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 III 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. John Fletcher: from Bangor to Bournemouth … via the South Pacific 2. John Urry: harbinger of the death of distance 3. The diamond professor: Josef Mazanec 4. Data meet a network energizer: Joseph T. O'Leary 5. Jost Krippendorf: a life devoted to the study of the psychology of tourism 6. Julio Aramberri: a sociological review of tourism studies 7. Kaye Kye-Sung Chon: a source of inspiration for many generations to come 8. Klaus Weiermair: an innovator crossing boundaries 9. Larry Dwyer: tourism economist, tourist economist 10. Krzysztof Przeclawski: sociology, philosophy and the ethics of tourism 11. Kurt Krapf: a prominent and inspiring scholar in scientific tourism 12. Marie-Françoise Lanfant and her contribution to the sociology of tourism 13. Mario Carlos Beni: first tourism professor in Brazil 14. Michael Olsen: an early pioneer of hospitality education 15. Myriam Jansen-Verbeke: specialised in urban geography and tourism16. Muzaffer Uysal: a great scholar and a true gentleman 17. Whole tourism systems: an academic portrait of Neil Leiper 18. Norbert Vanhove: a life dedicated to AIEST and TRC 19. Olivier Baron Vanneste: tourism research in function of economic development 20. Paul Bernecker: Austrian pioneer of the study of tourism
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.
