An insightful and original approach to different aspects of tourism...The book is admirable for the interesting, vivid and shrewd style of writing which makes it really enjoyable for reading. Fun and humour are deliberately and successfully interwoven into the elevated academic analysis, thus making this text equally valuable for professionals, academics, students and anyone else who is passionate about tourism
European Journal of Tourism Research
At last! A refreshingly lucid text for students that substantially enriches the analysis of tourism and tourists. Hannam and Knox explore the recent theoretical insights that have helped tourist studies to escape from a self-imposed academic ghetto and have multiplied approaches to making sense of tourism. Clear, concise and stimulating
Tim Edensor
Manchester Metropolitan University
With this book Hannam and Knox have gone a long way towards elevating the study of tourism from the obscure margins of social science into a bona fide research area. They encourage us to think critically about the subject and successfully interweave dominant contemporary concepts to present tourism as a social, cultural, economic, and spatial phenomenon. Students will be sure to enjoy this innovative contribution which takes a ′user-friendly′ approach and provides a useful pedagogic tool for those at all levels of study
Dimitri Ioannides
Professor of Human Geography; Mid-Sweden University and ETOUR
Understanding Tourism provides an in-depth and critical analysis of tourism studies that is conceptually rich, empirically strong and extremely accessible to scholars and students of tourism. It is a refreshing analysis of an extremely complex and multidimensional global phenomenon, and raises our understanding of tourism to new heights
Dallen Timothy
Professor of Tourism Development and Management, Arizona State University
A very interesting mobilities view of tourism with useful student-friendly text and exercises
John Urry
Distinguished Professor, Lancaster University
This is a useful and accessible introduction to critical approaches to tourism that will be a value for lecturers and students alike. The provision of many thought-provoking exercises will be of benefit for both teaching and learning
Greg Richards
Annals of Tourism Research
excellent book for introduction to tourism course -- Dr Ashraf Jahmani ― drupal Published On: 2012-07-09
An extremely accessible text covering a range of fascinating topics which will inspire and motivate students. -- Dr Clare Horrocks ― drupal Published On: 2010-09-14
The book contains most specific issues and scientific disciplines around tourism, integrating them with a holistic view. Because of this, this book differs from standard tourism text books giving an overview. As I start to teach an introduction course in autumn, I am very glad to have found this book which gives an very good overview and quite a solid basic knowledge. -- Dr Harald Friedl ― drupal Published On: 2010-05-21
With a firm theoretical critique of the defenitional simplifications of much other tourism introductions, it fits our course aims all the way. We also like the excercies and the broad scope of subjects covered. It will replace Bella Dicks, Culture on Display as our main text. -- Dr Klas Grinell ― drupal Published On: 2010-06-23
This book offers a contemporary insight into tourism and the tourist environment of today.
A central feature is the key thinkers and their influential school of thought identified in each of the stuctured chapters.
A very good and interetsing read. -- Dr Martine Middleton ― drupal Published On: 2010-09-14
Very interesting (have not read all yet). Might even be essensial reading. -- Dr Oystein Normann ― drupal Published On: 2010-04-08
Very much a theoretical text with the odd case study. Some interesting observations on commodification and past and present trends. The text probably does not have the detail of a Page or Holloway to make it essential reading, but it does provide some useful supplementary material -- Dr Paul Fidgeon ― drupal Published On: 2011-11-02
Well written and up-to-date. Theoretically well-informed, yet with relevant ethnographic examples. Excercises, suggested readings and a glossary that the students find useful. -- Dr Staffan Appelgren ― drupal Published On: 2010-09-15
In my view, this book lacks a clear and solid structure and fails to explain the main themes and concepts of tourism, seen from a cultural studies perspective -- Dr Stijn Reijnders ― drupal Published On: 2010-10-18
A very well writting book which offers interesting insights into tourism. A very useful book for students at any stage of a tourism course. -- Mr John Newby ― drupal Published On: 2010-09-14
As more students are taking up Tourism Studies for their careers, there is always the need to have updated textbooks and criticism about the subject. This is a good textbook as it helps to provide good criticism, latest examples, and exercises to enhance each chapter.
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-- Mr Vincent Zammit ― drupal Published On: 2010-06-29
Good reading as an introduction to Travel and Tourism for learners to gain a better understanding of the concept of tourism. -- Mrs Alicia Hawkes ― drupal Published On: 2013-10-16
Understanding Tourism is a good tool for undergraduate and postgraduate students, introducing an indepth and critical analysis of tourism as a global and fast-changing phenomenon. The book provides a good analysis of the key issues on comtemporary tourism studies, chalenging concepts and definitions. -- Mrs Goretti Silva ― drupal Published On: 2011-04-01
An excellent and well-written text which is clearly written and enables undergraduates to gain an insight into the theoretical aspects underpinning the industry. -- Ms Carol Southall ― drupal Published On: 2011-03-29
Although the exercises and fact boxes are interesting and reviews each section well and there is a good range of chapter topics I found that the quotes used throughout were quite dated. I would like to see more up to date literature and articles referred to for a 2011 reprint. -- Ms Luane Quigley ― drupal Published On: 2013-02-08
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