Tourism Research

Professor Douglas Pearce is Professor Tourism Management, Victoria Management School, New Zealand. He has more than thirty years teaching, research and consulting experience in many aspects of tourism. Most recently his work has had a New Zealand focus, notably as leader of the FRST-funded project on tourism distribution channels. Other research interests and consultancy work have frequently taken him to Europe, the South Pacific and Southeast Asia. He is a fellow and former vice-president of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism and serves on the editorial boards of a number of tourism journals, including the Annals of Tourism Research. Professor Richard Butler is Professor in the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management of University of Strathclyde. He has published widely in tourism journals, and produced eleven books on tourism and many chapters in other books. His main fields of interest are the development process of tourist destinations and the subsequent impacts of tourism, issues of carrying capacity and sustainability, and tourism in remote areas and islands and he is a former president of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism. He is currently editor Emeritus of 'The Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research'.

• Introduction - looking back, moving forward; The real scissors crisis in tourism research; A typology of theory in tourism; Tourism and development: looking back and looking ahead – more of the same?; Carrying capacity in tourism - paradox and hypocrisy; Measuring and interpreting the economic impact of tourism: 20-20 hindsight and foresight; Tourism SMEs: changing research agendas and missed opportunities; Tourism distribution: a review and strategic research agenda; Tourism supply chain forecasting: a collaborative approach; Understanding thevalue of tourism: a conceptual divergence; Tourism research in Latin America: past and future challenges; Tourism and hospitality research in Mainland China trends from 2000 to 2008; A 20-20 vision of tourism research in Bali: towards reflexive tourism studies; Charting a journey:from refugee to tourism employee and tourism entrepreneur; The tourism destiny of World Heritage cultural sites; Tourism research ethics:current considerations and future options; Knowledge management in tourism: from databases to learning destinations; Conclusions: trends and advances in tourism research; Index

This book provides a comprehensive resource on tourism research.. (and is)...is recommended to researchers, graduate students, and academicians studying any aspect of tourism. In comparison to other books on this topic, Tourism Research: A 20:20 Vision, offers a truly diverse collection of chapters on the perspectives, advances, and emerging themes of tourism research. Annals of Tourism Research (2011)''