Choice Review

The book defines and explains (in alphabetical arrangement) several hundred concepts, events, individuals, and terms relevant to tourism. As with other books in the "key concepts" series, entries range from approximately 50 to 300 words, and many terms are accompanied by illustrative diagrams or tables. Cross-references are plentiful, and many entries close with further reading suggestions. In its conceptual approach, this work more closely resembles recent tourism "encyclopedias," such as the International Encyclopedia of Hospitality Management, ed. by Abraham Pizam (CH, Mar'06, 43-3791) or the Encyclopedia of Tourism, ed. by Jafar Jafari (2000), than more standard tourism dictionaries. In any case, this work is well written, covers most of the important material, and serves as an up-to-date supplement to the above works. However, authors Lomine (Univ. of Winchester, UK) and Edmunds (Thames Valley Univ., UK) write from a decidedly British viewpoint, and most of the further reading suggestions were published in Britain. Therefore, only libraries with extensive tourism collections will have most of the works mentioned in the notes. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty/researchers. T. Bottorff University of Central Florida