« The World is touristic and large». Theoretical and methodological notes on tourism geography in current times

Autor: Facundo Martín Hernández
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Espacio y Desarrollo, Vol 0, Iss 29, Pp 57-90 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1016-9148
DOI: 10.18800/espacioydesarrollo.201701.003
Popis: The current stage of tourism development reaches global scale, playing a «tourist village» in places that, through various qualities, have optimal conditions for entering the market of tourist destinations. In each component of the «World’s Geography» part, lurks the possibility that a museum, architectural, coral reefs, waterfalls, through deserts, abandoned nuclear plants or cemeteries, are transformed into tourist resources. This article aims to account for the powers presents the geographical discipline to intervene in the study of the tourism phenomenon. To this end, the convenience of combining the theoretical and methodological approach to enrich a geographic perspective on tourism that is not limited to mere description.
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