History and tourism: current perspectives

Abstract

This article examines contemporary historical research exploring the links between tourism and the transmission of historical information. Recent studies of historical methodology have begun to draw attention to the effects of adapting historical knowledge and identity formation in the course of tourism activities. With the popularisation of mass tourism, this channel has also become an effective tool for the governments and academia to promote historical concepts, historical data and build public knowledge about their own past. In this article the author summarises how scientific research on tourism has developed up to the present days.

Keywords

• tourism
• history
• historical sciences
• historical memory
• historical narratives
• metanarratives
• history and identity