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Allan M. Williams - A life course perspective

Writing about the achievements of a good friend and close colleague, such as Allan Williams, is always going to be a pleasurable task. Allan’s autobiographical account has already appeared under the title “An Accidental Tourism Researcher? People, Places and Turning Points” (Williams, 2010) in Stephen Smith’s The Discovery of Tourism published in 2010. This presents his journey towards tourism and the twists and turns in that journey. Whilst I will draw on parts of this personal and reflective account; my main aim is to highlight the significant contributions. Allan has made to various aspects of tourism studies, and to bring that earlier account fully up to date. I also want to give particular attention to some of the key points in his career set within the context of his academic life course.