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New orientations in the sociology of tourism

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summary This review article begins with a survey of the changing nature of the discourse on tourism from the 1960s to the present, and focuses on seven topics that we consider to be at the forefront of current developments in the sociological study of tourism: emotions, sensory experiences, materiality,  gender, ethics, authentication and the philosophical foundations of tourism theories. We have seen that the sociology of tourism has been characterized in recent years by three general trends: the growing application of new specific theories from other fields to tourism, the search for new facets of the tourism phenomenon and the most intense research in the state of tourism as a intellectual. or cultural project. We conclude that although the application of a series of new perspectives and theoretical facets largely reflects the post-modern movement of binary thinking and concepts, the sociology of tourism still contributes little to the discipline of sociology and must therefore...

6 scary castles in Western Europe to stay at Halloween

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Do you like to celebrate Halloween? Cut a pumpkin? Decorate the house with fake spiders? Do you dress like a zombie and terrorize your neighbors? Why not start your game this year and book a night in a real castle, with cracking doors, secret passages and inexplicable sounds? The castles have long been surrounded by mysteries and superstitions and recall prisoners imprisoned in dungeons and eccentric dukes who have devised vicious plans. The best of castles? They are generally built in strategic positions on heights for defense purposes and thus offer a fantastic panoramic view of the surrounding landscape. Gather your friends and / or family and book a night in one of these six quaint West European castles, which can be booked through the Holidu travel agency. 1Château Saint-Philippe, Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny, France It dates from the medieval period and resides in the mysterious French Saint Philippe castle dating from 1032. Originally built by the Benedictine monks as ...