Sociologie du tourisme

Cultural tourism as a tool for transformation in small and medium-sized towns

“…In recent years, the 'cultural focus' of cultural tourism has significantly broadened, although, from an epistemological point of view, it has also been increasingly criticized (Smith, 2003). For Réau and Cousin (2009), tourism eminently constitutes a distinctive sphere. In sociology, the term pinpoints the realm made up of a set of practices through which one group of people remarks on its differences from another group (Bourdieu, 1984).…”

A Research Agenda for Small and Medium-Sized Towns

“…In recent years, the 'cultural focus' of cultural tourism has significantly broadened, although, from an epistemological point of view, it has also been increasingly criticized (Smith, 2003). For Réau and Cousin (2009), tourism eminently constitutes a distinctive sphere. In sociology, the term pinpoints the realm made up of a set of practices through which one group of people remarks on its differences from another group (Bourdieu, 1984).…”