Relationship between visitors and residents: a retrospective of socio anthropological studies

Abstract

Afier World War II, tourism appeared to be a powerful tool for peace and understanding among some official institution, even this vision was not so dear in scientific circles and civil institutions. This article presents several case studies about the relationship between residents and tourists in different countries, showing that, even there is a common ground of ephemeral contacts, relations are different depending on social, ecocomic, cultural and ethnic conditions, as well as on tourists behavior and residents attitude, which changes through time depending on how tourism interferes in daily life.