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URBAN TOURISM AND URBAN CHANGE Th is study of urban tourism provides both a sociological and cultural analysis of change that has taken place in many of the world’s cities, and also the implications of these changes for urban management and planning, for success and failure in metropolitan change. Uniquely suited for teaching purposes, this text includes numerous case studies of cities worldwide to illuminate the signifi cant impact and promise of tourism on urban image and economic development. Costas Spirou is Professor in the Department of Social and B ehavioral Sciences at National-Louis University in Chicago and a visiting fellow at the University of Notre Dame. His research interests include culture policy, urban redevelopment, tourism, and sports in society. He is co-author of It’s Hardly Sportin’: Stadiums, Neighborhoods and the New Chicago, a book about politics and community development, and author of St. Charles: Culture and Leisure in an All-American Town. METROPOLIS AND MODERN LIFE A Routledge Series Edited by Anthony Orum, University of Illinois, Chicago and Zachary Neal, Michigan State Universitiy, East Lansing Th is Series brings original perspectives on key topics in urban research to today’s students in a series of short accessible texts, guided readers, and practical handbooks. Each volume examines how long-standing urban phenomena continue to be relevant in an increasingly urban and global world, and in doing so, connects the best new scholarship with the wider concerns of students seeking to understand life in the 21st century metropolis. Books in the Series: Common Ground: Readings, Refl ections, and New Frontiers edited by Anthony Orum and Zachary Neal Th e Gentrifi cation Debates edited by Japonica Brown-Saracino Th e Power of Urban Ethnic Places by Jan Lin Forthcoming: Th e Urban Instinct by Nan Ellin Th e Connected City by Zachary Neal URBAN TOURISM AND URBAN CHANGE Cities in a Global Economy Costas Spirou National-Louis University First published 2011 by Routledge 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Simultaneously published in the UK by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2011. To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk. © 2011 Taylor & Francis Th e right of Costas Spirou to be identifi ed as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identifi cation and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Spirou, Costas. Urban tourism and urban change : cities in a global economy / Costas Spirou. p. cm. (Metropolis and modern life) 1. Tourism. 2. Cities and towns. 3. Sociology, Urban. 4. City planning. 5. Economic development. I. Title. G155.A1S6244 2011 307.1’416d c22 2010023418 ISBN 0-203-83580-8 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 13: 978-0-415-80162-1 (hbk) ISBN 13: 978-0-415-80163-8 (pbk) ISBN 13: 978-0-203-83580-7 (ebk) To Patrice, Jack, Tara, Mary Eve, and Stelios Contents Series Foreword xiii Preface xv Acknowledgments xxi Chapter 1 Changing Cities and the Commodification of Leisure 1 Manufacturing and the Rise of Urban Centers 7 Leisure and the Urban Environment: 1880–1950 9 Postwar Restructuring and the Changing Nature of Leisure 14 The Commodifi cation of Leisure 21 The Sunbelt, Suburbanization, and Edge Cities 25 The Preservation Movement and the Rise of Historic Districts 27 The Travel Industry, the Rise of Corporations, and the Convention Business 29 Conclusion 35 Chapter 2 Globalization, Urban Competition, and Tourism 37 Globalization and Travel 39 Urban Competition and the Search for Alternative Development Strategies 46 The Role of the Public Sector in Urban Tourism and Business Travel 47 IX