Global forces, local strategies, and urban tourism / Susan S. Fainstein and Dennis R. Judd -- Evaluating urban tourism / Susan S. Fainstein and David Gladstone -- Constructing the tourist bubble / Dennis R. Judd -- Marketing cities for tourism / Briavel Holcomb -- Sensing the city / John Urry -- Walt Disney World and Orlando: deregulation as a strategy for tourism / Richard Foglesong -- Las Vegas: casino gambling and local culture / Robert E. Parker -- Cancún bliss / Daniel Hiernaux-Nicolas -- The city: strategic site for the global entertainment industry / Saskia Sassen and Frank Roost -- The new Boston discovers the old: tourism and the struggle for a livable city / Bruce Ehrlich and Peter Dreier -- Culture meets commerce: tourism in postcommunist Prague / Lily M. Hoffman and Jiří Musil -- Tourism in Jerusalem: a place to pray / Arie Shachar and Noam Shoval -- Tourism and sports: the serious competition for play / Charles C. Euchner -- Riverboat gambling, tourism, and economic development / Sabina Deitrick, Robert A. Beauregard, and Cheryl Zarlenga Kerchis -- International tourism and the cities of Southeast Asia / Patrick Mullins -- Cities as places to play / Susan S. Fainstein and Dennis R. Judd.