Tourism Theory: Concepts, Models and Systems is an essential resource for students and researchers in the field of tourism studies. Developed from the successful Portuguese textbook Teoria do Turismo, this comprehensive third edition offers clear and thorough coverage of all aspects of tourism theory. The book consists of five sections and over fifty entries, exploring nine crucial models in tourism study.

The first three sections delve into general concepts in tourism, disciplines and topics, and the tourist, including areas such as demand, gaze, psychology, and typologies. A fourth section covers intermediation, distribution, and travel, examining aspects like travel agencies, tourist flows, and multi-destination travel patterns. The final section addresses the tourism destination itself, discussing organizations, the destination image, supply, seasonality, and more.

Encyclopedic cross-referencing between entries makes navigation easy, while in-depth analysis, exercises, and further reading suggestions for each selected area provide necessary context and detail. Entries can be used individually as a reference or collectively to gain a complete introduction to tourism theory.