This book brings together leading experts to show how our travel choices are shaped by a wide range of social, physical, psychological and cultural factors, which have profound implications for the design of future transport policies.

Foreword by Tony Wheeler, co-founder, Lonely Planet
1. Why Travel? An Introduction - Matthew Niblett and Kris Beuret
Part I: Fundamental Motivations
3. Biological Perspectives on Travel - Charles Pasternak
4. Travel and The Mind - Tony Hiss
5. Philosophy and Travel: The Meaning of Movement - Matthew Niblett
6. The Economics of travel: it's not the destination, it's the journey - Matthew Dillon and Alexander Jan
Part II: Travel for exploration and knowing ourselves
8. Why Travel? The Sociological Perspective - Kris Beuret and Roger Hall
9. Religious and Spiritual Travel - Alison Kuznets
10. Travel in Art and Literature - Alison Kuznets and Matthew Niblett
11. Why People Travel: An Anthropological View - Tom Selwyn
12. Tourist Travel - Hazel Andrews
13. Travel as Exploration: Science, the Unknown, and Personal Discovery - Emily Thomas
Part III: Limits and New Horizons
15. Technology and Travel - Glenn Lyons
16. Placemaking and Travel: The city is where the people choose to go - Deborah Saunt and Tom Greenall
17. Travel's Place in the Environment - Terry Hill
18. Conclusion: What have we learnt? - Kris Beuret and Matthew Niblett