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"This book is the first to address the important interrelationship between second homes and climate change, which has become an increasingly relevant issue for many regions around the world. This book will be of significant interest to upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and academics in the fields of geography, tourism, planning, housing studies, regional development, environmental management, and disaster management. It would also be of use for professionals who engage with second home communities, particularly planners, government officials, and environmental officers"--

Around 37 per cent of Europeans believe that the number of tourists visiting certain areas poses a threat to Europe's cultural heritage. This study investigates the determinants of the perception of overtourism of European cultural heritage sites based on individual data for 28,000 residents in Europe. Ordered probit and binary probit models show that probability that overtourism is seen as a threat to cultural heritage is highest in countries that have not experienced many anti-tourism protests. The perception of overtourism does not vary significantly across age, gender but is significantly higher for skilled occupations and people with left-wing political orientation.

The UNESCO World Heritage (WH) List is often regarded as a successful tourism brand that motivates site nominations. However, there is relatively little research dealing specifically with WH brand attraction effects, and what does exist shows conflicting results. There is a significant research gap in terms of awareness of the WH brand and its potential impact on visitation, which this study seeks to fill through a comparative analysis of three diverse case studies: Independence Hall, USA; Studenica Monastery, Serbia; and the Archaeological Site of Volubilis, Morocco. Survey data (n = 771) from these three sites were collected and analyzed resulting in three distinct clusters of visitors. One of the clusters does exhibit higher levels of awareness of the WH brand, but members of this group were not motivated by this knowledge when planning their site visit. It is concluded that the WH brand may function as a placebo, and that its importance may be tied more to political interests than economic advancement. Thus, dependency on the WH List for tourism development may potentially be detrimental for locations in the long term. The WH brand's placebo effect could result in long-term problems for both the site and those whose livelihoods depend on tourism.

The growth of peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation has been remarkable. However, the rapid expansion of the phenomenon has yielded several concerns over its potentially negative impacts on the economic, social and environmental levels. This edited book addresses the need to examine the P2P accommodation phenomenon from a sustainability lens.