Preface.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. Muller (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)