1988
DOI: 10.1016/0160-7383(88)90070-9
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Approaches to tourism history

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“…What are the potential implications of this approach for the study of tourism history? What does it add to other scholars' significant work, for example Towner (1988Towner ( , 1995, Walton's (2009), Löfgren (1999) and Featherstone, Thrift, and Urry (2005)? First and foremost, this study demonstrates that much innovative power in tourism does not originate from tourism itself; it is the effect of something that happens elsewhere.…”
Section: Conclusion and Limitationsmentioning
confidence: 95%
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“…What are the potential implications of this approach for the study of tourism history? What does it add to other scholars' significant work, for example Towner (1988Towner ( , 1995, Walton's (2009), Löfgren (1999) and Featherstone, Thrift, and Urry (2005)? First and foremost, this study demonstrates that much innovative power in tourism does not originate from tourism itself; it is the effect of something that happens elsewhere.…”
Section: Conclusion and Limitationsmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…For example, portraits of legendary tourism developers, such as Thomas Cook, address the underlying technological inventions, such as the steam engine and the expanded rail services (Brendon 1991; Butler and Russell 2010; Withey 1997). Likewise, Towner (1988, 1995) and Towner and Wall (1991) bring up the quite significant historical interest in spa resorts and the social life connected hereto, and to the related innovations in terms of technology to heat and transport water. Similarly, the history of mobility is a popular theme in historical tourism writing, and the development of technology and infrastructure materializes as vital for the emerging new forms of vacationing, such as described by Armstrong (2005) and Coons and Varias (2003) in the case of steamboats, and in a later period in history, car travel and road systems (Featherstone, Thrift, and Urry 2005; Havlick 2002).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…O entendimento histórico do conceito e construção do modelo de turismo é importante para a compreensão de seu papel em determinada sociedade, numa época específica (Towner, 1988;Castro, 1999;Walton, 2005). Empreendimento interdisciplinar que necessita de investigações interculturais e interdisciplinares, o turismo apresenta conexão à política, à diplomacia, aos aspectos culturais, sociais, entre outros (Walton, 2005(Walton, , 2009.…”
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“…Considerou-se o proposto por Towner (1988), quando destaca que dados importantes para os estudos históricos (historical studies) podem ter origem nas seguintes fontes: estatísticas (statistical records); documentos pessoais (personal documents), como cartas, diários e depoimentos escritos; registros em meios de comunicação de massa (mass communication records), em especial jornais, revistas, folhetos, guias de viagem, cartoons e outras imagens; bem como pesquisas já realizadas sobre o tema.…”
Section: Issn: 1983-7151unclassified