Co-Creation in Tourist Experiences- Front Cover -- Co-Creation in Tourist Experiences -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Tourist experience creation: an overview -- Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2: Creating emotional platforms -- Introduction -- Customer interaction with tourism service providers -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Designing and managing co-creative processes in a holiday environment: the case of French Northern Alpine ski resorts -- Introduction -- Background: the context of the ski industry in the French Northern Alps -- Literature review -- Methodology -- Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Staging for value co-creation in nature-based experiences: the case of a surfing course at Surfers Paradise, Australia -- Introduction -- Theory -- A conceptual framework for staging tourist experiences -- Analysis -- The case: Surfing course at the Surfers Paradise, Australia -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: Designing forest-based wellbeing tourism services for Japanese customers: a case study from Finland -- Introduction -- Theory -- Discussion and conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 6: Innovation potentials through value proposals: a case study of a museum in northern Norway -- Introduction -- Theoretical perspectives -- The case: a rock carving museum in Alta, Norway -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7: Value co-creation in geothermal tourism: the case of the 'ryokan' industry in Japan -- Introduction -- Background: traditional Japanese-style inn - ryokan -- Current situation of Japanese ryokan -- Tourism industry in Beppu, Japan -- The strength and contribution of hot spring tourism in Japan and Beppu -- The development of Beppu ryokan