Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Tourism in yesterday's world: Ancient times to the present -- Tourism policy issues for today: New directions -- International tourism as a commercial and economic activity -- Political and foreign policy implications of tourism -- Managing sustainable tourism in the twenty-first century -- Barriers and obstacles to international travel -- Affecting and influencing tourism policy -- The international tourism policy process -- Strategic tourism planning as a part of the policy agenda -- Transformative leadership in developing tourism policies -- Policies regarding terrorism and its impact on tourism -- Tourism policy issues for tomorrow