The Discovery of Tourism -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- The making of this book -- Chapter 1. The Story of a Postcard -- Introduction -- Reflections -- I choose geography and its teaching -- I am lured by tourism -- I forge a ''doctrine,'' open to debate -- To cultivate physical and mental mobility -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2. Finding my Place: Journeys of a Tourism Geographer -- Introduction -- Reflections -- Serendipitous encounters -- Establishing my place in geography -- Building networks in tourism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Why What is Where: Confessions of a Tourism Geographer -- Introduction -- Reflections -- Becoming a tourism geographer -- On being a tourism academic in geography -- Adrift in management -- Moving westwards---into the sunset -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. The Life and Opinions of C. Michael Hall, Gent: A Shandy or Full Beerquest Volume the First -- 1.1 -- 1.2 -- 1.3 -- 1.4 -- 1.5 -- 1.6 -- 1.7 -- 1.8 -- 1.9 -- 1.10 -- 1.11 -- 1.12 -- 1.13 -- Chapter 5. Tourism Studies: My Journey of Discovery -- Turning point: a math class -- Longing to become a mathematician -- On the way to discovery: from math models to case studies -- The importance of fieldwork -- Field trip: 3,000 miles in US and Canada -- Getting research questions from practical work -- Change of orientation: from efficiency to equity -- The fun of doing research -- Chapter 6. A Long and Winding Road: Developing Tourism Geographies -- Introduction: starting the journey -- The road to cornwall -- Discovering the geography of tourism -- A bend in the road -- Emerging tourism geographies -- Beyond the geographical turn -- Conclusion: the road winds on -- Chapter 7. An Accidental Tourism Researcherquest People, Places, and Turning Points -- A cold dark evening in Cornwall in 1986.

Eclectic beginnings to a meandering career -- Joining scatted tourism geographers -- One step forward and one back -- Conclusion: new beginning and old themes -- Chapter 8. Geography of Tourism: A Tryst with Destiny -- Introduction -- The Challenge of Geography -- Serendipity: Discovering Tourism -- North-South Bonding via Tourism -- Reaching People -- Turning Over a New Leaf -- Tourism Education and Research -- Return of the Prodigal -- Beyond Crossings -- Chapter 9. A Life's Journey from Belfast to Barcelona -- Introduction -- Initial Research Experience in Spain -- Staking permanent roots in Barcelona -- Developing an Academic Career in Tourism -- From geography of tourism to school of tourism -- Research track -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10. From the Geography of Tourism to Tourism Management -- Introduction -- Reflections -- Developing as a tourism geographer -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11. With a Little Help from My Friends -- Introduction -- Establishing a base -- Laying a foundation -- Going international -- Reflections -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12. The Way to and from Shanghai: A Chinese Tourism Geographer's Story -- The way to Shanghai -- Shanghai -- Shanghai: distance codex laboratory -- Shanghai: the ReBAM structure -- A City Tourism Planner from Shanghai -- Emblematization of Shanghai: Convergence, Conjugation, And Pullulation -- Chapter 13. A Geographer Roaming Loose in the Academy -- Chapter 14. Tourism as an Agent of Change: A Positivist Geographer's Approach -- Introduction -- From geography to tourism -- Tourism as an evolving force -- Academic specialization with a difference -- Tourism as a respected field of knowledge -- Tourism's university future -- Conclusion -- Chapter 15. Milestones, Scenic Views, and Tourist Traps along my Academic Path -- Introduction -- Reflections -- Making choices -- The start of an academic career.

New horizons -- New milestones -- Illusions and disillusions -- Discovering intellectual freedom at last -- ''Verba volent sed scripta manent'' -- Indian summer -- Epilogue -- A personal aside -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.