The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism presents a
collection of readings that represent an essential and
authoritative reference on the state-of-the-art of the
interdisciplinary field of tourism studies.

• Presents a comprehensive and critical overview of tourism
  studies across the social sciences

• Introduces emerging topics and reassesses key themes in tourism
  studies in the light of recent developments

• Includes 50 newly commissioned essays by leading experts in the
  social sciences from around the world

• Contains cutting-edge perspectives on topics that include
  tourism's role in globalization, sustainable tourism, and the
  state's role in tourism development

• Sets an agenda for future tourism research and includes a
  wealth of bibliographic references

Auteur

Alan A. Lew is Professor in the Department of Geography,
Planning and Recreation at Northern Arizona University, USA. He is
Editor-in-Chief of Tourism Geographies, and co-author of
Understanding and Managing Tourism Impacts: An Integrated
Approach (2009), World Regional Geography (2010), and
Tourism Geography (2014).

C. Michael Hall is Professor in the Department of
Management, Marketing & Entrepreneurship the University of
Canterbury, New Zealand; Docent, Department of Geography,
University of Oulu, Finland; and Visiting Professor at Linneaus
University School of Business and Economics, Kalmar, Sweden. He is
Co-Editor of Current Issues in Tourism and an Associate
Editor of Tourism Geographies.
Allan M. Williams is Professor of Tourism and Mobility
Studies at the University of Surrey, UK. He is Co-Editor of
Tourism Geographies, and co-author of several books,
including Critical Issues in Tourism (2002), Tourism and
Tourism Spaces (2004), and Tourism Innovation
(2008).

Résumé

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism presents a collection of readings that represent an essential and authoritative reference on the state-of-the-art of the interdisciplinary field of tourism studies.

• Presents a comprehensive and critical overview of tourism studies across the social sciences
• Introduces emerging topics and reassesses key themes in tourism studies in the light of recent developments
• Includes 50 newly commissioned essays by leading experts in the social sciences from around the world
• Contains cutting-edge perspectives on topics that include tourism's role in globalization, sustainable tourism, and the state's role in tourism development
• Sets an agenda for future tourism research and includes a wealth of bibliographic references

Contenu

Notes on Contributors ix

Part 1 Introduction 1

1 Tourism: Conceptualizations, Disciplinarity, Institutions, and Issues 3
C. Michael Hall, Allan M. Williams, and Alan A. Lew

Part 2 Perspectives on Tourism 25

Introduction: Perspectives on Tourism 27
Allan M. Williams

2 Tourist Flows and Spatial Behavior 33
Bob McKercher and Judit Zoltan

3 Tourism Motivations and Decision Making 45
Philip L. Pearce

4 Political Economy of Tourism: Regulation Theory, Institutions, and Governance Networks 55
Jan Mosedale

5 Cultural Geographies of Tourism 66
Mike Crang

6 Tourism Mobilities 78
Kevin Hannam

7 Critical Perspectives on Tourism 88
Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and Kyle Powys Whyte

Part 3 Producing Tourism and Tourism Spaces 99

Introduction: Producing Tourism and Tourism Spaces 101
Allan M. Williams

8 Economic Geographies of Tourism Revisited: From Theory to Practice 107
Dimitri Ioannides and Keith G. Debbage

9 Entrepreneurial Cultures and Small Business Enterprises in Tourism 120
Gareth Shaw

10 Labor Mobility and Labor Market Structures in Tourism 132
Adele Ladkin

11 Tourism and Development: From Development Theory to Globalization 143
David Harrison

12 Transport and Tourism 155
Stephen Page and Joanne Connell

13 Tourism Innovation: Products, Processes, and People 168
Allan M. Williams

14 Souvenirs, Tourists, and Tourism 179
Kristen Swanson

Part 4 Globalizing People, Places, and Markets in Tourism 189

Introduction: Globalizing People, Places, and Markets in Tourism 191
Alan A. Lew

15 Transnational Corporations and the Globalization of Tourism 197
Larry Dwyer

16 Problematizing Place Promotion and Commodification 210
Nigel Morgan

17 Urban Tourism and the Experience Economy 220
T.C. Chang and Shirlena Huang

18 Tourism and Creative Economies 230
Gordon Waitt and Chris Gibson

19 Mobilities, Ethnicity, and Tourism 240
Kevin Meethan

20 GPS, Smartphones, and the Future of Tourism Research 251
Noam Shoval, Michal Isaacson, and Prem Chhetri

21 New Territories in Information Technologies and Tourism Research 262
Mads Bødker and Ana María Munar

Part 5 Social Theories of Tourist Practice, Experience, and Landscapes Encounters 275

Introduction: Social Theories of Tourist Practice, Experience, and Landscapes Encounters 277
Alan A. Lew

22 Landscapes of Tourism 282
Theano S. Terkenli

23 Tourism After the Postmodern Turn 294
Claudio Minca and Tim Oakes

24 The Tourist Gaze 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 304
Jonas Larsen

25 Gender and Feminist Perspectives in Tourism Research 314
Annette Pritchard

26 Tourism and the Visual 325
Caroline Scarles

27 Speaking Heritage: Language, Identity, and Tourism 336
Lauren A. Hall-Lew and Alan A. Lew

28 Religion and Spirituality in Tourism 349
Michael Stausberg

Part 6 Tourist Attractions: Places, Spaces, and Forms 361

Introduction: Tourist Attractions: Places, Spaces, and Forms 363
Alan A. Lew

29 Material Culture and Contested Heritage in Tourism 368
Tim Winter

30 Trends in Tourism, Shopping, and Retailing 378
Dallen J. Timothy 31 Progress in Second-Home Tourism Resea...