Encyclopedia of Tourism

'An essential purchase for every serious tourism researcher, library and institution.' - International Journal of Tourism Research

'Useful for professionals in the industry, scholars and researchers, and interested lay readers. It is recommended for academic and large public libraries.' - Booklist

'Highly recommended for academic libraries offering classes in the field of tourism and the hospitality industries.' - American Reference Books Annual Edition 2000

Comprises over one thousand entries and has been written by a truly international team of more than three hundred contributors to provide a comprehensive guide to both the manifest and hidden dimensions of tourism.

1. General issues and concepts specific to tourism: accommodation, consumerism, gambling, globalization, policy, seasonality 2. Definition of key terms and acronyms: ecoresort, professional native, room nights 3. Significant institutions, associations and journals: Caribbean Tourism Organization, Centre des Hautes Etudes Touristiques, WTO, Journal of Leisure Research, Journal of Tourism Studies 4. Country specific tourism profiles: Greece, Hungary, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Peru, Singapore, South Africa 5. Trends and patterns of tourism development and growth: community development, demography, ecologically sustainable tourism, forecasting, zoning 6. Tourism as an industry with many businesses: adventure tourism, business travel, convention bureaux, hospitality, marketing, public relations.