Alan A. Lew & C. Michael Hall 
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism [EPUB ebook] 

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism 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.

* Presents a comprehensive and critical overview of tourism
studies across the social sciences

* Introduces emerging topics and reassesses key themes in tourism
studies in the light of recent developments

* Includes 50 newly commissioned essays by leading experts in the
social sciences from around the world

* Contains cutting-edge perspectives on topics that include
tourism’s role in globalization, sustainable tourism, and the
state’s role in tourism development

* Sets an agenda for future tourism research and includes a
wealth of bibliographic references

About the author

Alan A. Lew is Professor in the Department of Geography,
Planning and Recreation at Northern Arizona University, USA. He is
Editor-in-Chief of Tourism Geographies, and co-author of
Understanding and Managing Tourism Impacts: An Integrated
Approach (2009), World Regional Geography (2010), and
Tourism Geography (2014).

C. Michael Hall is Professor in the Department of
Management, Marketing & Entrepreneurship the University of
Canterbury, New Zealand; Docent, Department of Geography,
University of Oulu, Finland; and Visiting Professor at Linneaus
University School of Business and Economics, Kalmar, Sweden. He is
Co-Editor of Current Issues in Tourism and an Associate
Editor of Tourism Geographies.
Allan M. Williams is Professor of Tourism and Mobility
Studies at the University of Surrey, UK. He is Co-Editor of
Tourism Geographies, and co-author of several books,
including Critical Issues in Tourism (2002), Tourism and
Tourism Spaces (2004), and Tourism Innovation
(2008).