Future Past of Tourism

Ian Yeoman is a futurologist specializing in travel and tourism. Ian worked at VisitScotland where he established the process of futures thinking using a variety of techniques including economic modelling, trends analysis and scenario construction and now works at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and the European Tourism Futures Institute, the Netherlands. Una McMahon-Beattie is Head of Department for Hospitality and Tourism Management in the Ulster University Business School, Ulster University, Northern Ireland, UK. Her research includes tourism futures, revenue management and tourism and event marketing.

• IntroductionChapter 1. Ian Yeoman and Una McMahon-Beattie: Does the Past Shape the Future?Part 1: GlobalisationChapter 2. Bertus van der Tuuk: History of the Future of Tourism           Chapter 3. Jim Butcher: The Development of Mass Tourism           Part 2: The Development of PlaceChapter 4.  Marie-Louise Mangion: The Historical Future of Tourism: The Case of Malta’s PoliciesChapter 5. Klaus Pfatschbacher: Jules Verne as a Key to Understanding Irish TourismChapter 6. Brian Hay: The Growth, Decline and Resurgence of the City-StateChapter 7. Benjamin Taunay: Geohistorical Analysis of Costal Tourism in China (1841-2017) Part 3: MobilityChapter 8. Rafael Castro, Gui Lohmann, Bojana Spasojevic, Carla Fraga and Thiago Allis: The Future Past of Aircraft Technology and Their Impact on Stopover DestinationsChapter 9. Wendy London and Wallace Farias: Forever Young and New - Cruise TourismChapter 10. Jonathan Hui: From Muscles to Electrons: A Technological Look at the Futures of Energy, Transport, and TourismPart 4: The HotelChapter 11. Kevin James: Hotel HistoryChapter 12. David Williamson: Historical Employment Relations in the New Zealand Tourism Hotel Sector: From a Collective Past to an Individual FuturePart 5: Diversification into Niche TourismChapter 13. Peter Bolan and Mihaela Ghisoiu: Film Tourism through the Ages: From Lumiére to Virtual RealityChapter 14. Sabrina Seeler: The Evolution of the Grand Tour in the Digital SocietyChapter 15. Gianna Moscardo, Laurie Murphy, Karen Hughes, Pierre Benckendorff: Shopping on the Edge: Identifying Factors Contributing to Tourist Retail Development in Heritage Villages Chapter 16. Richard Butler and Wantanee Suntikul: Tourism and Religion: Pilgrims, Tourists and Travellers - Past, Present and FutureChapter 17. Ghazali Musa and Md Moniruzzaman Sarker: History and Future of Mountaineering TourismChapter 18. Alastair Durie, Ian Yeoman and Una McMahon-Beattie: Sustainability, Ecotourism and Scotland: Concerns, Complaints Conflicts and ConservationPart 6: EvolutionChapter 19. Ian Yeoman and Una McMahon-Beattie: Does the Past Shape the Future of Tourism? A Cognitive Map(s) Perspective

Another masterpiece from the formidable pair Yeoman and McMahon-Beattie tracing the histories of tourism through tipping points for us to learn lessons for the future. This is the book we’ve been waiting for in times of rapid change and uncertainties shedding much-needed light on possible trajectories and contemplating a more sustainable future.