This paper deals with the notion of sustainable tourism development. It aims to emphasize the applied policy nature of this issue. After an exploratory part the paper exemplifies its arguments by focusing on the tourism development of the Greek island of Lesbos. Various scenarios and development...

There is over the last few years a clear trend in Europe to privatise traditional governmental tasks, also because of new EU legislation. Many of these tasks have traditionally been carried out by the government itself, largely because of the 'natural monopoly' argument. Examples of current and...