Encyclopedia of Tourism

Jafar Jafari is Founding Editor, Annals of Tourism Research: A Social Sciences Journal; Chief Editor, Tourism Social Science (book) Series; Co-Chief Editor, Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice book series; Chief Editor, Encyclopedia of Tourism; Co-Founding Editor, Information Technology & Tourism; Co-Founder, TRINET: Tourism Research Information Network; and Founding President, International Academy for the Study of Tourism. A cultural anthropologist (PhD, University of Minnesota, USA) and a hotel administration graduate (BS and MS, Cornell University, USA), with an honorary doctorate from the Universitat de les Illes Balears (Spain) and the recipient of the 2005 United Nations World Tourism Organization Ulysses Award, he is Visiting Professor of the Universitat do Algarve (Portugal) and Sun Yat-sen University (China), international Program Director of the Universitat de les Illes Balears (Spain), and faculty member of the University of Wisconsin-Stout Department of Hospitality and Tourism (USA). Honggen Xiao is Associate Professor in the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has had undergraduate (Fujian Normal University, China) and postgraduate (Soochow University, China) trainings in linguistics and literature, and has also earned his Master's and PhD degrees in Recreation and Leisure Studies (University of Waterloo, Canada). His prior work encompasses associate professorship and directorship of The Department of Tourism at Huaqiao University, China, and visiting professorship in The College of Tourism at Rikkyo University, Japan. He advises doctoral studies, and has teaching and research interest in knowledge development, tourism and culture, leisure and society, and China tourism. He is also Subject Index Editor of Annals of Tourism Research.

From the Content: Aborigine.- Accessibility.- Accommodation.- Acculturation.- Activity.- Actor-network theory.- Adaptation.- Adventure.- Advertisement.- Afghanistan.- Backpacker.- Bahamas.- Bahrain.- Balance of payments.- Bangladesh.- Barbados.- Beach.- Behavior, tourist.- Belarus.- Belgium.- Cambodia.- Cameroon.- Camping,.- Canada.- Cape Verde.- Car rental.- Career.-Caribbean.- Carrying capacity.- Case study. - Dark tourism.- Data envelopment analysis.- Decisionmaking, tourist.- Decision support system.- Decolonization.- Deficit.- Delphi technique.- Demand modeling.- Demography.- Demonstration effect.- Ecology.- e-commerce.- Economic development.- Economics.- Econometrics.- Ecotourism.- Ecuador.- Education.- Egypt.- Elasticity, demand and supply.- Facilitation.- Facilities management.- Factor analysis.- Family tourism.- Fantasmatics.- Feasibility study.- Feminism.- Festival and event.- Fieldwork.- Fiji.- Gabon.- Gambia.- Game theory.- Gaming.- Gaze.- Gender.- Geographical informationsystem.- Geography of tourism.- Georgia.- Geotourism.- Haiti.- Hajj.- Handicraft.- Health.- Heritage.- Historica.- History.- Holiday.- Holistic approach.- Honduras.- Iceland.- Ideology.- Identity.- Image.- Imaginaries.- Immigration.- Impact.- Imperialism.- Importance-performance approach.- Import.- Jamaica.- Japan.- Jordan.- Journals, academic tourism.- Journals, travel trade.- Journalism.- Kazakhstan.- Kenya.- Kiribati.- Knowledge.- Korea (Democratic People's Republic of).- Korea (Republic of).- Kuwait.- Kyrgyzstan.- Labor relations.- Landmark.- Landscape.- Language.- Laos.- Latvia.- Law.- Leadership.- Leakage, tourism economic.- Lebanon.- Macedonia.- Madagascar.- Malawi.- Malaysia.- Maldives.- Mali.- Malta.- Management.- Map.- Marginality.- Namibia.- Narrative.- National character.- National.- National tourism organizations and administrations.- Nationalism.- Nature tourism.- Nauru, tourism.- Nautical tourism.- Nearest neighbor analysis.- Olympic tourism.- Oman.- Optimal arousal.- Organizations and associations.- Organizational learning.- Orientalism.- Other.- Outbound tourism.- Package tourism.- Pakistan.- Palau.- Panama.- Papua New Guinea.- Paradigm.- Paradise.- Paraguay.- Park tourism.-Peace and international understanding.- Qatar.- Q-methodology.- Qualitative research.- Quality of life.- Quantitative research.- Quest.- Race.- Rail.- Ratio analysis.- Reciprocity.- Recreation.- Recycling.- Red tourism.- Region.- Regression.- Religion.- Sacred journey.- Safari tourism.- Safety and Security.- Saint Kitts and Nevis.- Saint Lucia.- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.- Samoa.- San Marino.- Sao Tome and Principe.- Satellite account.- Tajikistan.- Tanzania.- Tax.- Technology.- Terrorism.- Thailand.- Theme park.- Theory.- Third World.- Time.- Uganda.- Ukraine.- United Arab Emirates.- United Kingdom.- United States.- Universities.- UNWTO.- Urban.- Uruguay.- Uzbekistan.-Vacation.- Value customer.- Vanuatu.- Venezuela.- Vietnam.- Village tourism.- Virtual reality.- Visa.- Visiting friends and relatives.- Visitor.- Warfare tourism.- Water consumption.- Wedding tourism.- Well-being.- Wilderness tourism. - Wildlife tourism.- Willingness to pay.-Wine tourism.- Worldmaking.- World heritage.- Work.- Xenophobia.- Yachting tourism.- Yemen.- Yoga tourism.- Youth tourism.- Zambia.- Zimbabwe.- Zoning.  

"Tourism is a fast-growing academic discipline. This encyclopedia answers the need for a foundational text. It is intended for a variety of users from students to instructional staff to research scholars along with policy makers, consultants, practitioners, and anyone involved in the world's largest industry. As such, it is highly recommended for all academic libraries." (American Reference Books Annual ARBA, June, 2018)

"The purpose ... is to act as a guide and updated reference source to basic information, its definitions and concepts, incorporating new material on critical social theory, aspects of business and management as well as countries and world regions affected by tourism. ... Many important and topical subjects are covered by this encyclopedia. ... Its broad approach will make it an essential reference tool for students as well as those involved in all aspects of the tourist industry." (Diana Dixon, Reference Reviews, Vol. 31 (3), 2017)