This site shares the latest research on evolutionary approaches to studies of the tourism economy, focussing on tourism geography and evolutionary economic geography (EEG) perspectives. The site includes a preview of a forthcoming book on this emerging topic.
An edited volume titled TOURISM DESTINATION EVOLUTION is now available from Routledge. There are also 20 academic papers published to date which include some EEG perspectives on the evolution of the tourism economy. This site keeps track of new papers so please feel free to get in touch if a relevant paper is missing from the list (please note, papers must feature some EEG content to be included).
The co-editors of the book are Patrick Brouder, Salvador Anton Clavé, Alison Gill, and Dimitri Ioannides and they are joined by fourteen other contributors to the volume. The Contents of Volume page includes an abstract and extended summary for each chapter.
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Tourism Destination Evolution (Routledge, 2017)
From the preface:
"Considering the widespread economic impact of this particular sector, as well as its spatial extent, tourism should be given special attention in economic geography. The present edited volume constitutes an important step in this direction, and thus it is a key contemporary contribution that will significantly advance future research efforts aiming to untangle the complexity of 'Tourism Destination Evolution'. One could argue that tourism is an ideal playground for Evolutionary Economic Geography (EEG). Above all, this sector is more place-bound and reliant on local institutional conditions, production systems, and socio-historical constructs of reality and imagination than many other segments of the economy. The potentially low entry barriers combined with the power to transform the economic fortunes of places across the entire spectrum of localities indeed raises the question of why tourism is not an evolutionary science. The present volume is a testimony to the usefulness of EEG approaches in the study of tourism, but it also points to many open avenues for future research efforts, encouraging others to contribute to this exciting and highly relevant line of inquiry."
- Dieter F. Kogler (University College Dublin)