Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the rise of slow in a fast world / Michael Clancy -- "Travel too fast and you miss all you travel for" : slower mobilities and the politics of pace / Jennie Germann Molz -- Slow tourism : a theoretical framework / Viviana Calzati and Paola de Salvo -- Slow travel and tourism : new concept or new label? / Peter McGrath and Richard Sharpley -- Practicing slow : political and ethical implications / Michael Clancy -- Creative tourism as slow tourism / Roberto Lavarini and Rosantonietta Scramaglia -- Slow food in slow tourism / Paolo Corvo and Raffaele Matacena -- Slow and intelligent cities : when slow is also smart / Giovanni Tocci -- Between slow tourists and operators : expectations and implications of a strategic cross-border proposal / Moreno Zago -- Cittàslow : the Emilia-Romagna case / Gabriele Manella -- Successful integration of slow and sustainable tourism : a case study of food tourism in the alpine region of Algovia, Germany / Katia Laura Sidali and María de Obeso -- The experiential value of slow tourism : a Spanish perspective / José Manuel Hernández-Mogollón, Elide Di-Clemente, Ana María Campón-Cerro and José Antonio Folgado-Fernández -- Embedding slow tourism and the "slow phases" framework : the case of Cambridge, UK / Michael B. Duignan and Chris Wilbert -- Drinking in the good life : tourism mobilities and the slow movement in wine country / Donna Senese, Filippo Randelli, John Hull, and Colleen Hiner -- Conclusion : the promises and pitfalls of slow / Michael Clancy.