Anthropology of Tourism: Forging New Ground for Ecotourism and Other Alternatives Export

@article{citeulike:1790479, abstract = {Tourism is relevant to many theoretical and real-world issues in anthropology. The major themes anthropologists have covered in the study of tourism may be divided conceptually into two halves: One half seeks to understand the origins of tourism, and the other reveals tourism's impacts. Even when taken together, these two approaches seem to produce only a partial analysis of tourism. The problem is that most studies aimed at understanding the origins of tourism tend to focus on tourists, and most research concerning the impacts of tourism tend to focus on locals. The goal of future research should be to explore incentives and impacts for both tourists and locals throughout all stages of tourism. This more holistic perspective will be important as we explore the ways in which ecotourism and other alternative forms of tourism can generate social, economic, and environmental benefits for local communities while also creating truly transformative experiences for tourists.}, author = {Stronza, Amanda}, citeulike-article-id = {1790479}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/3069217}, keywords = {tourism}, posted-at = {2007-10-19 21:42:34}, priority = {0}, title = {Anthropology of Tourism: Forging New Ground for Ecotourism and Other Alternatives}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/3069217} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1790479 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1790479 N2 - Tourism is relevant to many theoretical and real-world issues in anthropology. The major themes anthropologists have covered in the study of tourism may be divided conceptually into two halves: One half seeks to understand the origins of tourism, and the other reveals tourism's impacts. Even when taken together, these two approaches seem to produce only a partial analysis of tourism. The problem is that most studies aimed at understanding the origins of tourism tend to focus on tourists, and most research concerning the impacts of tourism tend to focus on locals. The goal of future research should be to explore incentives and impacts for both tourists and locals throughout all stages of tourism. This more holistic perspective will be important as we explore the ways in which ecotourism and other alternative forms of tourism can generate social, economic, and environmental benefits for local communities while also creating truly transformative experiences for tourists. TI - Anthropology of Tourism: Forging New Ground for Ecotourism and Other Alternatives KW - tourism AU - Stronza, Amanda UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/3069217 ER -