Journal article
The host should get lost: Paradigms in the Tourism Theory
Annals of tourism research, v 28(3), pp 738-761
2001
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Abstract
Among various substantive contributions to the general, theoretical study of tourism, three of them—the host–guest paradigm, tourism as nonordinary behavior, and the theory of the lifecycle of attractions—are commonly seen as the most fertile. This paper reviews the host–guest paradigm. It argues that this framework, initially developed by anthropologists and applied later by Marxian scholars and postmodern critics, does not meet the challenges of explaining mass tourism, nor does it fully address the complex interactions between modern societies and pre-modern communities. The paper contends that this paradigm should be discarded and new conceptual venues explored.
L'hôte devrait s'en aller: le rôle du paradygme dans la théorie du tourisme. Parmi les approches théoriques au tourisme, il y en a trois: le paradyme accueil–visiteur, le tourisme comme comportement non ordinaire et la théorie du cycle de vie des attractions, qui sont considérées comme les plus fertiles. Cet article examine le paradygme accueil–visiteur. On soutient que ce cadre théorique, qui a été développé par des anthropologues et appliqué plus tard par des savants marxistes et des critiques postmodernes, ne répond ni au défi d'expliquer le tourisme de masse, ni aux problèmes des interactions complexes entre les sociétés modernes et les communautés pré-modernes. L'article propose que ce paradygme soit laissé en écart et que de nouvelles formules soient explorées.
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- Title
- The host should get lost: Paradigms in the Tourism Theory
- Creators
- Julio Aramberri - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Annals of tourism research, v 28(3), pp 738-761
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000168930200010
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0035024101
- Other Identifier
- 991019169677504721
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- Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
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