Melanie Smith (PhD) is a Lecturer and Researcher in the Department of Tourism and Catering at the Budapest Metropolitan University of Applied Sciences in Budapest where she specialises in cultural tourism and health tourism.  Nikki Macleod has more than 15 years’ experience of teaching tourism at University of Greenwich and the University of North London (now London Metropolitan University) and is a registered practitioner of the Higher Education Academy. During this period she has taught extensively, contributed to the development of new programmes and undertaken research. She is an External Examiner for Oxford Brookes University and the University of East London. Margaret Hart Robinson is currently teaching Tourism Studies at the University of Las Palmas, Spain.

The current tourism textbook market is saturated with books that conform to an outdated mode… this book presents a fresh look at tourism topics exploring emerging markets, new niches, and alternative development models from using a local-to-global framework. As such the book will more accurately portray the content and context of global tourism. The project has great potential to be considered the first 21st century tourism textbookRich HarrilInternational Tourism Research Institute, University of South Carolina For the growing number of students and researchers engaging with tourism, this book provides an excellent entry point to the major concepts which help frame our understanding of this global and multi-layered phenomenon. This compact book provides a valuable service in introducing the diversity of concepts we need in tourism studiesMike RobinsonDirector, Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, Leeds Metropolitan University

• IntroductionAnthropology of TourismArts TourismAuthenticityBackpackingBusiness TourismCrisis ManagementCultural TourismDark TourismDestination ManagementEconomics of TourismEcotourismEthical TourismE-TourismFestivals and Events TourismFilm and TV TourismGastronomic TourismGay TourismGeography of TourismHealth and Wellness TourismHeritage TourismIdentityIndigenous TourismLiterary TourismMature TourismMobilityNeo-ColonialismPlanning TourismPost-TourismRegenerationReligious and Spiritual TourismRural TourismSelf and OtherSex TourismSociology of TourismSpecial Interest Tourism Sports and Adventure TourismSustainable TourismTourist GazeUrban Tourism

Melanie Smith (PhD) is a Lecturer and Researcher in the Department of Tourism and Catering at the Budapest Metropolitan University of Applied Sciences in Budapest where she specialises in cultural tourism and health tourism.  Nikki Macleod has more than 15 years’ experience of teaching tourism at University of Greenwich and the University of North London (now London Metropolitan University) and is a registered practitioner of the Higher Education Academy. During this period she has taught extensively, contributed to the development of new programmes and undertaken research. She is an External Examiner for Oxford Brookes University and the University of East London. Margaret Hart Robinson is currently teaching Tourism Studies at the University of Las Palmas, Spain.

The current tourism textbook market is saturated with books that conform to an outdated mode… this book presents a fresh look at tourism topics exploring emerging markets, new niches, and alternative development models from using a local-to-global framework. As such the book will more accurately portray the content and context of global tourism. The project has great potential to be considered the first 21st century tourism textbookRich HarrilInternational Tourism Research Institute, University of South Carolina For the growing number of students and researchers engaging with tourism, this book provides an excellent entry point to the major concepts which help frame our understanding of this global and multi-layered phenomenon. This compact book provides a valuable service in introducing the diversity of concepts we need in tourism studiesMike RobinsonDirector, Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, Leeds Metropolitan University

• IntroductionAnthropology of TourismArts TourismAuthenticityBackpackingBusiness TourismCrisis ManagementCultural TourismDark TourismDestination ManagementEconomics of TourismEcotourismEthical TourismE-TourismFestivals and Events TourismFilm and TV TourismGastronomic TourismGay TourismGeography of TourismHealth and Wellness TourismHeritage TourismIdentityIndigenous TourismLiterary TourismMature TourismMobilityNeo-ColonialismPlanning TourismPost-TourismRegenerationReligious and Spiritual TourismRural TourismSelf and OtherSex TourismSociology of TourismSpecial Interest Tourism Sports and Adventure TourismSustainable TourismTourist GazeUrban Tourism

Melanie Smith (PhD) is a Lecturer and Researcher in the Department of Tourism and Catering at the Budapest Metropolitan University of Applied Sciences in Budapest where she specialises in cultural tourism and health tourism.  Nikki Macleod has more than 15 years’ experience of teaching tourism at University of Greenwich and the University of North London (now London Metropolitan University) and is a registered practitioner of the Higher Education Academy. During this period she has taught extensively, contributed to the development of new programmes and undertaken research. She is an External Examiner for Oxford Brookes University and the University of East London. Margaret Hart Robinson is currently teaching Tourism Studies at the University of Las Palmas, Spain.

The current tourism textbook market is saturated with books that conform to an outdated mode… this book presents a fresh look at tourism topics exploring emerging markets, new niches, and alternative development models from using a local-to-global framework. As such the book will more accurately portray the content and context of global tourism. The project has great potential to be considered the first 21st century tourism textbookRich HarrilInternational Tourism Research Institute, University of South Carolina For the growing number of students and researchers engaging with tourism, this book provides an excellent entry point to the major concepts which help frame our understanding of this global and multi-layered phenomenon. This compact book provides a valuable service in introducing the diversity of concepts we need in tourism studiesMike RobinsonDirector, Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, Leeds Metropolitan University

• IntroductionAnthropology of TourismArts TourismAuthenticityBackpackingBusiness TourismCrisis ManagementCultural TourismDark TourismDestination ManagementEconomics of TourismEcotourismEthical TourismE-TourismFestivals and Events TourismFilm and TV TourismGastronomic TourismGay TourismGeography of TourismHealth and Wellness TourismHeritage TourismIdentityIndigenous TourismLiterary TourismMature TourismMobilityNeo-ColonialismPlanning TourismPost-TourismRegenerationReligious and Spiritual TourismRural TourismSelf and OtherSex TourismSociology of TourismSpecial Interest Tourism Sports and Adventure TourismSustainable TourismTourist GazeUrban Tourism