GEOG 122 Lecture 17: Lecture 17 Word Tourism Cultures Engage
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The inequalities of tourist culture contact in developing societies. Tourism and modernisation: traditional societies: religious pilgrimages. Ofers a conirmation of their religious beliefs. Have a sense of transcendence: the enlightenment: modern travellers measure , the romantics: nature as awe and therapy, contemporary mass tourism: thomas cook and the package deal, the grand tour in 18th century europe. To contemplate the artistic accomplishments of this time. The art and history of human culture. Not for nature but to look for culture. Gloriication of human art and culture: romanticism. Their view changed from culture to nature. The romantics turned their backs on human culture (which they found disturbing) and lead them to nature. Wild nature became places of tourism (ie 7 wonders of the world: thomas cook and the birth of mass tourism. Organized a trip for his group via train. This was a new form of transportation as the train had only been in use for 10 years.
