A Companion to Tourism

Contents: Preface. I. Introduction: 1. Tourism: conceptualizations, institutions, and issues/C. Michael Hall, Allan M. Williams, and Alan A. Lew. II. Perspectives on tourism: 2. The measurement of global tourism: old debates, new consensus, and continuing challenges/Stephen L. J. Smith. 3. Tourist flows and the spatial distribution of tourists/Bob McKercher and Alan A. Lew. 4. Behavioral approaches in tourism research/D. Jim Walmsley. 5. Toward a political economy of tourism/Allan M. Williams. 6. Cultural geographies of tourism/Mike Crang. 7. Tourist practices and performances/David Crouch. III. Producing Tourism and tourism spaces: 8. The cultural turn? toward a more critical economic geography of tourism/Keith G. Debbage and Dimitri Ioannides. 9. Transnational corporations, globalization, and tourism/Kevin Meethan. 10. Entrepreneurial cultures and small business enterprises in tourism/Gareth Shaw. 11. Labor mobility and market structure in tourism/Michael Riley. 12. Transport and tourism/Stephen Page. 13. The tourism area life cycle in the twenty-first century/Richard Butler. IV. Globalization and contested places: 14. Problematizing place promotion/Nigel Morgan. 15. Tourism, information technology, and development: revolution or reinforcement?/Simon Milne, David Mason, and Julia Hasse. 16. Theming, tourism, and fantasy city/Thomas W. Paradis. 17. Whose tourist-historic city? Localizing the global and globalizing the local/Gregory J. Ashworth and John E. Tunbridge. 18. Urban tourism: between the global and the local/T.C. Chang and Shirlena Huang. 19. Postcolonialism, colonialism, and tourism/Anne-Marie d'Hauteserre. 20. Indigenous people and tourism/Tom D. Hinch. V. Tourists, values, and practices: 21. Tourism motivations and typologies/Richard Prentice. 22. Tourism, modernity, and postmodernity/Tim Oakes and Claudio Minca. 23. Cultural circuits of tourism: commodities, place and re-consumption/Irena Ateljevic and Stephen Doorne. 24. Narratives of being elsewhere: tourism and travel writing/Mike Robinson. 25. Gender and sexuality in tourism research/Annette Pritchard. 26. The souvenir: conceptualizing the object(s) of tourist consumption/Jon Goss. VI. Tourism, place, space, and forms: 27. Tourism and landscape/Theano S. Terkenli. 28. The beach as a Liminal space/Robert Preston-Whyte. 29. Tourism, shopping, and retailing : an axiomatic relationship?/Tim Coles. 30. Tourism and the countryside/Richard Sharpley. 31. Mobility, tourism, and second homes/Dieter K. Muller. 32. Gaming and tourism: issues for the new millennium/Patricia A. Stokowski. 33. Geographic perspectives on event tourism/Donald Getz. VII. Tourism, the environment, and society: 34. Tourism and the natural environment/Klaus Meyer-Arendt. 35. Tourism and touristic representations of nature/Jarkko Saarinen. 36. Environmental impacts of tourism/P.P. Wong. 37. Tourism and resource management/David Mercer. 38. National Parks: wilderness and culture/Stephen Boyd. 39. Ecotourism: theory and practice/Erlet Cater. 40. Tourism, sustainability, and social theory/George Hughes. 41. Tourism and the elusive paradigm of sustainable development/David B. Weaver. VIII. Policies, planning, and governance: 42. Tourism and public policy/C. Michael Hall and John Jenkins. 43. Partnerships, participation, and social science research in tourism planning/Bill Bramwell. 44. Local and regional tourism policy and power/Andrew Church. 45. Tourism communities and growth management/Alison Gill. 46. Political boundaries and regional cooperation in tourism/Dallen J. Timothy and Victor B. Teye. 47. GIS applications in the planning and management of tourism/Yianna Farsari and Poulicos Prastacos. IX. Conclusions: 48. Contemporary themes and challenges in tourism research/Allan M. Williams, C. Michael Hall and Alan A. Lew. Index.

"This groundbreaking companion offers readers an opportunity to reassess key themes in contemporary tourism studies in the light of recent theoretical developments in tourism studies and the social sciences, as well as dramatic changes in the operating environment for tourism. Comprising 48 specially commissioned essays, written by more than 50 acknowledged experts from around the world, it provides a critical review of current research in the field.

The companion takes readers to the frontiers of tourism research, covering current perspectives and topics. Within the Companion a broad range of issues is covered, including tourism's role in globalization, localization, and contested places; the values, motivations, and experiences of tourists; tourism, society, and the environment, including sustainable tourism; and tourism policies and governance and the state's role in tourism development. The volume also sets an agenda for future tourism research."