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Tourism: a facilitator of social awareness in an indigenous Mexican community?
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The Review of Policy Research
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September 1, 2005
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Tourism has become a widely shared experience in the modern world. It is a recognized form of leisure with attributes that allow it to be investigated like other forms of leisure behavior. But the study of tourism from a sociological perspective is still in diapers. Most of the research concerning tourism has been market driven and has not started with any theory of human behavior or theory of tourism. In recent years, however, several theories have developed from studies focusing on the emergence of tourism as a global growth industry that reflects itself in national and regional development. As tourism becomes an important source of intercultural contact among people, ...
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