Tourism Planning and Development in Latin America

Carlos Monterrubio (Edited By) Carlos Monterrubio received his PhD in Tourism from the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is a lecturer and tourism researcher at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Mexico. He has undertaken research on the sociocultural dimensions of tourism, and tourism, gender and sexuality in Mexico.Konstantinos Andriotis (Edited By, Series Edited By) Dr. Konstantinos Andriotis is a Professor in Tourism at Middlesex University London and in the past he was Associate Professor and Head of the Hotel and Tourism Management Department, Faculty of Management and Economics at the Cyprus University of Technology. He holds an MSc in International Hospitality Management (University of Strathclyde, 1995), a PhD in Tourism Development and Planning (Bournemouth University, 2000) and a Post Doc in Tourism Marketing (Hellenic Open University, 2006). He edits the 'International Journal of Tourism Policy' and the 'Qualitative Research in Tourism Journal'. He is member of the Editorial Board of sixteen journals (including the leading tourism journal Annals of Tourism Research). He is author of seven books and over 40 peer reviewed articles and book chapters. His work has appeared in leading academic journals such as Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Travel Research, Tourism Management and Journal of Sustainable Tourism. He has an h-index of 29 and more than 3700 citations. He has acted as Chairman and member of the Organising and Scientific Committees of various international conferences and he has given keynote speeches in several conferences. His research interests are in tourism development and planning, alternative forms of tourism and tourism experience.Dimitrios Stylidis (Edited By, Series Edited By) Dimitrios Stylidis is a Senior Lecturer in Tourism at Middlesex University London. Prior joining Middlesex Dimitrios worked for 2 years as a Postdoc Researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He holds a PhD and an MSc in Tourism Management from the University of Surrey, U.K. Dimitrios is the research notes editor of the International Journal of Tourism Policy. His work has appeared in leading academic journals including the Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, Journal of Travel Research and Journal of Sustainable Tourism. His current research interests include place image, tourism impacts and residents' attitudes toward tourism development.