2016 by Emerald Group Publishing Limited. "Celebrating and Enhancing the Tourism Knowledge-Based Platform: A Tribute to Jafar Jafari" (www.jafaritribute.org) was organized by the University of the Balearic Islands (Spain) and Copenhagen Business School (Denmark), gathering over hundred tourism academics from 34 different nationalities in Palma de Mallorca on October 23-25, 2013. The event honored the life and work of Professor Jafari and his contribution to tourism research and education. The presentations at the tribute analyzed and expanded his legacy in the areas of tourism paradigms, research frontiers, and education. The chapters compiled in this volume are a selection of the presentations and dialogues on the topic of research paradigms. This book completes the tribute collection published in the Emerald Tourism Social Science Series, which also includes two other books: Tourism Research Frontiers: Beyond the Boundaries of Knowledge (Donna Chambers and Tijana Raki , Eds.) and Tourism Education: Global Issues and Trends (Pauline J. Sheldon and Cathy H. C. Hsu, Eds.).