Anthropology and Tourism: A Sociological Comparison There are multiple similarities and differences between anthropology and tourism. Similar because they both involve observing the culture of another society, but different in how it is conducted and how it can affect people. Anthropology is meant to be a respectful, ask for permission, and make sure that there is no obstruction of boundaries. The main goal of anthropology is to research and understand the way people do things and how the society works. Tourism, on the other hand, can be seen as obtrusive and offensive to the host’s culture. Tourism focuses much more on attractions, helping the tourist experience a change, and is a huge economic business. They each have different rules and
The main similarity between the two is the objective, which is to successfully integrate a group of guests into a new culture. While most people see tourism as an obtrusive version of a vacation, several anthropologist view tourism as a “sacred journey” and helps the tourist experience a sense of solidarity or togetherness (Selwyn, 1990). This form of tourism, known as ethnic tourism, relates the most to anthropology. Both involve attending cultural events and living with the new culture. This brings the guest as close as possible to the new culture, allowing them to really get involved with the society. They integrate newcomers into society, but are also very cautions about where they go and what they do. Guests must be respectful and follow very strict rules in order to not anger any residents. Both anthropology and tourism involve guides and translators to help the guests stay inside the boundaries and translate any unknown
While some forms of tourism follow anthropologic strategies, others focus more on business and leisure. Ethnic and historical tourism are the branches that relate mostly to anthropology. They focus more on the integration of culture and learning more about the society and history. They are much more strict in regards to boundaries and rules as opposed to recreational and cultural tourism. Cultural and recreational tourism differ the most from anthropology, dismissing important rules and can offend the host country’s residents. While many forms of tourism dismiss important rules of anthropology, they both focus on the integration of one society into
The 'Secondary' Training through Cuban tourism. Cultural Anthropology, 28, 396-419.
In discussing the viewpoint that pilgrimage to sacred site is a form of tourism there are certain terms that require definition: pilgrimage, sacred and tourism. The Oxford English Dictionary, (OED, 2012) defines pilgrimage as ‘a journey undertaken to a place of particular significance or interest’. It is usually as an act of religious devotion, homage and respect and those on a pilgrimage are referred to as Pilgrims. Waterhouse (2009, p199) defines religion as ‘a system of practices, institutions and beliefs that provide meaning to life and death’. Waterhouse’s definition not only encompasses the five main religions but also the various sub divisions and alternative religions. Tourism is defined by OED (2012) as ‘the theory and practice of touring, travelling for pleasure’ and thus a person on tour is defined as a tourist. The OED (2012) defines sacred as ‘dedicated, set apart, exclusively appropriated to some person or some special purpose’.
Anthropology is the study of people and cultures and civilizations across time an d space (from a cultural perspective).
Visiting Friends and Relatives tourism is mainly discussed and linked to one of the major motivations of travel- pleasure and business. Tourists who are usually involved this form of tourism regard themselves as ‘pleasure’ or ‘vacation tourists’ (Griffin, 2014). The concept of VFR travel is sometimes referred to as ‘ethnic tourism (Jackson, 1990; Morrison et al., 2000; Feng and Page, 2002; Hu and Morrison, 2002; Butler, 2003, Poet et al., 2004; Barnett et al., 2010). Since VFR travellers involved in different activities when they visit their original place of stay, a feeling of nostalgia can lead them to travel and connect with the part and for this reason why VFR travel is linked to ethnic tourism. It is crucial to understand the VFR travel
These four categories is what drove the Toraja communities to resist the threats from tourists and to live by their beliefs. According to Scollon and Scollon, socialization talks about the different ways in which people are able to learn and grow in a certain community. The two most important ways for individuals to learn about the culture are through acculturation and enculturation. Scollon and Scollon describes acculturation as way to embrace another cultures beliefs and practices, while enculturation reinforces it. These are the sole reasons as to why tourists were restricted from the Toraja community because they wanted to preserve their beliefs and practices, instead of adapting to what other people wanted.
Most attempts at defining cultural tourism agree that it consists of the consumption of culture by tourists (Richards, 1996). However, this approach also produces new problems because it includes a wide range of cultural elements. For example, what kinds of cultural experiences should be included within the scope of
Tourism can be defined in many ways, for economist people tourists are the main source of earning foreign currency, for private sector it is an act of the developing product, for other tourists receiving community it is an angle of change of lifestyle and for travellers it is a set of activities that motivate the individual to leave home temporarily
Today’s global competition, demands a country to keep the true identity., culture becomes the basic aspects that must be maintained, because of the existence of culture effects how closely humans in general act, and be friendly. Cultural or often we refer to as the culture has its own uniqueness, while others interest by the culture then this could make the place tourism.
Tourism is often associated with traveling to places away from home. Tourism has a big impact on the economic growth of some countries, which define the shape of their cities by producing different sectors like historic districts, convention centers, museums, malls, hotels, restaurants, and the list can be endless. Furthermore, tourism elements have been developed by cities for a variety of reasons including: situating themselves in the world by drawing a positive image and attracting visitors and for their money.
Nowadays in the rea of globalization, according to the World Tourism Organization, “seven hundred million people travelled abroad in 2003”, and the number is estimated to increase to 1.6 billion by 2020. (International Labour Organization, 2005). Tourism is spreading in unusual places. A lot of people want to be in the midst of adventure. It is a vital source of revenues for the GDP of many countries. I partially agree that tourism hugely benefits the local community. This essay will discuss some of the economic, social and environment effect of tourism on the host community.
Cultural tourism: includes urban tourism, visiting historical or interesting cities, and experiencing their cultural heritages. This type of tourism may also include specialized cultural experiences, such as art museum tourism where the tourist visits many art museums during the tour, or opera tourism where the tourist sees many operas or concerts during the tour.
There is not really a universally accepted definition of tourism. In 1994 the World Tourism Organization (WTO) revised its definition. It says the tourism comprises of 'the activities of persons travelli...
The first thing that anyone does when they step into a new place or country is to explore their surroundings. Since the place that you are in is unfamiliar to you, you usually search for a tour guide or anyone who has more knowledge of the place than you do. Cultural tourism is a great way to learn new historical facts of the places you are exploring, whether it be a significant monument or a cave that’s been around for forever or maybe little buildings that important things happened in. I find that cultural tourism is a beneficial to Maoris indigenous tribe.
Japan is a country with countless attraction and points of interest, whether its heritage, food, popular culture or dark tourism, Japan as a tourism destination can offer many things. Because of the saturation of culture there are many types of tourism which apply (Berger 2010). Cultural tourism, adventure, ecotourism, food and family tourism and even sex tourism to name a few and with the increasing relevance of Otaku1 culture in the western world, Japans popularity as a holiday destination has increased drastically. The popularity of Japanese tourism can largely be attributed to the growing cultural interest displayed by the visitors which means that cultural exploration is one of the more significant reasons of visitation.
Is tourism an industry and if not, what is it and how can it be defined? To answer these questions we need to find the definition of industry first. An industry is a group of firms producing products and/or services that are close substitutes for each other(……). To be considered as an industry, it must meet three factors -- individual businesses, revenues of those businesses, and a common product. Now let’s see what tourism is. However, there is no single definition, that is to say no agreement on what tourism should be. There are some reasons: tourism includes a number of diverse sectors (e.g. transport, accommodation, attractions, other services); tourism includes a number of academic subjects -- some argue that as a subject tourism is conceptually weak; difficult to establish strict boundaries around tourism both as a business and as an area of academic study; weak data sources which make comparisons between countries difficult.