An explanation of how anthropology is the window through which tourism dynamics may be properly analysed and evaluated. Starting with an overview of the development of anthropology as a social science, the author moves on to examine: the definition and characteristics of tourism; definitions and typologies of tourists; tourism and culture; key themes and writers in the anthropology of tourism; issues in the anthropology of tourism; globalisation, tourism and anthropology; and the relationship between development and underdevelopment theories and the anthropology of tourism It features...

Tourism is an essentially visual experience: we leave our homes so as to travel to see places, thus adding to our personal knowledge about, and experience of, the world. The study of tourism as a complex social phenomenon, beyond simply business, is increasing in importance, and by providing an examination of perceptions of culture and society in tourism destinations through the tourist's eyes, this book discusses how destinations were, and are, created and perceived through the -lens- of the tourist's gaze. It is essential reading for researchers and students in tourism and related...