Encyclopedia of Tourism

by Jafar Jafari

Book Overview

In fewer than three hundred years tourism has become a global service industry of great economic, cultural and political importance. Published to critical acclaim, the Encyclopedia of Tourism - now available as a Routledge World Reference title - is the definitive one-volume reference source to this challenging multisectoral industry and multi disciplinary field of study.

Comprising over one thousand entries, this volume has been written...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415308909
• ISBN13: 9780415308908
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 720 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Encyclopedia!

This is a Book you must have! It is a good value for everybody interested in tourism - students, tourism professionals, analysts, researchers, PhD candidates. All aspects of tourism are represented in this comprehensive volume by well written, easily read and informative A-Z entries. Almost all of them include suggestions for further readings (reference lists with titles of all important books and articles published so far). This is a unique selection of concentrated knowledge about tourism from the perspective of economics, management, marketing, geography, sociology, anthropology, psychology (excellent coverage of social aspects of tourism), systems theory etc. The chief editor is Jafari (a good done job!). Among the authors are names such as: Cohen, Goeldner, Buhalis, Cooper, Dann, Gunn, Holloway, Leiper, Lew, MacCannel, Mason, Oppermann, D. Pearce, P. Pearce, Pizam, Seaton, V. Smith, Urry, Uysal, Weiler and many many others! If there is somehting you can call The Bible of Tourism, than this is it!