Alternative tourism - a critique.

摘要: The idea of “alternative tourism” popular among critics conventional tourism is itself submitted to a critical examination. Two principal conceptions are distinguished: as reaction mass consumerism (counter-cultural tourism”) and the exploitation Third World (concerned tourism”). former inverts values attitudes tourism, engendering quest for “elective centres,” found in “pristine” “unspoiled” parts world; but with its “Vermassung” it engenders environmental social problems own. latter seeks reverse trend towards impersonal establish personal relations between (paying) guests local hosts; necessarily restricted scale hence not viable alternative tourism. “Alternative any form, cannot resolve engendered by miss mort realistic strategy concentrate directly ...