Part 1 Introduction - tourism and transition: transition in Central Europe - path dependency and path creation; tourism and the challenge of transition; global changes in tourism production and consumption; the Czech and Slovak republics - case studies of tourism and transition. Part 2 Economic transition and tourism: central planning and market economies; the twilight years of state-socialism; tourism under state-socialism; the economic transition and tourism; tourism policies during transition; conclusions - uneven and hesitant interventionism. Part 3 Transition and the re-internationalization of markets: changes in international tourism consumption and behaviour; changing domestic and international markets; the challenge of repositioning in international markets; the economic impact of international tourism; conclusions - the role of internationalization. Part 4 The privatization and development of the private sector: privatization - neo-liberalism and "political capitalism"; privatization pathways; tourism at the leading edge of privatization; case studies of tourism privatization; conclusions - privatization as as precondition for market relationships. Part 5 The economic performance of tourism businesses - ownership and corporate governance: introduction - a leading economic sector? tourism in the national accounts; businesses structures and economic outcomes; property rights, management and corporate governance; conclusions - interpreting economic performance. Part 6 Tourism and uneven regional development: tourism and regional restructuring; uneven development during transition - de-industrialization and divergence; the regional structure of tourism; re-internationalization and the changing regional structure of tourism flows; conclusions - tourism and regional divergence versus convergence. Part 7 Consumption - collective provision and commodification: domestic tourism under state-socialism; social tourism vesus commodification during the transformation; changing patterns of domestic tourist preferences; conclusions - new or old pathways in domestic tourism?. Part 8 Conclusions: reflections on tourism in transition; tourism and the state - strategic sector or policy neglect; re-internationalization - global competition and spatial proximity; privatization - property rights and production; tourism and uneven development; consumption - leisure time and tourism as casualties of transition?.