Over the past decade, the field of tourism studies has been transformed: a trend that has resulted in a flourishing of new academic research. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism presents a series of readings that represent an authoritative reference on the state of the art of the interdisciplinary field of tourism studies.

Featuring original contributions from more than 50 international experts from across geography and the social sciences, their essays offer cutting-edge perspectives on a broad range of established and emerging topics in the field. These include tourism's role in globalization, localization, and contested places, the changing nature of tourism production, the values, motivations, and experiences of tourists, tourism, society, and the environment (including sustainable tourism), dynamic sectors such as sports and medical tourism, and tourism policies, governance, and the state's role in tourism development. At once scholarly and stimulating, Companion to Tourism is an essential resource for the current frontiers of tourism research that also sets an agenda for provocative new areas of study in the field.