Perspective of tourist destination: rethinking the meaning of the concept

Abstract

The Tourism is a rapidly developing industry and the tourist destination is the center as the main attraction. Various streams of scholars and researchers from various disciplines such as geography, economics, philosophy, anthropology, psychology and management have made their contribution to the formation of the concept of tourist destination. This paper aims to propose some reflections on the use of the concept of tourism destination in the literature, analyze and discuss the topic. It was adopted procedures for bibliographic and exploratory research, using books, theses and articles of scientific journals of great contribution to the area of tourism. Was elaborated five approaches to tourist destination, a discussion about them and then a picture with the characteristics of the destination, considering the limits, content, cooperation and the client, a description that is denominated an integrated and systemic is presented. We conclude that these approaches are not exclusive but complementary, and we propose a new way of looking at the concept of tourist destination, considering the tourist the main creator of the experience that he intends to live.

Keywords

• Turismo
• Destino turístico
• Perspectivas do turismo
• Abordagem integrada. Abordagem integrada