Traditions and Transitions folk narrative in the contemporary world
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July 2001 The University of Melbourne, Australia
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In
the sphere of anthropological studies on tourism, two approaches can be
identified: the first one considers the economic issues, the process of social
change, development and modernisation and, receives from the literature a
permanent negative critique. The second approach centres on the cultural
dimensions of tourism and considers it as both an instrument of destruction and
as a potential factor of creation.
Given the complexity of the tourism phenomenon, the author analyses the impact
of tourism activities on the rural region of Alentejo, Portugal. In fact, since
the 1980s the Alentejo region, with the exception of few locations, has become
a popular destination for thousand of local and foreign visitors with an
interest in the local/regional culture.
The author presents some past narratives from the first half of the twentieth
century that illustrate the construction of Alentejo’s image as a tourism
destination.
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