Maccannell en perspectiva: análisis crítico sobre la obra el turista

Abstract

Dean MacCannell´s works on tourism experience and authenticity shed new light on tourism studies four decades ago. This article criticizes his view about tourism experience, from a theoretical perspective (not that of empirical research). French sociology and north american ethnometodololy are analyzed as the base of his polemical approach.

Keywords

• Turismo. Autenticidade. Experiência turística. Lugar. Pós modernidade.