This book emphasises the work, the remarkable contributions, and the lifetime achievements of internationally respected scholars who have made lifelong contribution to advancing tourism studies and the dissemination of tourism–based knowledge and education across the world.
Strengthening a field and its ability to form the own traditions is undoubtedly possible with a bridge to be established between the past, present and future. The capacity of research carried out today and in the future is built on the outputs of education and research completed in the past, adding new links to the chain. The history of tourism studies and education dates to the early years of the 20th century and began recording a momentum in its second half. There is, therefore, a lot more to do in terms of the institutionalization of such a young and dynamic field and this book aims to introduce tourism scholars with their widest geographical representation, dating from the first years of tourism research back in the early 1900s.
Volume II of IV includes tributes to 20 scholars who have defined tourism as an object of academic study, established its foundations and organisations, and widened its scope to encompass thousands of empirical studies. Each of these volumes contains different profiles thereby bringing 80 of the pioneers in tourism more vividly to life.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism & Hospitality Research.
Introduction: Early framers of tourism knowledge landscape 1. David Airey: man with beard and burgundy trousers 2. David Harrison: anthropologist, sociologist, and raconteur 3. Dean MacCannell: towards an understanding of capitalism 4. Dennison Nash: a self-described outsider 5. Donald E. Hawkins: transferring knowledge into practice 6. Donald Getz: the symbiotic innovator 7. Douglas C. Frechtling: promoting research excellence 8. Douglas G. Pearce: a pioneer who bridged disciplines, languages and territories 9. Eduardo Fayos-Solà: a life devoted to tourism 10. Egon Smeral: ground breaker in tourism economics 11. Erik Cohen: the foundations of tourism studies 12. The “Great Wall” in tourism research: Geoff Wall 13. Graham M.S. Dann: the peripatetic who was pushed and pulled 14. Three decades in heritage tourism: a tribute to Gregory Ashworth 15. Hansruedi Müller: a passionate leisure and tourism researcher in the worlds of theory and practice 16. Hasan Olalı: pioneer of tourism education and research in Turkey 17. Hasan Zafer Dogan: understanding tourism from a wider perspective 18. Huimin (Grace) Gu: a key academic in China’s hospitality industry 19. Jafar Jafari: the platform builder 20. A portrait of John Crompton's career: running a marathon at quarter mile pace
Metin Kozak is Professor in the School of Communication, Kadir Has University, Turkey. He holds both Master's and Ph.D. degrees in tourism. His research focuses on consumer behaviour, tourism marketing, public health, and sustainability. Nazmi Kozak is Professor in the School of Tourism, Anadolu University, Turkey. He gained both his Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in tourism. His research activities focus on tourism marketing, history of tourism, and bibliometrics.
