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Presents a series of readings on the state of tourism studies, offering perspectives on such topics as tourism's role in globalization, the nature of tourism production, sustainable tourism, and the state's role in tourism development.
List of contents
Notes on Contributors
Part 1 INTRODUCTION
1 Tourism: Conceptualisations, Disciplinarity, Institutions and Issues
C. Michael Hall, Allan M. Williams and Alan A. Lew
Part 2 PERSPECTIVES ON TOURISM
Introduction: Perspectives on Tourism
Allan M. Williams
2 Tourist Flows and Spatial Behavior
Bob McKercher and Judit Zoltan
3 Tourism motivations and decision making
Philip Pearce
4 Political Economy of Tourism: Regulation Theory, Institutions and Governance Networks
Jan Mosedale
5 Cultural Geographies of Tourism
Mike Crang
6 Tourism mobilities
Kevin Hannam
7 Critical Perspectives on Tourism
Freya Higgins-Desboilles and Kyle Whyte
Part 3 PRODUCING TOURISM AND TOURISM SPACES
Introduction: Producing Tourism and Tourism Spaces
Allan M. Williams
8 Economic Geographies of Tourism Revisited: From Theory to Practice
Keith Debbage and Dimitri Ioannides
9 Entrepreneurial cultures and small business enterprises
Gareth Shaw
10 Labour Mobility and Labour Market Structures in Tourism
Adele Ladkin
11 Tourism and Development: From Development Theory to Globalisation
David Harrison
12 Transportation and Tourism
Stephen Page and Joanne Connell
13 Tourism Innovation: Products, Processes and People
Allan Williams
14 Souvenirs, tourists and tourism
Kristen Swanson
Part 4 GLOBALIZING PEOPLE, PLACES AND MARKETS IN TOURISM
Introduction: Globalizing People, Places and Markets in Tourism
Alan A. Lew
15 Transnational corporations and the globalisation of tourism
Larry Dwyer
16 Problematising place promotion and commodification
Nigel Morgan
17 Urban tourism and the experience economy
TC Chang and Shirlena Huang
18 Tourism and creative economies
Gordon Waitt and Chris Gibson
19 Mobilities, Ethnicity and Tourism
Kevin Meethan
20 GPS, smartphones and the future of tourism research
Noam Shoval, Michal Isaacson, and Prem Chhetri
21 New territories in information technologies and tourism research
Mads Bødker and Ana Munar
Part 5 SOCIAL THEORIES OF TOURIST PRACTICE, EXPERIENCE, AND LANDSCAPES ENCOUNTERS
Introduction: Social Theories of Tourist Practice, Experience, and Landscapes Encounters
Alan A. Lew
22 Landscapes of Tourism
Theano Terkenli
23 Tourism After the Postmodern Turn
Claudio Minca and Tim Oakes
24 The Tourist Gaze 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0
Jonas Larson
25 Gender and feminist perspective in tourism research
Annette Pritchard
26 Tourism and the visual
Caroline Scarles
27 Speaking Heritage: Language, Identity & Tourism
Lauren Hall-Lew and Alan Lew
28 Spirituality and Religion in tourism
Michael Stausberg
Part 6 TOURIST ATTACTIONS: PLACE, SPACE AND FORMS
Introduction: Tourist Attractions: Places, Spaces and Forms
Alan A. Lew
29 Material culture and contested heritage in tourism
Tim Winter
30 Trends in Tourism, Shopping and Retailing
Dallen Timothy
31 Progress in Second Home Tourism Research
Dieter Müller
32 Timing tourism: MICE, events and megaevents
Don Getz
33 Taking Stock of Sport Tourism Research
Tom Hinch, James Higham, and Stacy-Lyn Sant
34 Medical tourism
Meghann Ormond
35 Gay and lesbian tourism practices
Gustav Visser
Part 7 TOURISM AND THE ENVIRONMENT: CHANGE, IMPACTS AND RESPONSE
Introduction: Tourism and the Environment: Change, Impacts and Response
C. Michael Hall
36 The Global Footprint of Tourism
Paul Eijge
About the author
Alan A. Lew is Professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation at Northern Arizona University, USA. He is Editor-in-Chief of Tourism Geographies, and co-author of Understanding and Managing Tourism Impacts: An Integrated Approach (2009), World Regional Geography (2010), and Tourism Geography (2014).
C. Michael Hall is Professor in the Department of Management, Marketing & Entrepreneurship the University of Canterbury, New Zealand; Docent, Department of Geography, University of Oulu, Finland; and Visiting Professor at Linneaus University School of Business and Economics, Kalmar, Sweden. He is Co-Editor of Current Issues in Tourism and an Associate Editor of Tourism Geographies. Allan M. Williams is Professor of Tourism and Mobility Studies at the University of Surrey, UK. He is Co-Editor of Tourism Geographies, and co-author of several books, including Critical Issues in Tourism (2002), Tourism and Tourism Spaces (2004), and Tourism Innovation (2008).
Summary
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism presents a collection of readings that represent an essential and authoritative reference on the state-of-the-art of the interdisciplinary field of tourism studies.
* Presents a comprehensive and critical overview of tourism studies across the social sciences
* Introduces emerging topics and reassesses key themes in tourism studies in the light of recent developments
* Includes 50 newly commissioned essays by leading experts in the social sciences from around the world
* Contains cutting-edge perspectives on topics that include tourism's role in globalization, sustainable tourism, and the state's role in tourism development
* Sets an agenda for future tourism research and includes a wealth of bibliographic references
Report
" Excellent ... as far as it goes. . . Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." ( Choice , 1 April 2015)
