Geography of Global Cultures

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What is tourism in an age of globalization where culture is increasingly a commodity ? What is the experience of tourists and locals who daily enact rituals of encounter in today’s expanding circuits of travel? This course investigates the relationship between culture and tourism and answers these questions. Issues and trends in the management of tangible and intangible assets such as interpretation, globalization, cross cultural values, impacts of development, sustainable tourism, etc. are examined.