Susanne Becken is the Director of the Griffith Institute for Tourism (GIFT) and a Professor at Griffith University, Australia. She is also Adjunct Professor at Lincoln University, New Zealand. Her research interests include sustainable tourism, climate change, energy use and resource efficiency, resilience, and environmental policy. She has published widely in these areas and her most recent papers appear in the Journal of Travel Research, the Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Annals of Tourism Research and Global Environmental Change.

• 1. Introduction 2. A Thirsty Sector: Oil Requirements of Tourism 3. The Sky is the Limit: Growth Expectations for Tourism 4. The End of Plenty: Physical Constraints (7000) 5. Socio-Political Challenges of Addressing Peak Oil 6. The Economic Impact of Oil Prices on Tourism 7. Pathways to Post-Peak Tourism 8. Conclusion 9. References

At last, a measured and realistic appraisal of tourism in the future in relation to the availability or otherwise of oil. Becken has produced an excellent and fair review of the key issues involved in this most topical of subjects, avoiding the sometimes absurd scenarios or inevitable doom and gloom writing that has appeared on this topic. This book is essential reading for anyone and everyone seriously interested in the future of tourism in an age of oil scarcity.