Internationally renowned experts provide a definitive access to the knowledge in the field of tourism, hospitality, recreation and related fields. All actors in this field will find reliable and up to date definitions and explanations of the key terms of tourism in this reference work.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Acknowledgments
• Editors and Contributors
• A
• Aboriginal tourism
• Accessibility
• Accommodation
• Acculturation
• Activity
• Actor-network theory
• Adaptation
• Adventure tourism
• Advertisement
• Afghanistan
• Africa
• Agritourism
• Air transport
• Airline
• Albania
• Algeria
• Alienation
• Allocentric and psychocentric
• Alpine tourism
• Alternative tourism
• Americas
• Andorra
• Angola
• Antarctic tourism
• Anthropology
• Anticipation
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Anti-tourism
• Archaeology
• Architecture
• Arctic tourism
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Art
• Asia and the Pacific
• Astrotourism
• Attention
• Attitude
• Attraction
• Australia
• Austria
• Authenticity
• Autoethnography
• Automatic interaction detection
• Automation
• Aviation
• Azerbaijan
• B
• Backpacker
• Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Balance of payment
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Beach tourism
• Behavior
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Belize
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Bicycle tourism
• Biological diversity
• Birdwatching tourism
• Bolivia
• Border tourism
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Brunei Darussalam
• Budget tourism
• Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Business tourism
• C
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Camping tourism
• Canada
• Cape Verde
• Car rental
• Career
• Caribbean
• Carrying capacity
• Case study
• Casino tourism
• Causal model
• Center-periphery
• Central African Republic
• Centrally planned economy
• Certification
• Chad
• Change, sociocultural
• Chaos theory
• Charter tourism
• Chile
• China
• Chronotope
• Climate change
• Cluster analysis
• Coastal tourism
• Coffee and tea tourism
• Cognition
• Cognitive dissonance
• Co-integration
• Colombia
• Colonialism
• Commercialization
• Community development
• Community-based tourism
• Comoros
• Comparative advantage
• Comparative study
• Competitive advantage
• Computable general equilibrium model
• Computer reservation system
• Concentration ratio
• Congo, Democratic Republic
• Congo, Republic
• Conjoint analysis
• Conservation
• Conspicuous consumption
• Constraint
• Consumerism
• Content analysis
• Contingent valuation method
• Continuum model
• Convention and visitor bureau
• Corporate social responsibility
• Correspondence analysis
• Cosmopolitanism
• Costa Rica
• Cost-benefit analysis
• Côte d’ Ivoire
• Creative tourism
• Crime
• Crisis management
• Critical tourism studies
• Croatia
• Cross-cultural study
• Cruise tourism
• Cuba
• Culinary tourism
• Cultural conflict
• Cultural tourism
• Culture broker
• Culture shock
• Culture
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• D
• Dark tourism
• Data envelopment analysis
• Decisionmaking
• Decision support system
• Decolonization
• Deficit
• Delphi technique
• Demand modeling
• Demography
• Demonstration effect
• Denmark
• Dependency theory
• Desert tourism
• Destination benchmarking
• Destination branding
• Destination competitiveness
• Destination lifecycle
• Destination marketing organization
• Destination website
• Destination
• Developing country
• Development
• Deviance
• Diaspora
• Disability
• Disaster
• Discourse
• Discriminant analysis
• Distance decay
• Distribution channel
• Djibouti
• Domestic tourism
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Drifter
• E
• Ecology
• eCommerce
• Econometrics
• Economic development
• Economics
• Ecotourism
• Ecuador
• Education
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Elasticity, demand and supply
• Elite tourism
