The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism
Blackwell Companions to Geography
The first authoritative overview of tourism studies published post-COVID-19
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism remains a definitive reference in this interdisciplinary field. Edited and authored by leading scholars from around the world, this state-of-the-art volume provides a comprehensive critical overview of tourism studies across the social sciences. In-depth yet accessible chapters combine established theories and cutting-edge developments and analysis, addressing a wide range of current and emerging topics, issues, debates, and themes.
The second edition of the Companion reflects the complexity of the changing field, incorporating new developments, diverse theories, core themes, and fresh perspectives throughout. New and revised chapters explore the organization and practice of tourism, pressing health, economic, social, and environmental challenges, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism and the tourist industry, empowerment, placemaking, mindfulness and wellbeing, resident attitudes towards tourism, Chinese outbound tourism, public transport, long-distance walking, and more.
* Covers the full spectrum of tourism studies, including its connections to geography, sociology, urban studies, sustainability, marketing, management, globalization, and policy
* Outlines exciting new and emerging approaches, theoretical foundations, and major developments in tourism studies
* Offers perspectives on major topics including the role of tourism in the Anthropocene, global and local change, resilience, innovation, and consumer and business behavior
* Sets an agenda for future tourism research and reviews significant issues in theory, method, and practice
* Features new contributions from an international panel of younger scholars and established researchers
With a wealth of up-to-date bibliographic references and extensive coverage of the tourism-related literature, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism, Second Edition, is required reading for undergraduate students, postgraduate researchers, lecturers, and academic scholars in tourism studies, tourism management, tourism geography, tourism theory, sociology, urban studies, and globalization, as well as professionals working in tourism and hospitality management worldwide.
Part 1 Introduction: Tourism after the COVID-19 pandemic
Tourism: Conceptualizations, Disciplinarity, Institutions, and Issues
Part 2 Perspectives on Tourism
1 Introduction: Perspectives on Tourism
2 Tourist Flows and Spatial Behavior
3 Tourism Motivations and Decision Making
4 Political Economy of Tourism: Regulation Theory, Institutions, and Governance Networks
5 Cultural Geographies of Tourism
6 Tourism Mobilities
7 Critical Perspectives on Tourism
Part 3 Producing Tourism and Tourism Spaces
Introduction: Producing Tourism and Tourism Spaces
8 Economic Geographies of Tourism Revisited: From Theory to Practice
9 Entrepreneurial Cultures and Small Business Enterprises in Tourism
10 Labor Mobility and Labor Market Structures in Tourism
11 Tourism and Development: From Development Theory to Globalization
12 Transport and Tourism
13 Tourism Innovation: Products, Processes, and People
14 Souvenirs, Tourists, and Tourism
Part 4 Globalizing People, Places, and Markets in Tourism
Introduction: Globalizing People, Places, and Markets in Tourism
15 Transnational Corporations and the Globalization of Tourism
16 Problematizing Place Promotion and Commodification
17 Urban Tourism and the Experience Economy
18 Tourism and Creative Economies
19 Mobilities, Ethnicity, and Tourism
20 GPS, Smartphones, and the Future of Tourism Research
21 New Territories in Information Technologies and Tourism Research
Part 5 Social Theories of Tourist Practice, Experience, and Landscapes Encounters
Introduction: Social Theories of Tourist Practice, Experience, and Landscapes Encounters
22 Landscapes of Tourism
23 Tourism After the Postmodern Turn
24 The Tourist Gaze 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0
25 Gender and Feminist Perspectives in Tourism Research
26 Tourism and the Visual
27 Speaking Heritage: Language, Identity, and Tourism
28 Religion and Spirituality in Tourism
Part 6 Tourist Attractions: Places, Spaces, and Forms
Introduction: Tourist Attractions: Places, Spaces, and Forms
29 Material Culture and Contested Heritage in Tourism
30 Trends in Tourism, Shopping, and Retailing
31 Progress in Second-Home Tourism Research
32 Timing Tourism: MICE, Events, and Mega-Events
33 Taking Stock of Sport Tourism Research
34 Medical Tourism
35 Gay and Lesbian Tourism Practices
Part 7 Tourism and The Environment: Change, Impacts, And Response
Introduction: Tourism and the Environment: Change, Impacts, and Response
36 The Global Footprint of Tourism
37 Climate-Change Implications for Tourism
38 Coastal and Marine Tourism: Emerging Issues, Future Trends, and Research Priorities
39 Sociocultural Resilience and Tourism
40 Tourism and Tourists in Nature, National Parks, and Wilderness
41 Exploring the Precautionary Principle in an Environment and Tourism Context
42 The Sustainable Development of Tourism: A State-of-the-Art Perspective
Part 8 Tourism Policies, Planning, and Governance
Introduction: Tourism Policies, Planning, and Governance
43 Tourism and Public Policy: Contemporary Debates and Future Directions
44 Local Participation in Community Tourism: A Critical and Relational Assessment
45 Partnerships, Tourism, and Community Impacts
46 Tourism in the Development of Regional and Sectoral Innovation Systems
47 Critical Success Factors for Creating Community-Based Tourism
48 Strengthening Tourism-Poverty Linkages
49 Tourism Crises and Disasters: Moving the Research Agenda Forward
Part 9 Conclusions
50 Challenges for Tourism: Just Out of Sight or Just Within our Reach?
