Tourism and Intercultural Exchange

Download or read book Tourism and Intercultural Exchange written by Gavin Jack and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book asks the question; why is it that tourism matters? It looks at how it is we do tourism and learn to be tourists when we are on holiday. Tourism is a dynamic way of being that may facilitate or hinder intercultural exchange. The ways in which we do tourism and the places in which we are tourists raise practical, material and emotional questions about tourist life. These questions are at the heart of this book. This book draws on both empirical work and a range of theoretical frameworks, arguing that tourism matters precisely because of the lessons it can teach us about living everyday life with others.