Question

sociology of tourism

Answer 1

The sociology of tourism is an emergent specialty concerned with the study of touristic motivations, roles, relationships, and istitutions and of their impact on tourists and on the societies who receive them. 4.

Answer 2

1. SOCIOLOGY OF TOURISM 2. Learning Objectives • Appreciate the inordinate social impact that travel experiences make on the individual, the family or group, and society as a whole —especially the host society • Recognize that a country’s indigenous population may resent the presence of visitors, especially in large numbers • Discover that travel patterns change with changing life characteristics and social class • Become familiar with the concept of social tourism and its importance in various countries • Perceive that there are four extremes relating to the travel preferences of international tourists 3. The sociology of tourism is an emergent specialty concerned with the study of touristic motivations, roles, relationships, and istitutions and of their impact on tourists and on the societies who receive them. 4. SOCIOLOGY  Is the science of society, social institutions, and social relationships.  Is the scientific study of human society and its origins, development, organizations, and institutions. It is a social science which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity, structures, and functions. 5. 1. EFFECTS ON THE INDIVIDUAL Someone who travels, particularly to a strange location, finds an environment that is unfamiliar, not only geographically but also personally, socially, and culturally. Thus the traveler faces problems for which a solution must be found if the trip is to be fully enjoyable and rewarding. Travelers must manage their resources of money and time in situations much different from those at home. They also manage their social interactions and social relations to obtain sustence, shelter, and other needs and possibly to find companionship. Determining the extent of the cultural distance, they may wish to maintain results in decisions as to just how unfamiliar the traveler wants his or her environment away from home base to be. Regardless of the degree of local participation, the individula traveler must at least superficially study the country to be visited and reach some level of decision on how these problems in environmental differences. Travel experiences have a profound effect on the traveler as well as on society, because travel experiences often are among the most outstanding memories in the traveler's life.