This paper evaluates which processes determine the leverage of cycling tourism trails for
mainstreaming cross-border contact and 'soft'region-building. Reflecting on the Vennbahn …

The interplay between borders and tourism has fascinated tourism geographers for
decades. However, only recently has tourism geographies research on borders mirrored …

The currently globalising society is characterised by a tension between increasingly
intensive transnational mobility of people and continuous territorial regulation of these flows …

Cross-border tourism governance processes have remained complex despite increasing
permeability of European borders in the last decades. While it has been suggested that the …

Many post-industrial regions reinterpret their industrial past as a heritage resource for
marketing purposes. This paper explores how two sites in the Ruhr area in Germany …

The authors examine several ways in which political boundaries may be viewed as cultural
heritage and its tourism implications. They discuss the processes and forces in the …

Tourism has become targeted in many borderlands as a precursor to more intensive cross-
border administrative contact, sociocultural relationship building, and economic …

Relict borders may long remain tangible in the field and in people's behaviour. However, in
recent times, a process of the deliberate 're-creation'of these borders has developed, with a …

Tourism routes and trails have become increasingly popular tourism products throughout the
world. While most have short lengths, routes and trails have also become prime tourism …

Tourism is an important part of the economy in many European border regions that are often
peripheral and lack opportunities for regional development. European integration and the …