Encyclopedia of Tourism

Comprising over one thousand entries, this volume has been written by an international team of contributors to provide a comprehensive guide to both the manifest and hidden dimensions of tourism. It explores the wide range of definitions, concepts, perspectives and institutions and includes:

• comprehensive coverage of key issues and concepts
• definitions of all terms and acronyms
• entries on the significant institutions, associations and journals in the field
• country-specific tourism profiles, from Greece to Japan and Kenya to Peru
• thorough analysis of the trends and patterns of tourism development and growth.

The extensive cross-referencing and comprehensive index will assist the reader in making links between the diverse aspects of tourism studies, and the suggestions for further reading are invaluable.