• Emic and etic
• Employment
• Enclave tourism
• Energy
• Entrepreneurship
• Environment
• Epistemology
• Equatorial Guinea
• Equity
• Eritrea
• Error correction model
• Escape
• Estonia
• Ethics
• Ethiopia
• Ethnic tourism
• Ethnicity
• Ethnocentrism
• Ethnography
• eTourism
• Eurocentrism
• Europe
• Evaluation
• Excursion
• Exoticism
• Expatriate
• Expenditure
• Experience
• Experimental research
• Exploration
• Export
• F
• Facilitation
• Facility management
• Factor analysis
• Family tourism
• Fantasy
• Feasibility study
• Feminism
• Festival and event
• Fieldwork
• Fiji
• Film
• Financial management
• Finland
• Fishing tourism
• Flora and fauna
• Forecasting
• Foreign exchange
• Forest tourism
• France
• Franchising
• Frequent flyer program
• Future
• G
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Game theory
• Gaming tourism
• Gaze
• Gender
• Geographical information system
• Geography
• Georgia
• Geotourism
• Germany
• Ghana
• Ghetto tourism
• Global distribution system
• Globalization
• Golf tourism
• Governance
• Grand Tour
• Gravity model
• Greece
• Green tourism
• Grenada
• Grounded theory
• Growth hypothesis
• Guatemala
• Guidebook
• Guided tour
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana
• H
• Haiti
• Hajj
• Handicraft
• Health tourism
• Heritage
• Historical tourism
• History
• Holiday
• Holistic approach
• Honduras
• Hospitality
• Host and guest
• Hostility
• Human resource management
• Humanism
• Humor
• Hungary
• Hunting tourism
• I
• Iceland
• Identity
• Ideology
• Image
• Imaginary
• Immigration
• Impact
• Imperialism
• Import
• Import substitution
• Importance-performance analysis
• Inbound tourism
• Incentive tourism
• India
• Indonesia
• Industrial tourism
• Industry
• Informal economy
• Information center, tourist
• Information technology
• Infrastructure
• Innovation
• Input-output analysis
• Insurance
• Intellectual property
• International Academy for the Study of Tourism
• International tourism
• Internet
• Interpretation
• Interview
• Investment
• Iran
• Iraq
• Ireland
• Irritation index
• Island tourism
• Israel
• Italy
• J
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Jordan
• Journal, academic
• Journal, travel trade
• Journalism
• K
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Knowledge
• Korea, Democratic People's Republic
• Korea, Republic
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• L
• Labor relation
• Landmark
• Landscape
• Language
• Laos
• Latvia
• Law
• Leadership
• Leakage, economic
• Lebanon
• Legislation
• Leisure
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Liechtenstein
• Lifestyle
• Literary tourism
• Lithuania
• Location
• Locational analysis
• Longitudinal study
• Low-carbon tourism
• Loyalty
• Luxembourg
• Luxury tourism
• M
• Macedonia
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mali
• Malta
• Management
• Map
• Mapping, perceptual
• Marginality
• Marine tourism
• Marker
• Market
• Marketing
• Marshall Islands
• Mass tourism
• Masterplan
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Media
• Medical tourism
• Mediterranean
• Merger and acquisition
• Methodology
• Mexico
• MICE
• Micronesia
• Middle East
• Migration
• Military tourism
• Mobility
• Model
• Modernity
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Motivation
• Motor coach tourism
• Mountain tourism
• Mozambique
• Multiculturalism
• Multidestination trip
• Multidimensional scaling
• Multidisciplinarity
• Multinational firm
• Multiplier effect
• Museum
• Museumization
• Music tourism
• Myanmar
• Myth
• N
• Namibia
• Narrative
• National character
• National tourism
• National tourism organization and administration
• Nationalism
• Nature tourism
• Nauru
• Nautical tourism
• Nearest neighbor analysis
• Nepal
• Network
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Non-governmental organization
• Norway
• Nostalgia tourism
• Novelty
• O
• Olympic tourism
• Oman
• Online review
• Optimal arousal
• Organization and association
