Tourism has been a dominant social-economic activities today as a huge industry since this end of century 20 (WTO, 2000). Like John Urry said, “People are much of the time ‘tourist’ whether they like it or not” (John Urry, 1990:82). It means every people, without acceptance of persons, are tourists. It’s caused every people in their life would make some travel, move to one place to another place.
Tourism is present because there is tourists, so tourists analyze is one of the sociology of tourism’s focus. Tourist in essentials is person who isn’t work and has vocation/holiday. Tourist voluntarily visits other place to get “something else” (Smith, 1977).
To study about tourists in their sociologist aspect is study about their motivation, demography criteria, social-economic criteria, the purpose of visit, length of stay, activities that tourists do at destination, satisfaction level, etc.
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WTO (World Tourism Organisation). 2000. Tourism Highlights 2000. Madrid 2nd end. Ed.
Urry, J. 1990. The Tourist Gaze: Leisure and Travel in Contemporary Societies. London: New bury Park.
Smith, V. (ed). 1989 [1977]. Host and Guests: The Anthropology of Tourism. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press.
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