Includes bibliographical references and index.

World heritage site designation / Anna Leask -- Implementing the World Heritage Convention: what happens after listing? / C. Michael Hall -- Stakeholders and community participation / Sue Millar -- Marketing issues and World Heritage Sites / Stephen W. Boyd and Dallen J. Timothy -- Destination management: a holistic approach. Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City / Bryn Parry -- Visitor management at World Heritage Sites / Myra Shackley -- Tourism's contribution to World Heritage Site management / Janet Cochrane and Richard Tapper -- Juxtaposing the timeless and the ephemeral: staging festivals and events at World Heritage Sites / Melanie Smith, Elizabeth Carnegie and Martin Robertson -- Information communication technolgy applications for World Heritage Site management / Dimitrios Buhalis, Ruth Owen and Daniël Pletinckx -- Strategy and policy for the World Heritage Convention : goals, pratices and future solutions / G.J. Ashworth and Bart J.M. van der Aa -- The future market for World Heritage Sites / Alan Fyall and Tijana Rakic -- Visitor management at Stonehenge, UK / Peter Mason and I-Ling Kuo -- Sustaniable development in toursim : a proposition for Machupicchu, Peru / Otto Regalado-Pezْa and Jesْs Arias-Valencia -- Managing visitor impacts at Lijang, China / Hilary du Cros -- Managing an urban World Heritage Site: the development of the Cultural Avenue project in Budapest / Lلszlَ Puczkَ and Tamata Rلtz -- Tourism development, empowerment and the Tibetan minority: Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, China / Li, Fung Mei Sarah -- World Heritage listing: the case of Huangshan (Yellow Mountain), China / Li, Fung Mei Sarah and Trevor H.B. Sofield -- The megalithic temples of Malta: towards a re-evaluation of heritage / Nadia Theuma and Reuben Grima -- The rainforest ways: managing toursim the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves of Australia / Jo Mackellar and Ros Derrett.