tourism Research, Policy and Practice in Ireland: Current Developments and Future Research Trajectories Denis Harrington, Anthony Foley and Tony Lenehan, 6 Tourism in Sweden: Between a Social Project and Business Development Tommy D. Andersson, Part 2: Eastern Europe, 7 Managing Tourism in Bulgaria: Between 'Mission Impossible' and New Hope Stanislav Ivanov and Miroslava Dimitrova, 8 Developing Estonia as a Positively Surprising Tourist Destination Heli Tooman and Heli Müristaja, 9 Tourism in Latvia: From Fragmented Resorts of the Russian Empire to a National Brand on an International Level Iveta Druva-Druvaskalne and Agita Livina, 10 Tourism Policy in Lithuania: Management of Permanent Transition Aušrine Armaitiene and Renata Bertuzyte, 11 Tourism in Romania: From Centralised to Private Initiative, a Growth Path Rodica-Manuela Gogonea and Marian Zaharia, Part 3: Central Europe, 12 Austria: Where Tourism Has Tradition Roman Egger, Jutta Novak and Werner Taurer, 13 The Czech Republic: A Destination in the Heart of Europe Jarmila Indrová and Zdenka Petru, 14 Germany Tourism: Evolution, Structures, Challengesand Perspectives Judith Jochmann and Harald Pechlaner, 15 Tourism Policy in Hungary: From Central Planning to Multi-Level Destination Management Emese Panyik and Tamara Rátz, 16 Organisation of Tourism in Poland After 20 Years of Systemic Changes Grzegorz Golembski and Agnieszka Niezgoda, 17 Tourism in Slovakia: 'The Best-Kept Secret in Europe' Jana Kucerová and Tomáš Makovník, Part 4: Southern Europe, 18 Strategic Planning in National Tourism Organisations: The Case of Cyprus Alexis Saveriades, 19 Tourism Development and Policy in Greece Paris Tsartas, Andreas Papatheodorou and Magdalini Vasileiou, 20 Tourism in Italy: 'Work in Progress' Mara Manente and Valeria Minghetti, 21 Tourism in Malta: From the Knights of St John's to an Independent State Heidi Pantzar and Emese Panyik, 22 Tourism Planning and Organisation in Portugal Carlos Costa and Armando Luís Vieira, 23 Tourism Planning and Organisation in Slovenia: From Cheap Destination Image to Sophisticated Offer Sonja Sibila Lebe, 24 Spain: From the Mass Model to a New Tourism Economy Josep A. Ivars Baidal, Part 5: Western Europe, 25 Explaining Tourism Governance in Belgium: Quite a Balancing Act Anya Diekmann, Jeroen Bryon and Isabelle Cloquet, 26 Strengths and Paradoxes of French Tourism Planning Vincent Vlès, Emmanuelle Marcelpoil and Isabelle Frochot, 27 Luxembourg: Quality is Key Alan Clarke, 28 Behind Windmills and Flower Bulbs: Tourism Policies in the Netherlands Jaap Lengkeek, 29 Towards an Emerging Planning and Organisational Framework: Conclusions Carlos Costa, Emese Panyik and Dimitrios Buhalis, CHAPTER 1A Comparative Approach to European Tourism Planning and Organisation Systems: An IntroductionCarlos Costa, Emese Panyik and Dimitrios BuhalisTourism and Economic Recovery in the European UnionEurope is facing an unprecedented crisis. The challenge of bringing together different economies and creating an enlarged economic market capable of boosting social and economic growth and competing with th