Books in the Current Developments in the Geographies of Leisure and Tourism series

Bringing together geographers, sociologists, cultural researchers, philosophers, anthropologists, visual researchers, archaeologists, heritage researchers, literary scholars and creative writers, this edited collection explores the socio-cultural phenomenon of imagination and travel.

Being mobile in today's world is influenced by many aspects including transnational ties, increased ease of access to transport, growing accessibility to technology, knowledge and information and changing socio-cultural outlooks and values. Bringing together scholars from geography, sociology, tourism, history and beyond.

Travel and tourism stories have been told and recorded within every culture, in every period of oral and written history, and across the fact/fiction continuum. This title discusses historical and contemporary, as well as real-life and fictional, narratives contained within travel writing, travel and tourism stories and different types of media.

What does 'heritage' mean in the 21st century? This book furthers understanding on how heritage is socially constructed; how it is created in the present, how it is 'used', interpreted and experienced within different geographic and cultural contexts, in both western and non - western settings.

This book examines the emergent relationships and connections between media practices and tourism practices, everyday experiences and encounters of place. Collectively, the authors in this book address a range of media and technologies from brochures, television, video and film to mediated virtual spaces, such as e-brochures, Internet cultures.