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Presents A Global Comprehensive Review And An Investigation Into Drive Tourism Which Is A Popular Form Of Tourism. The Structure And Role Of Drive Tourism / Bruce Prideaux And Dean Carson -- Managing The Transition From Coach- To Car-based Markets: The Search For Commercial Value In Australia's Flinders Ranges / Doris Schmallegger -- Golden Week: Driving For Pleasure In Japan / Malcolm Cooper -- 'los Hermanos' Visiting The South Region Of Brazil: A Comparison Between Drive Tourists And Coach Tourists From Argentina, Paraguay And Uruguay / Gui Lohmann, Glauber Santos And Thiago Allis -- Realising The Value Of Self-drive Day Trips To Lower Austria / Dean Carson And Klemens Waldhoer -- Self-drive Tourism In South Africa With Specific Emphasis On Caravanning / Neels Van Heerden -- The Role Of Automobile Associations And Clubs / Bruce Prideaux -- The Growth And Structure Of Drive Tourism In China / Yifeng Yu, Zhuo Wang And Noel Scott -- Self-drive Tourism In China / Hilary Du Cros And Chin Ee Ong -- The Importance Of The Mode Of Transport In Self-drive Tourism / Dean Carson And Bruce Prideaux -- Information And Communications Technology (ict) And The Challenge Of Sustainable Self-drive Tourism / Alisha Ali And Dean Carson -- Tourism And Leisure Motorcycle Riding / Linda Walker The Influence Of International Tourists' Travel Patterns On Rental Car Fleet Management In New Zealand / Gui Lohmann And Anne Zahra -- Highways And Byways: Car-based Tourism In The Us / Dallen J. Timothy -- Why We Travel This Way: An Exploration Into The Motivations Of Recreational Vehicle Users / Anne Hardy And Ulrike Gretzel -- Understanding Changes In The Caravanning Sector: A Case Study / Hoda Mcclymont, Michelle Thompson And Bruce Prideaux -- Four-wheel-drive Tourism In Desert Australia: The Charge Of The 'might Brigade'? / Andrew Taylor And Dean Carson -- Driving The Desert: Profiling Four-wheel-drive Visitors / Bruce Prideaux And Alexandra Coghlan -- Mapping The Road: Developing The Cognitive Mapping Methodology For Accessing Road Trip Memories / Philip L. Pearce And Michael Thomas -- International Tourists And Road Safety / Jeffs Wilks And Donna Pendergast -- Touring Routes: Types, Successes And Failures: An International Review / Dean Carson And Greg Cartan -- The Savannah Way: Developing A Successful Touring Route / Alana Iles And Bruce Prideaux -- Barriers To And Benefits Of Clustering In Drive Tourism Markets: The Case Of The Rainforest Way / Nadine Smith -- Managing Park Roads And Scenic Driving Using Indicators And Standards-based Frameworks / Jeffrey C. Hallo And Robert E. Manning -- Drive Tourism: A View From The Road / Dean Carson And Doris Schmallegger -- What Now? Concluding Remarks / Dean Carson And Bruce Prideaux. Edited By Bruce Prideaux And Dean Carson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.