From Pilgrimage to Package Tour

From Pilgrimage to Package Tour is a fresh and entirely original account that stands tourism studies on its head and proves that this industry is far more complicated than it initially appears.

David Gladstone is Assistant Professor of Urban and Public Affairs at the University of New Orleans. He also serves as the Director of their Ph.D. program in Urban Studies.

Preface The Varieties of Touristic Experience Chapter One An Overview of Tourism in the 2000s Chapter Two Conceptualizing Travel and Tourism in Third World Countries Chapter Three The International Formal Sector: Mega-Resorts and National Tourism Planning in Mexico Chapter Four The International Informal Sector: Drifter Tourists in India and Mexico Chapter Five The Domestic Formal Sector: New Holidays for the New Middle Classes Chapter Six The Domestic Informal Sector: Migrants, Pilgrims, and Other Poor Travelers Chapter Seven An Alternative to the Alternative? Informality and Sustainable Tourism in the Third World List of Acronyms Notes References Index