List of Contributors.

Part I: Introduction:.

1. Tourism: Conceptualizations, Institutions, and Issues: C. Michael Hall, Allan M. Williams, and Alan A. Lew (University of Otago; University of Exeter; Northern Arizona University).

Part II: Perspectives on Tourism:.

2. The Measurement of Global Tourism: Old Debates, New Consensus, and Continuing Challenges: Stephen L. J. Smith (University of Waterloo).

3. Tourist Flows and the Spatial Distribution of Tourists: Bob McKercher and Alan A. Lew (Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Northern Arizona University).

4. Behavioral Approaches in Tourism Research: D. Jim Walmsley (University of New England, Armidale).

5. Towards a Political Economy of Tourism: Allan M. Williams (University of Exeter).

6. Cultural Geographies of Tourism: Mike Crang (Durham University).

7. Tourist Practices and Performances: David Crouch (University of Derby).

Part III: Producing Tourism and Tourism Spaces:.

8. The Cultural Turn? Towards a More Critical Economic Geography of Tourism: Keith G. Debbage and Dimitri Ioannides (University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Southwest Missouri State University).

9. Transnational Corporations, Globalization, and Tourism: Kevin Meethan (University of Plymouth).

10. Entrepreneurial Cultures and Small Business Enterprises in Tourism: Gareth Shaw (University of Exeter).

11. Labor Mobility and Market Structure in Tourism: Michael Riley (University of Surrey).

12. Transport and Tourism: Stephen Page (University of Stirling).

13. The Tourism Area Life Cycle in the Twenty-First Century: Richard Butler (no affiliation).

Part IV: Globalization and Contested Places:.

14. Problematizing Place Promotion: Nigel Morgan (University of Wales Institute, Cardiff).

15. Tourism, Information Technology, and Development: Revolution or Reinforcement? Simon Milne, David Mason, and Julia Hasse (Auckland University of Technology; Victoria University, Wellington; no affiliation).

16. Theming, Tourism, and Fantasy City: Thomas W. Paradis (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff).

17. Whose Tourist-Historic City? Localizing the Global and Globalizing the Local: Greg J. Ashworth and John E. Tunbridge (University of Groningen; Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada).

18. Urban Tourism: Between the Global and the Local: T. C. Chang and Shirlena Huang (Both at National University of Singapore).

19. Postcolonialism, Colonialism, and Tourism: Anne-Marie d'Hauteserre (University of Waikato).

20. Indigenous Peoples and Tourism: Tom D. Hinch (University of Alberta).

Part V: Tourists, Values, and Practices:.

21. Tourism Motivations and Typologies: Richard Prentice (University of Sunderland).

22. Tourism, Modernity, and Postmodernity: Tim Oakes and Claudio Minca (University of Colorado at Boulder; University of Newcastle).

23. Cultural Circuits of Tourism: Commodities, Place, and Re-consumption: Irena Ateljevic and Stephen Doorne (University of Technology; University of South Pacific).

24. Narratives of Being Elsewhere: Tourism and Travel Writing: Mike Robinson (Sheffield Hallam University).

25. Gender and Sexuality in Tourism Research: Annette Pritchard (University of Wales Institute, Cardiff).

26. The Souvenir: Conceptualizing the Object(s) of Tourist Consumption: Jon Goss (University of Hawai’i).

Part VI: Tourism Place, Space, and Forms:.

27. Tourism and Landscape: Theano S. Terkenli (University of the Aegean, Lesvos).

28. The Beach as a Liminal Space: Robert Preston-Whyte (University of Natal in Durban).

29. Tourism, Shopping, and Retailing: An Axiomatic Relationship?: Tim Coles (University of Exeter).

30. Tourism and the Countryside: Richard Sharpley (Northumbria University).

31. Mobility, Tourism, and Second Homes: Dieter K. Müller (University Sweden).

32. Gaming and Tourism: Patricia A. Stokowski (University of Vermont).

33. Geographic Perspectives on Event Tourism: Donald Getz (University of Calgary).

Part VII: Tourism, the Environment, and Society:.

34. Tourism and the Natural Environment: Klaus Meyer-Arendt (University of West Florida in Pensacola).

35. Tourism and Touristic Representations of Nature: Jarkko Saarinen (University of Lapland and Finnish Forest Research Institute).

36. Environmental Impacts of Tourism: P. P. Wong (National University of Singapore).

37. Tourism and Resource Management: David Mercer RMIT (University in Melbourne).

38. National Parks: Wilderness and Culture: Stephen Boyd (University of Otago).

39. Ecotourism Theory and Practice: Erlet Cater (University of Reading).

40. Tourism, Sustainability and Social Theory: George Hughes (Edinburgh University).

41. Tourism and the Elusive Paradigm of Sustainable Development: David B. Weaver (George Mason University, Virginia).

Part VIII: Policies, Planning, and Governance:.

42. Tourism and Public Policy: Michael Hall and John Jenkins (University of Otago; University of Newcastle, Australia).

43. Partnerships, Participation, and Social Science Research in Tourism Planning: Bill Bramwell (Sheffield Hallam University).

44. Local and Regional Tourism Policy and Power: Andrew Church (University of Brighton).

45. Tourism Communities and Growth Management: Alison Gill (Simon Fraser University).

46. Political Boundaries, and Regional Cooperation in Tourism: Dallen J. Timothy and Victor B. Teye (Sunderland University; Arizona State University).

47. GIS Applications in the Planning and Management of Tourism: Yianna Farsari and Poulicos Prastacos (Both at the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) in Heraklion, Greece).

Part IX: Conclusions:.

48. Contemporary Themes and Challenges in Tourism Research: Allan M. Williams, C. Michael Hall, and Alan A. Lew (University of Exeter, University of Otago, Northern Arizona University)