This book addresses the practices of consumption in tourism, a major theme in the sociology of tourism. To date, most tourism analysis has tended to concentrate on the production of tourist space, and assume that tourism consumption simply mirrors the intentions of the producers.

I: Editor's preface, K Meethan, A Anderson, and S Miles 1: Introduction: Narratives of Place and Self, K Meethan 2: Disjunctures in Nationalist Rhetoric at Ireland's Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre, S L Camp, Stanford University, USA 3: Ruining the Dream? The Challenge of Tourism at Angkor, Cambodia, T Winter, Stokenham, UK 4: Archaeology Under the Canopy: Imagining the Maya of El Pilar, A Ford and M Havrda, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA 5: Sensing Place, Consuming Space: Changing Visitor Experiences of the Great Barrier Reef, C Pocock, James Cook University, Australia 6: Production and Consumption of Wildlife Icons: Dolphin Tourism at Monkey Mia, Western Australia, A J Smith, D Lee and D Newsome, Murdoch University, Australia, and N Stoeckl, James Cook University, Australia 7: Teppich-Swingers and Skibums: Differential Experiences of Ski Tourism in the Tirolean Alps, J McGibbon, St Anton am Arlberg, Austria 8: Consuming Images: Young Female Japanese Tourists in Bali, Indonesia, M Toyota, Asia Research Institute, Singapore 9: Gender Creation in Travelling, or the Art of Transforming an Adventures, T Elsrud, Kalmar University, Sweden 10: More than just a Tourist: Distinction, Old Age and the Selective Consumption of Tourist Space, C Oliver, Cambridge University, USA 11: Consuming Pleasures: Package Tourists in Mallorca, H Andrews, Liverpool John Moore's University, UK 12: Narratives of Sexuality, Identity and Relationships in Leisure and Tourism places, A Pritchard, and N Morgan, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff 13: Ethnic Tourism and National Identity: The Contest for St. Patrick's Day, Montserrat, J Skinner, The Queen's University Belfast, UK 14: Selling Celtic Cornwall: Changing Markets and Meanings?, A Hale, Plantaton, USA 15: Creating the Tourist Destination: Narrating the 'Undiscovered' and the Paradox of Consumption, R Voase, Huddersfield, UK