The Encyclopedia of Tourism comprises over one thousand entries and has been written by a truly international team of more than three hundred contributors to provide a comprehensive guide to both the manifest and hidden dimensions of tourism. The Encyclopedia explicates and explores the wide range of basic définitions, concepts, perspectives and institutions embraced by tourism and consolidâtes research carried out in the field to date. Reflecting the multi- disciplinary nature of academie exploration within tourism the entries embrace areas of study such as anthropology, économies, éducation, geography, history, management, marketing, political science and psychology, among others.

The Encyclopedia includes:
• comprehensive coverage of ail the key general issues and concepts spécifie to tourism, such as accommodation, consumerism, gambling, globalization, policy, seasonality;
• définitions of ail the key terms and acronyms, including ecoresort, professional native, room nights;
• entries on the significant institutions, associations and journals in the field, such as the Caribbean Tourism Organization, WTO, the Journal of Leisure Research and the Journal of Tourism Studies;
• country-specific tourism profiles, from Greece, Hungary and Japan to Kenya, Mexico, Peru, Singapore and South Africa;
• thorough analysis of the trends and patterns of tourism development and growth, such as community development, demography, ecologically sustainable tourism, forecasting, zoning, and of tourism as an industry with many dimensions, such as adventure tourism, business travel, convention bureaux, hospitality, marketing, public relations.
The Encyclopedia of Tourism's extensive cross-referencing and its comprehensive index will assist the reader to make links between the diverse aspects of tourism studies. Further, suggestions for further reading which follow most articles are invaluable in guiding the user to sources of additional research.