Contemporary Tourism: Diversity and Change

by Erik Cohen, Jafar Jafari

This volume brings together Cohen's principle articles on the sociology of tourism, published over the last three decades. Part one collects his major theoretical papers, starting with the pioneering articles of the 1970's, which contributed to the opening of the field of tourism for social science research, up to the recent work on the ongoing process of change in contemporary tourism. Part two features the author's work on the many-sided interfaces between tourism and other domains - such as religion, crime and language. Part three includes several case studies, representative of diverse aspects of the author's empirical research. The introduction places the author's work in the context of the development of the field, while the concluding chapter outlines the challenges that future developments in tourism will pose to its study.

398 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2004

Reviews

[Eva Evangelisious · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you want to understand main concepts about tourism science and the travel experiences of tourism, you should definitely read this book. Cohen's way of thinking is brilliant, still after so many years in the academic research tourism, his articles help new scientists understand the notion of tourism experience from the social scientist perspective.