Tourism in the 21st Century Lessons from Experience

This text provides a series of reflections on tourism developments in the 20th century in order to provide a foundation for considering the key issues and challenges that will arise in the current century. Tourism is one of the earliest forms of trade. However, it was not until the second half of the twentieth century that it became prominent in terms of the geographical extent of tourism flows and the scale of these movements. Much of this book concentrates on recent developments while examining current trends that became apparent in the earlier part of the century.