This thought-provoking book challenges the orthodoxy of tourism and development, highlights past and current events as well as the repercussions and further developments well into the future.

Contributions by: David Airey, Thomas Baum, Richard W Butler, Donna Chambers, Dora Dongzhi Chen, Erik Cohen, Larry Dwyer, Afamefuna Paul Eyisi, Alison M. Gill, Ulrike Gretzel, Joan C Henderson, Carson Jenkins, Brian E M King, Louisa Yee-Sum Lee, Shaun Mann, Shelagh Mooney, Alastair M. Morrison, Nneoma Grace Ololo, Philip Pearce, Hanqin Qiu, Richard Sharpley, Terry Stevens, Sienny Thio, Geoffrey Wall, Stephen Wanhill, Allan Williams, Roy Wood