Contents

North American Tourism and Cultural Geography—Klaus J. Meyer–Arendt and Geoffrey Wall

Origins of Tourism in the Catskill Mountains—Kenneth A. Johnson

Romanticism and American National Parks—Stanford E. Demars

Cape May: Selling History By the Sea—Charles A. Stansfield

Recreational Business Districts in Gulf of Mexico Seaside Resorts—Klaus J. Meyer–Arendt

“Taking the Waters” at Texas Spas—Janet Valenza

Locational Characteristics of American Resort Hotels—Wesley S. Roehl and Carlton S. Van Doren

Culture and Tourism in the Navajo Country—Stephen C. Jett

British Columbia’s Cultural Tourism: Selected Experiences—Peter Murphy

Cultural Tourism and Community Economic Development—Clare J. A. Mitchell

Metatourism: Dealing Critically with the Future of Tourism Environments—Dianne Draper and Herbert G. Kariel