The wide gap between the sappearance and the essesce: understanding the tourist´s cultural contact

  • Guilherme Andreatta Soares CESUMAR / UEM
  • João dos Santos Filho UEM / UNIFIL

Abstract

The present work aims at counter posing the current form of analyzing the tourism phenomenon in a post-modern context, in other words, it is an attempt to understand tourism facts by keeping away from considerations which are merely commercial and simulative, and having a more human and helpful approach in examining the system in we find ourselves and go beyond the appearance to reach the essence.

Author Biographies

Guilherme Andreatta Soares, CESUMAR / UEM
Acadêmico do Curso de Turismo e Hotelaria do Centro Universitário de Maringá - CESUMAR, e de Ciências Econômicas da Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM.
João dos Santos Filho, UEM / UNIFIL
Professor Mestre de Sociologia da Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM, e coordenador do Curso de Turismo do Centro Universitário Filadélfia - UNIFIL.
Published
2007-07-19
Issue
Vol 7 No 1 (2005)
Section
Artigos Originais
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