Offers a selection of the best paper submitted to the 2006 tourism conference at the University of Surrey, which itself is a celebration of 40 years of tourism education at the University. This book offers insights and approaches to tourism research rather than case studies or applications of research methods to fresh contexts.

A Review of Tourism Research:A Review of Tourism Research; Researching Tourism Business:Are Plastic Cows The Future for Farming? Implications of an Alternative Diversification Model; Implementation of Mass Customised Manufacturing in the Flight Catering Industry;Tourism in The Gambia: 10 years on; Measuring and Reporting the Impact of Tourism in Poverty; Productivity and Yield Measurement in Australian Inbound Tourism using Tourism Satellite Accounts and General Equilibrium Modelling; Assessing Tourism Yield: An Analysis of Public Sector Costs and Benefits
Developing a GIS-Supported Tourist Flow Model for New Zealand
Duelling Definitions: Challenges and Implications of Conflicting International Concepts of Tourism
Researching Tourism Experiences and Challenges: Tourists on Tourists: The Impact of Other People on Destination Experience
A Tale of Two Precincts
The Socio-Political Implications of Rural Racism and Tourism Experiences
Researching the Experiences and Perspectives of Tourism Policy Makers
Network Analysis as a Research Tool for Understanding Tourism Destinations
Tourism and Regional Competitiveness
An Agenda for Tourism Research:An Agenda for Cutting Edge Research in Tourism