Principales tendencias en el turismo contemporáneo
Keywords:
Modernity, post-modernity, megatrends, mass tourism, authenticity, distinction, fantasy, extreme emotions,
Abstract
This paper contains a critical reflection on the development of mass tourism and its main current trends. At the same time, it follows how mass tourism has been described and theorized ion tourism research. Main trends in mass tourism have been marked by modernity and post-modernity and accompanied by different theoretical systems that highlighted the search for authenticity, distinction, fantasy and extreme emotions. Achievements and dead ends of the different theories are examined.Downloads
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2005-09-05
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Cohen E. (2005). Principales tendencias en el turismo contemporáneo. Política y Sociedad, 42(1), 11-24. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/POSO/article/view/POSO0505130011A
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