Chapter 1 - Introduction

Valeria Klitsounova and Susan L. Slocum

Part I - Transitions and Indicators of Progress

Chapter 2 - Rural Tourism as a Tool for Sustainable Development - Lessons Learned in Estonia

Aivar Ruukel, Mart Reimann, and Heli Tooman

Chapter 3 - From Communism to Capitalism: The Transition of Bulgarian Tourism Sector and Contemporary Discourses

Mariya Stankova, Ivanka Vasenska, Ani Stoykova, Svetoslav Kaleychev, and Mariya Paskaleva

Chapter 4 - From Centrally-Driven Variations to Market-Driven Development: Models of Urban Tourism Evolution in Poland

Piotr Zmyślony and Marek Nowacki

Chapter 5 - Institutional Challenges in the Development of Tourism in Kazakhstan

Slawomir J. Wroblewski, Nurzhan Ussenbayev, Pavel Nartov, Elena Abenova, and Samat Sagyndykov

Chapter 6 - Tourism Development and Policy in Slovakia

Jana Kučerová, Tomás Gajdosík, and Ľudmila Elexová

Part II - Case Studies

Chapter 7 - Post-Socialist Tourism Trajectories in Budapest: From Under-tourism to Over-tourism

Melanie Kay Smith and László Puczkó

Chapter 8 - Troubled Sustainability: Coastal Tourism in Bulgaria - 20 Years Later

Svetla Stoyanova-Bozhkova

Chapter 9 - From Tourist Guides to Cultural Immersion Facilitators: Sustainable Tourism and Redefining Destination Image in Slovenia

Maja Čampelj

Chapter 10 - Networking, Clustering and Creativity as a Tool for Tourism Development in Rural Areas of Belarus - Valeria Klitsounova

Chapter 11 - Rural Tourism Product Development: The Polish Experience

Sylwia Graja-Zwolińska, Magdalena Mackowiak, and Janusz Majewski

Chapter 12: Nature-based Tourism Development as a Tool of Community Transformation from Communism to Capitalism in Georgia

Nato (Natalia) Bakhtadze Engländer and Nato Robitashvili

Chapter 13 - Conclusion

Susan L. Slocum is Associate Professor in the Department of Tourism and Event Management at George Mason University, USA. She studies sustainable tourism development and policy, specifically working with farmers and rural communities in the UK, Tanzania, Belarus, and the Intermountain Western United States. She is the co-author of six books and numerous journal articles, including two textbooks.

Valeria Klitsounova is Associate Professor at Belarusian State University, Belarus and Chair of the Board for the Belarusian Association of Agro-Ecotourism NGO "Country Escape." Valeria has published 3 books, including a textbook about agro-ecotourism.