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Tourism is the fourth biggest industry in the world. What are the key concepts in Tourist Studies?

This essential resource for students of tourism contains concise and authoritative entries on:

• Planning Tourism

• Sustainable Tourism

• Festivals and Events

• Cultural Tourism

• Economics of Tourism

• Regeneration

• The Experience Economy

• Urban Tourism

• Sex Tourism

Shrewdly judged to suit the needs of the modern student, the book offers the basic materials, tools and guidance for making sense of tourism and gaining the best results in essays and exams.

Melanie Smith (PhD) is a Lecturer and Researcher in the Department of Tourism and Catering at the Budapest Metropolitan University of Applied Sciences in Budapest where she specialises in cultural tourism and health tourism. 

Introduction
Anthropology of Tourism
Arts Tourism
Authenticity
Backpacking
Business Tourism
Crisis Management
Cultural Tourism
Dark Tourism
Destination Management
Economics of Tourism
Ecotourism
Ethical Tourism
E-Tourism
Festivals and Events Tourism
Film and TV Tourism
Gastronomic Tourism
Gay Tourism
Geography of Tourism
Health and Wellness Tourism
Heritage Tourism
Identity
Indigenous Tourism
Literary Tourism
Mature Tourism
Mobility
Neo-Colonialism
Planning Tourism
Post-Tourism
Regeneration
Religious and Spiritual Tourism
Rural Tourism
Self and Other
Sex Tourism
Sociology of Tourism
Special Interest Tourism
Sports and Adventure Tourism
Sustainable Tourism
Tourist Gaze
Urban Tourism