The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism

<p><i>The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism</i> 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.</p> <ul> <li>Presents a comprehensive and critical overview of tourism studies across the social sciences</li> <li>Introduces emerging topics and reassesses key themes in tourism studies in the light of recent developments</li> <li>Includes 50 newly commissioned essays by leading experts in the social sciences from around the world</li> <li>Contains cutting-edge perspectives on topics that include tourism’s role in globalization, sustainable tourism, and the state’s role in tourism development</li> <li>Sets an agenda for future tourism research and includes a wealth of bibliographic references</li> </ul>