The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Geographies
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 20. July 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
436 pages
978-1-032-26054-9 (ISBN)
Description
The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Geographies, 2nd Edition, offers a comprehensive re-evaluation of the recent developments; conceptual, theoretical and empirical debates; and critical issues in this field of study.
Reflecting on and building from its original aim of rethinking geographical approaches to tourism, the volume explores contemporary tourism contexts and concepts, as marked by the present era of polycrises, setting out renewed and reoriented perspectives on tourism geographies into the mid-2020s. Across its diverse range of contributions, the Handbook navigates the complexities of tourism as a shifting construct, situating tourism geographies within the socio-spatial, economic and environmental implications of tourism, leisure and mobilities in the new contexts of global change, ecological transition and digital transformation. The volume aims to provide a nuanced and detailed analysis of established and emerging discourses and debates within tourism geographies, underscoring the field's inherent criticality and ideal positioning for understanding and catalysing complex global and local scenarios in contemporary tourism, leisure and mobilities.
Written by leading scholars in the tourism geographies field, this text is an invaluable resource for students, researchers and scholars working in the areas of tourism, geography and related disciplines, encouraging dialogue across areas of study.
Reflecting on and building from its original aim of rethinking geographical approaches to tourism, the volume explores contemporary tourism contexts and concepts, as marked by the present era of polycrises, setting out renewed and reoriented perspectives on tourism geographies into the mid-2020s. Across its diverse range of contributions, the Handbook navigates the complexities of tourism as a shifting construct, situating tourism geographies within the socio-spatial, economic and environmental implications of tourism, leisure and mobilities in the new contexts of global change, ecological transition and digital transformation. The volume aims to provide a nuanced and detailed analysis of established and emerging discourses and debates within tourism geographies, underscoring the field's inherent criticality and ideal positioning for understanding and catalysing complex global and local scenarios in contemporary tourism, leisure and mobilities.
Written by leading scholars in the tourism geographies field, this text is an invaluable resource for students, researchers and scholars working in the areas of tourism, geography and related disciplines, encouraging dialogue across areas of study.
Reviews / Votes
"Twelve years after the first Handbook, leading researchers from around the world have compiled an impressive update on research trends in tourism geographies. Key geographical concepts such as space, place, environment, sustainability and mobility provide a powerful framework for examining a wide range of issues related to tourism. The innovative and comprehensive approach will help us to imagine a more diverse, socially and environmentally just world of tourism."Professor Carolin Funck, Hiroshima University, Japan
"Global travel is radically affecting places, people and ecosystems. The new Handbook is not just an update of the original text from 2012, but a comprehensive and much-needed sequel which provides critically evocative perspectives on tourism-related transformations in the Anthropocene. The editors have curated a compelling collection of original and theoretically novel contributions to uncover the contemporary geographies of tourism and mobilities. This is a much welcome volume pushing the boundaries of tourism social science."
Dr. Szilvia Gyimothy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
"This new Handbook of Tourism Geographies delivers a rich, authoritative collection of cutting-edge chapters by leading authors in the field. It provides a contemporary perspective on the development and future of the field and is a must have reference book for researchers, teachers and students of tourism geographies. It will become a classic in its field."
Professor Chris Cooper, School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Leeds Beckett University, UK
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Illustrations
11 s/w Abbildungen, 1 s/w Photographie bzw. Rasterbild, 10 s/w Zeichnungen, 9 s/w Tabellen
9 Tables, black and white; 10 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 11 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-032-26054-9 (9781032260549)
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Julie Wilson | Dieter K. Mueller
The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Geographies
E-Book
10/2024
2nd Edition
Routledge
€68.49
Available for download
Julie Wilson | Dieter K. Mueller
The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Geographies
E-Book
10/2024
2nd Edition
Routledge
€68.49
Available for download
Julie Wilson | Dieter K. Mueller
The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Geographies
Book
10/2024
2nd Edition
Routledge
€309.20
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Previous edition
Julie Wilson
The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Geographies
Book
05/2017
1st Edition
Routledge
€81.89
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Persons
Julie Wilson is Associate Dean for Research and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), and the current Chair of the Tourism, Leisure and Global Change Commission of the International Geographical Union (IGU). Her research interests focus on the analysis of tourism impacts and the socio-spatial transformation of urban/rural landscapes, the role of culture and creativity in the generation of new forms of sustainability in tourism, geographies of the platform economy and evolutionary economic geography as interpretative frameworks for sustainable tourism topics.