• Organizational culture
• Organizational learning
• Orientalism
• Other
• Outbound tourism
• P
• Package tourism
• Pakistan
• Palau
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paradigm
• Paradise
• Paraguay
• Park tourism
• Partnership
• Peace
• Perception, community
• Performance
• Peru
• Phenomenology
• Phenomenon
• Philippines
• Photography
• Pilgrimage tourism
• Place attachment
• Planning
• Play
• Pleasure tourism
• Poland
• Polar tourism
• Policy and policymaking
• Political science
• Pollution
• Portugal
• Postmodernism
• Power
• Precautionary principle
• Prestige
• Principal component analysis
• Product
• Professionalism
• Pro-poor tourism
• Protected area tourism
• Psychology
• Public good
• Public relation
• Q
• Qatar
• Q-methodology
• Qualitative research
• Ontology, epistemology, methodology
• Quality of life
• Quantitative research
• Quest
• R
• Race
• Rail tourism
• Ratio analysis
• Reciprocity
• Recreation
• Recycling
• Red tourism
• Region
• Regression
• Religion
• Repeat tourism
• Representation, cultural
• Resort development
• Resource
• Responsible tourism
• Restaurant
• Revenue management
• Risk
• Rite of passage
• Ritual
• Role
• Romance tourism
• Romania
• Rule and regulation
• Rural tourism
• Russia
• Rwanda
• S
• Sacred journey
• Safari
• Safety and security
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Samoa
• San Marino
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Satisfaction
• Saudi Arabia
• Scenic drive tourism
• Scholarship
• Seasonality
• Second home
• Security meta-framing
• Segmentation
• Methods and recent developments
• Semiotics
• Senegal
• Senior tourism
• Senses
• Serbia
• Service quality
• Service
• Sex tourism
• Seychelles
• Shopping tourism
• Sierra Leone
• Sightseeing
• Sign
• Simulation
• Singapore
• Skiing tourism
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Slow tourism
• Slum tourism
• Smart tourism
• Smuggling
• Social accounting matrix
• Social capital
• Social class
• Social exchange theory
• Social media
• Social network analysis
• Social tourism
• Sociolinguistics
• Sociology
• Soft power
• Solomon Islands
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Souvenir
• Spa tourism
• Space tourism
• Spain
• Special interest tourism
• Sport tourism
• Sri Lanka
• Stakeholder
• Statistics
• Stereotype
• Stranger
• Strategy
• Structural equation modeling
• Study tour
• Substitution
• Sudan
• Sun, sand, sea and sex
• Supply chain
• Supply
• Suriname
• Surplus
• Survey
• Sustainability
• Sustainable tourism
• Swaziland
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• SWOT analysis
• Symbolic interactionism
• Symbolic value
• Symbolism
• Syria
• System
• T
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Tax
• Technology
• Terrorism
• Thailand
• The Netherlands
• Themepark
• Theory
• Time
• Timeshare
• Timor-Leste
• Tipping
• Togo
• Tonga
• Tour
• Tour guide
• Tourism
• Tourism Satellite Account
• Tourist
• Tourist space
• Trade liberalization
• Tradition
• Training
• Transactional analysis
• Transportation
• Travel
• Travel agency and tour operation
• Travel literature
• Trend
• TRINET: Tourism research information network
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu
• Typology, tourist
• U
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• United States
• University
• Urban tourism
• Uruguay
• Uzbekistan
• V
• Vacation
• Value
• Vanuatu
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Village tourism
• Virtual reality
• Visa
• Visiting friend and relative
• Visitor
• Visual methodology
• Volcano tourism
• Voluntary sector
• Volunteer tourism
• W
• Warfare tourism
• Waste management
• Water consumption
• Wedding tourism
• Wellbeing
• Wilderness tourism
• Wildlife tourism
• Willingness to pay
• Wine tourism
• Work
• World heritage
• World Tourism Organization
• Worldmaking
• X
• Xenophobia
• Y
• Yachting tourism
• Yemen
• Yoga tourism
• Youth tourism
• Z
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe
• Zoning