ABSTRACT
In addressing the connections between the media and tourism this collection breaks new ground. There are a multitude of tourist practices and an extended range of media. We are, therefore, immediately engaged in a process of multiplication. There are many connections, overlaps and disjunctures between tourism and the media and equally between the disciplines of tourist and media studies which the authors here explore in diverse fashion. This new area of investigation throws up pluralism of debate from the very start. It is worth immediately emphasizing the fact that we are dealing with two disciplines as well as the two different objects of study. It will readily become apparent when reading the contributions that there is no one theoretical perspective, no single angle of approach and indeed no obvious starting point.
