A Companion to Tourism

Blackwell's Companions to Geography series continues with this volume on tourism. Tourism studies is an interdisciplinary field and the editors have sought contributions on what they perceive as the major research and theoretical subjects from leading academics, who write from a geographical perspective (Preface p. xvii). The list of contributors (pp. ix‐xv) includes eminent academics in the field.

This Companion to Tourism is one of the more substantial volumes in the series. The book is organized into nine parts, which perhaps reflects the breadth and diversity within tourism studies. The editors’ introduction and conclusions are separate parts, but it might...