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Abstract(s)
Since the beginning of the 1990s tourism scholars and academics have
been claiming that tourism has changed. By and large the mid-1980s is
generally considered the moment when that transformation occurred, or, at
least, when it became noticeable. Urry (1990), one of earliest theorists who lead
this debate, built an all-inclusive theory which frames the new trends in the
tourism industry in the broader context of social transformations in the ‘Late
Capitalism’ period, and consequently, tourism has been repeatedly considered
to have changed because new forms of post-Fordist (or post-Modern)
consumption have emerged [...]
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Keywords
Overland Tourism Niche Tourism Istambul Cairo
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Sarmento, J., & Brito-Henriques, E. (2009). Overland tourism in the Istanbul to Cairo route: ‘real holidays’ or McDonaldised niche tourism?. In: J. M. Simões, & C. C. Ferreira (eds.). Turismos de nicho: motivações, produtos, territórios. (pp. 283-295). CEG. ISBN: 978-972-636-192-3.
Publisher
Universidade de Lisboa, Centro de Estudos Geográficos