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'The Routledge Handbook of Popular Culture and Tourism takes an interdisciplinary and global view of the growing phenomenon of fan tourism, alternating and integrating lenses ranging from economics to politics, geography to identity, media studies to leisure studies. Each essay takes the reader along on a journey to many corners of the world, to discover the various expressions of popular culture that inspire our fascination and our passions.' Lynn Zubernis, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA 'Paying particular attention to media/sports/music fandom, along with varied definitions of popular culture, Christine Lundberg and Vassilios Ziakas have collected together a host of important, innovative studies. Whether defining videogame tourism, analysing the fan-as-flaneur, or developing work on royal tourism, this Handbook offers a timely, authoritative, and international guide to the (academic) journeys and (synontological) destinations that are generated across contemporary pop culture.' Matt Hills, University of Huddersfield, UK

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Christine Lundberg is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey, Associate Professor (Docent) in Sweden and the co-founder of POPCULTOUR, an international research network on Popular Culture and Tourism. POPCULTOUR is the leading research network on popular culture tourism and events and brings together cross-disciplinary researchers across the world with a shared interest in tourism and events in the wake of popular culture phenomena such as film, TV series, literature, music and fashion. Vassilios Ziakas is Associate Professor at Plymouth Marjon University with a research interest in sport and leisure policy through the lens of an interdisciplinary approach that seeks to create linkages among the sectors of sport, recreation, leisure, tourism and events. His primary emphasis is on strategic planning for obtaining a range of sustainable community benefits. His research has been published in a range of leading journals and is widely cited. He is author of the book Event Portfolio Planning and Management: A Holistic Approach (Routledge, 2014).

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