Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Narratives of place and self / Kevin Meethan -- Disjunctures in nationalist rhetoric at Ireland's Brú na Bóinne visitor centre / Stacey Lynn Camp -- Ruining the dream? The challenge of tourism at Angkor, Cambodia / Tim Winter -- Archaeology under the canopy : imagining the Maya of El Pilar / Anabel Ford and Megan Havrda -- Sensing place, consuming space : changing visitor experiences of the Great Barrier Reef / Celmara Pocock -- Production and consumption of wildlife icons : dolphin tourism at Monkey Mia, Western Australia / Amanda J. Smith, Diane Lee, David Newsome and Natalie Stoeckl -- Teppich-swingers and skibums : differential experiences of ski tourism in the Tirolean Alps / Jacqueline McGibbon -- Consuming images : young female Japanese tourists in Bali, Indonesia / Mika Toyota -- Gender creation in travelling, or the art of transforming an adventuress / Torun Elsrud -- More than just a tourist : distinction, old age and the selective consumption of tourist space / Caroline Oliver -- Consuming pleasures : package tourists in Mallorca / Hazel Andrews -- Narratives of sexuality, identity and relationships in leisure and tourism places / Annette Pritchard and Nigel Morgan -- Modernist anthropology, ethnic tourism and national identity : the contest for the commodification and consumption of St. Patrick's Day, Montserrat / Jonathan Skinner -- Selling Celtic Cornwall : changing markets and meanings? / Amy Hale -- Creating the tourist destination : narrating the 'undiscovered' and the paradox of consumption / Richard Voase.