The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Geographies, 2nd Edition offers a comprehensive re-evaluation of the recent developments, conceptual, theoretical, and empirical debates, and critical issues in this field of study.

Part 1. Introduction. 1. Keeping Pace with the Evolution of Tourism Geographies within Space, Place, Society and Environment. 2. The Tourism-Geographies Nexus. 3. Geographies of Tourism and Development: Facing 21st Century Challenges. Part 2. Critical Geographies of Tourism. 4. Critical Theories and Sustainable Tourism Futures. 5. Tourism and Degrowth: Beyond the Capitalist Growth Imperative. 6. Alterity, Mobility and Territory: Conceptualising Tourism Space in a World in Flux. 7. Assemblage Tourism Geographies. 8. Critical Studies of Gender Equality and Sustainable Development in Tourism Geographies. 9. Tourism, Place, Space and Queer Sexuality. 10. Performativity, Space and Tourism. 11. Embodied Encounters in Tourism Geographies Research. Part 3. Place Perspectives on Tourism Geographies. 12. Landscape Perspectives on Tourism Geographies. 13. Place Making and Unmaking in Tourism. 14. Rural Creative Tourism Geography for Community Revitalisation. 15. Geographies of Festival and Event Spaces and Places. 16. Tourism and Urbanisation Processes: Towards an Encounter between Tourism Geographies and Urban Theory?. 17. Historical Geographies of Tourism and Heritage. Part 4. Sustainability Transitions in Tourism Geographies. 18. Sustainability and Geographies of Tourism. 19. Geographies of Tourism and the Anthropocene. 20. Tourism and Socio-ecological Systems: A Geographical Approach. 21. The Changing Geography of Tourism in a Climate-Disrupted World. 22. The Footprint of Responsibility in Tourism Destinations: The Role of Governance. 23. Regenerative Tourism in the Making: Reflections About an Emerging Frontier for Tourism Geographies. 24. Political Ecologies of Tourism: Key Issues and Research Prospects. Part 5. Digital Transformation, Platform Economy and Tourism Geographies. 25. Digital Tourism Geographies. 26. Geographies of Exclusion in 'Smart' Tourism Places: Towards a Critical Research Agenda. 27. Anxiety, Fear and Violence: Capitalist Configurations and the Surveillance of Tourism Spaces. 28. The Platform Economy as a Game Changer for Tourism Geographies. Part 6. Geographies of Tourism Mobilities. 29. Tourism and (Im)mobilities: During and Post-Pandemic. 30. Digital Nomadism and Tourism Mobilities. 31. Tourism Mobilities and Urban Change: Geographis of Transnational Gentrification. 32. The Messiness of Tourism and Transportation Geographies. 33. Time Geography and Tourism. Part 7. Economic, Entrepreneurship and Business Perspectives on Tourism Geographies. 34. Hidden in Plain Sight: Evolving Geographies of Business Innovation and Tourism. 35. Making Sense of Tourism Entrepreneurship as the Nexus between Entrepreneurs and their Spatial Environment. 36. Tourism and Economic Geography: An Evolving Agenda. Part 8. Challenges for the Future of Tourism Geographies Education. 37. Toward Strategy Development for Tourism Geographies Education using TOWS Matrix. Part 9. Conclusions. 38. Tourism Geographies for the 2020s.

“Twelve years after the first Handbook, leading researchers from around the world have compiled an impressive update on research trends in tourism geographies. Key geographical concepts such as space, place, environment, sustainability and mobility provide a powerful framework for examining a wide range of issues related to tourism. The innovative and comprehensive approach will help us to imagine a more diverse, socially and environmentally just world of tourism.”Professor Carolin Funck, Hiroshima University, Japan“Global travel is radically affecting places, people and ecosystems. The new Handbook is not just an update of the original text from 2012, but a comprehensive and much-needed sequel which provides critically evocative perspectives on tourism-related transformations in the Anthropocene. The editors have curated a compelling collection of original and theoretically novel contributions to uncover the contemporary geographies of tourism and mobilities. This is a much welcome volume pushing the boundaries of tourism social science.”Dr. Szilvia Gyimóthy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark“This new Handbook of Tourism Geographies delivers a rich, authoritative collection of cutting-edge chapters by leading authors in the field. It provides a contemporary perspective on the development and future of the field and is a must have reference book for researchers, teachers and students of tourism geographies. It will become a classic in its field.”Professor Chris Cooper, School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Leeds Beckett University, UK