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TURIZAM I PROBLEMI DIFERENCIJACIJE RAZLIČITIH FORMI PUTOVANJA: OD TURISTA DO SEZONSKIH MIGRANTSKIH RADNIKA I RADNICA
Tourism and the Challenges of Differentiating Forms of Travel: From Tourists to Seasonal Migrant Workers

Author(s): Lara Končar
Subject(s): Economy, Migration Studies, Tourism, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Centar za ženske studije & Centar za studije roda i politike, Fakultet političkih nauka, Beograd
Keywords: tourism; leisure; mobilities; travelers; tourists; seasonal migrant workers; tourism system

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines theoretical conceptualizations of contemporary tourism within the frameworks of travel and leisure in the social sciences and humanities. Through a systematic review of key texts in tourism studies that address the historical development of tourism and various categories of travelers in the Western context, the paper aims to highlight the theoretical limitations of understanding tourism primarily from the perspective of (Western) tourists. By offering a critical assessment of dominant approaches to tourism, the author emphasizes the importance of feminist and Marxist perspectives, with particular attention to the lack of approaches that include seasonal migrant workers in tourism as significant subjects in the theoretical conceptualization of this phenomenon.

  • Issue Year: 2025
  • Issue No: 29
  • Page Range: 65-96
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: Serbian
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