期刊名称：European Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Recreation
印刷版ISSN：1647-9254
出版年度：2010
卷号：1
期号：1
出版社：Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
摘要：Mankind reflects in itself the continuous ambition to improve living conditions. The creative nature of human beings has led to inventions that have progressively revolutionised the working methods and the way we occupy our leisure time, which convey more quality and satisfaction, in both cases. This path of continuous development of societies had led to the emergence of systematic practices in the search for knowledge about places, cultures and dynamics linked to territories distinct from those we deal with in our daily lives. Whether influenced by the professional needs or by the achievements in terms of spare time activities, Tourism has emerged, around the Mid-20th century, as one of the main pillars of the world’s economy in modern societies.
