This book examines the identity of a city in a tourism context and practical matters such as promoting the city as a product. By examining tourist activities in national capitals, the book addresses issues in capital city development as tourist destinations with a broad, international approach and case studies on major tourist cities.

Contributions by: Abel Duarte Alonso, Caroline Andrew, Mark Bruce-Miller, Thanh-Huong Bui, Paul Byrne, Guy Chiasson, Malcolm J M Cooper, Tracey J Dickson, Anya Diekmann, Jerry Eades, Deborah Edwards, Robert Govers, Tony Griffin, Claire Haven-Tang, Bruce Hayllar, Ernie Heath, Joan C Henderson, Charles Inskip, Myriam Jansen-Verbeke, Lee Jolliffe, Eleri Jones, Elizabeth Kruger, Ghada Masri, Geraldine Maulet, László Puczkó, Ir. Pratap Raju, Tamara Rátz, Carin Rustema