The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism

Over the past decade, the field of tourism studies has been transformed—a trend that has resulted in a flourishing of new academic research. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism presents a series of readings that represent an authoritative reference on the state–of–the–art of the interdisciplinary field of tourism studies.  Featuring original contributions from more than 50 international experts from across the social sciences, their essays offer cutting–edge perspectives on a broad range of established and emerging topics in the field. These include tourism’s role in globalization, localization, and contested places; the values, motivations, and experiences of tourists; tourism, society, and the environment (including sustainable tourism); sports and medical tourism; and tourism policies, governance, and the state’s role in tourism development.  At once scholarly and stimulating, Companion to Tourism is an essential resource for the current frontiers of tourism research—that also sets an agenda for provocative new areas of studies in the field. 

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 Eijgelaar and Eke Peeters 37 Climate Change Implications for Tourism Dan Scott 38 Coastal and Marine Tourism: Emerging Issues, Future Trends and Research Priorities Mark Orams and Michael Lueck 39 Socio–Cultural Resilience and Tourism Debbie Hopkins and Suzanne Becken 40 Tourism and Tourists in Nature, National Parks and Wilderness Jarkko Saarinen 41 Exploring the Precautionary Principle in an Environmental and Tourism Context David Fennel 42 The Sustainable Development of Tourism: A State of the Art Perspective David Weaver Part 8 TOURISM POLICIES, PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE Introduction: Tourism Policies, Planning and Governance C. Michael Hall 43 Tourism and Public Policy: Contemporary Debates and Future Directions John Jenkins, Michael Hall, and Mucha Mkono 44 Local participation in community tourism: a critical and relational assessment Bill Bramwell 45 Partnerships, Tourism, and Community Impacts Maria Jose Zapata Campos 46 Tourism in the Development of Regional and Sectoral Innovation Systems Adi Weidenfeld and CM Hall 47 Critical Success Factors for Creating Community Based Tourism Amran Hamzah 48 Strengthening Tourism–Poverty Linkages Chris Rogerson 49 Tourism Crises and Disasters: Moving the Research Agenda Forward Brent Ritchie, Judith Mair, and Gabby Walters Part 9 CONCLUSIONS 50 Theoretical and Methodological Challenges for Tourism – Just Out Of Sight, Or Just Within Our Reach? Allan M Williams, C Michael Hall, and Alan Lew

Alan A. Lew is Professor and Chair in the Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation at Northern Arizona University. He is Editor–in–Chief of Tourism Geographies , and Resource Editor for the Annals of Tourism Research . C. Michael Hall is Professor and Head of the Department of Tourism at the University of Otago and Honorary Professor in the Department of Marketing at the University of Stirling. He is co–editor of Current Issues in Tourism and an Associate Editor of Tourism Geographies . Allan M. Williams is Professor of Human Geography and European Studies at the University of Exeter. He is Associate Editor of Tourism Geographies , co–editor of European Urban and Regional Studies , and author or editor of several books, including Critical Issues in Tourism (2002).