Styles of Tourism in the Modern World

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The concept of style has been successfully used in arts, literature and archeology as a means of classification of cultures and for the definition of periods. Can it be used in the same way for recreation and tourism? Cultures or civilised societies will develop recreational styles of their own that can be studied either directly through field-observation or indirectly through the survey of facilities, activities and places preferred for leisure by the people. Such styles can be studied best in the most advanced sub-regions of any cultural realm. Contrary to general opinion there is no reason why, with increasing well-being and mobility, people of different cultures should all come to enjoy the same things by way of leisure. Rather, with time, existing differences might get more pronounced in this whole field. Tourism and recreation seem to be the most important vernacular arts of our day. Their roots reach deeply into the myths of any society.

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