Conceptualizing “the Tourist”: A critical review of UNWTO definition

The tourist is the heart and foundation of the tourism industry. However, when looking deeply at the analysis of the tourist in different fields (psychology, sociology, anthropology, geography, economy, etc.), no unanimous definition is approved. The present study aims at filling this gap by contrib...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor: Ghanem, Joey
Tipo de documento: dissertação
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2017
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositório:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/14825
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/14825
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Turistes
Tourists
Descrição
Resumo:The tourist is the heart and foundation of the tourism industry. However, when looking deeply at the analysis of the tourist in different fields (psychology, sociology, anthropology, geography, economy, etc.), no unanimous definition is approved. The present study aims at filling this gap by contributing to the debate of defining “the tourist”, by stepping into the different approaches covered in previous literature, as well as highlighting key concepts, such as the movement of people and the psychological subjective perceptions, that can play a crucial role in the contemporary conceptualization of the tourism industry