Tourism - About Traveling and Vacationing in our Time - Kurt Luger

Tourism - About Traveling and Vacationing in our Time

By: Kurt Luger

Paperback | 24 April 2025

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Since the reconstruction years after the Second World War at the latest, tourist travel has become part of the lifestyle of Western industrial society. Recreation and curiosity, experiencing the world and gaining status were the main motives of travelers, the generation of income or profit the constellation of interests on the side of the more or less professional service providers who still like to call themselves hosts today. Tourism as hospitality or a profane business? However, the benefits also have negative sides - for locals who do not participate in tourism and are only affected by traffic, high prices in restaurants and housing. Another loser is the unprotected nature, the environment, because tourism infrastructure eats up the landscape. As in any other industry, there are downsides to a business where the sun always seems to shine. The intention of this book is to examine the many contradictions, to point them out and analyze them in order to encourage a more conscious and responsible form of tourism.

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