Dieter K. Mueller is Professor of Human Geography, Umea University Sweden and a former Chair of the IGU Commission of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change. His research addresses the geographies of second homes and the relationship between tourism and regional change in northern peripheries. Furthermore he has an interest in the institutional development of tourism geographies.
Dieter K. Mueller is Professor of Human Geography, Umea University Sweden and a former Chair of the IGU Commission of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change. His research addresses the geographies of second homes and the relationship between tourism and regional change in northern peripheries. Furthermore he has an interest in the institutional development of tourism geographies.
Content
Part 1. Introduction. 1. Keeping Pace with the Evolution of Tourism Geographies within Space, Place, Society and Environment. 2. The Tourism-Geographies Nexus. 3. Geographies of Tourism and Development: Facing 21st Century Challenges. Part 2. Critical Geographies of Tourism. 4. Critical Theories and Sustainable Tourism Futures. 5. Tourism and Degrowth: Beyond the Capitalist Growth Imperative. 6. Alterity, Mobility and Territory: Conceptualising Tourism Space in a World in Flux. 7. Assemblage Tourism Geographies. 8. Critical Studies of Gender Equality and Sustainable Development in Tourism Geographies. 9. Tourism, Place, Space and Queer Sexuality. 10. Performativity, Space and Tourism. 11. Embodied Encounters in Tourism Geographies Research. Part 3. Place Perspectives on Tourism Geographies. 12. Landscape Perspectives on Tourism Geographies. 13. Place Making and Unmaking in Tourism. 14. Rural Creative Tourism Geography for Community Revitalisation. 15. Geographies of Festival and Event Spaces and Places. 16. Tourism and Urbanisation Processes: Towards an Encounter between Tourism Geographies and Urban Theory?. 17. Historical Geographies of Tourism and Heritage. Part 4. Sustainability Transitions in Tourism Geographies. 18. Sustainability and Geographies of Tourism. 19. Geographies of Tourism and the Anthropocene. 20. Tourism and Socio-ecological Systems: A Geographical Approach. 21. The Changing Geography of Tourism in a Climate-Disrupted World. 22. The Footprint of Responsibility in Tourism Destinations: The Role of Governance. 23. Regenerative Tourism in the Making: Reflections About an Emerging Frontier for Tourism Geographies. 24. Political Ecologies of Tourism: Key Issues and Research Prospects. Part 5. Digital Transformation, Platform Economy and Tourism Geographies. 25. Digital Tourism Geographies. 26. Geographies of Exclusion in 'Smart' Tourism Places: Towards a Critical Research Agenda. 27. Anxiety, Fear and Violence: Capitalist Configurations and the Surveillance of Tourism Spaces. 28. The Platform Economy as a Game Changer for Tourism Geographies. Part 6. Geographies of Tourism Mobilities. 29. Tourism and (Im)mobilities: During and Post-Pandemic. 30. Digital Nomadism and Tourism Mobilities. 31. Tourism Mobilities and Urban Change: Geographis of Transnational Gentrification. 32. The Messiness of Tourism and Transportation Geographies. 33. Time Geography and Tourism. Part 7. Economic, Entrepreneurship and Business Perspectives on Tourism Geographies. 34. Hidden in Plain Sight: Evolving Geographies of Business Innovation and Tourism. 35. Making Sense of Tourism Entrepreneurship as the Nexus between Entrepreneurs and their Spatial Environment. 36. Tourism and Economic Geography: An Evolving Agenda. Part 8. Challenges for the Future of Tourism Geographies Education. 37. Toward Strategy Development for Tourism Geographies Education using TOWS Matrix. Part 9. Conclusions. 38. Tourism Geographies for the 2020s.