Anthropology 2272F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Business Travel, Firstclass, Cadency
19 May 2020
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Native tours: the anthropology of travel and tourism. Chapter 3: tourism, society, and the political economy. The study of tourism is incomplete if we limit ourselves into only trying to understand the visitor-host relationship, or the tourist-locals relationship. While tourism is described as an industry, we must keep in mind that it does not work in the same way as other industries do: there are no factories, ownership of resources is contestable, etc. At the end of ww2, tourism became a vital component of economic development strategies worldwide. Tourism has the ability to create employment possibilities and economic opportunities. One important economic criterion that is associated with tourism development is. Tourism development can entail economic costs, as well as benefits: ex. Anthropologists are often most interested in the extent to which tourisms benefits are realized and costs are borne by the least-advantaged members of a community/region.
