Perspective of tourist destination: rethinking the meaning of the concept

Authors

  • Luiz Carlos da Silva Flores Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (SC)
  • Júlio da Costa Mendes Universidade do Algarve

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v8i2.717

Keywords:

Tourism, Tourist destination, Tourism perspective, Integrated approach.

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.

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Author Biographies

Luiz Carlos da Silva Flores, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (SC)

Professor/pesquisador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Turismo e Hotelaria - Mestrado e Doutorado / Univali/SC

Júlio da Costa Mendes, Universidade do Algarve

Professor, Doutor, da Faculdade de Economia, da Universidade do Algarve/Portugal

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Published

2014-09-01

How to Cite

Flores, L. C. da S., & Mendes, J. da C. (2014). Perspective of tourist destination: rethinking the meaning of the concept. Revista Brasileira De Pesquisa Em Turismo, 8(2), 222–237. https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v8i2.717

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2014): May/August

Section

Articles

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