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This book emphasises the work, the remarkable contributions, and the lifetime achievements of internationally respected scholars who have made lifelong contribution to advancing tourism studies and the dissemination of tourism-based knowledge and education across the world.
List of contents
Introduction: Early framers of tourism knowledge landscape 1. David Airey: man with beard and burgundy trousers 2. David Harrison: anthropologist, sociologist, and raconteur 3. Dean MacCannell: towards an understanding of capitalism 4. Dennison Nash: a self-described outsider 5. Donald E. Hawkins: transferring knowledge into practice 6. Donald Getz: the symbiotic innovator 7. Douglas C. Frechtling: promoting research excellence 8. Douglas G. Pearce: a pioneer who bridged disciplines, languages and territories 9. Eduardo Fayos-Solà: a life devoted to tourism 10. Egon Smeral: ground breaker in tourism economics 11. Erik Cohen: the foundations of tourism studies 12. The "Great Wall" in tourism research: Geoff Wall 13. Graham M.S. Dann: the peripatetic who was pushed and pulled 14. Three decades in heritage tourism: a tribute to Gregory Ashworth 15. Hansruedi Müller: a passionate leisure and tourism researcher in the worlds of theory and practice 16. Hasan Olal¿: pioneer of tourism education and research in Turkey 17. Hasan Zafer Dogan: understanding tourism from a wider perspective 18. Huimin (Grace) Gu: a key academic in China's hospitality industry 19. Jafar Jafari: the platform builder 20. A portrait of John Crompton's career: running a marathon at quarter mile pace
About the author
Metin Kozak is Professor in the School of Communication, Kadir Has University, Turkey. He holds both Master's and Ph.D. degrees in tourism. His research focuses on consumer behaviour, tourism marketing, public health, and sustainability.
Nazmi Kozak is Professor in the School of Tourism, Anadolu University, Turkey. He gained both his Master's and Ph.D. degrees in tourism. His research activities focus on tourism marketing, history of tourism, and bibliometrics.
Summary
This book emphasises the work, the remarkable contributions, and the lifetime achievements of internationally respected scholars who have made lifelong contribution to advancing tourism studies and the dissemination of tourism–based knowledge and education across the world.
