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Interpretations of tourism as commodity

This paper discusses tourism as an extension of the commodification of modern social life under capitalism. The commodification is viewed as an all-pervasive characteristic of modern capitalism, and involves commodity production and exchange, the mass manipulation of commodity sign, standardization...

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Published in:Annals of tourism research 1994, Vol.21 (3), p.643-660
Main Authors: Watson, G.Llewellyn, Kopachevsky, Joseph P.
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Language:English
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Summary:This paper discusses tourism as an extension of the commodification of modern social life under capitalism. The commodification is viewed as an all-pervasive characteristic of modern capitalism, and involves commodity production and exchange, the mass manipulation of commodity sign, standardization of products, tastes, and experiences. Such processes have important consequences for the reification of consciousness, and hence for the smooth reproduction and expansion of contemporary capitalism. Tourism as a complex sociocultural dimension of modernity is subject to the same general principles of capitalist consumer culture. The paper interprets tourism as commodity and seeks to give meaningful content to some theoretical ideas latent in tourism research. Le tourisme comme produit de consommation. Le présent article décrit le tourisme comme extension du produit de consommation de la société capitaliste moderne. Le produit de consommation est une caractéristque essentielle du capitalisme moderne, comprenant la production et l'échange de la marchandise, la manipulation collective de la marque et la standardisation des produits, goûts et expériences. Ces processus ont des ramifications importantes pour la matérialisation de la conscience et pour la reproduction et l'expansion du capitalisme moderne. Le tourisme, étant une dimension complexe de la modetnité socio-culturelle, est soumis aux principes généraux de la société de consommation capitaliste. Cet article sert à interpréter le tourisme comme marchandise et cherche à donner du contenu significatif à quelques théories latentes de la recherche en tourisme.
ISSN:0160-7383
1873-7722
DOI:10.1016/0160-7383(94)90125-2