Controversies involving clashes between visitors and host communities, the rights and wrongs of eco-tourism, the impacts of mega-events, the legitimacy of dark tourism, and the costs and benefits of medical and wildlife tourism are assessed.

Contributions by: Jorge M Ferraz, Sibel Aykin, Dilip P Bhandari, Dimitrios Diamantis, Edward Addo, Philip F Xie, Anna E Papanicolaou, Helen Pattison, Craig Young, Marina Novelli, David G Vequist IV, Angela M Benson, Raquel Huete, John Dobson, Nikolaos Boukas, Frederic Dimanche, Donal F Holecek