To browse Academia. Integrated Relational Tourism. Conference Proceedings. The theme of the conference regards the development and the territories of the Mediterranean in an Integrated Relational Tourism approach, while respecting the cultural and environmental sustainability.
For some years the process of globalization has been creating a standardization in the consumption and the behaviour of individuals, to the detriment of local identities. The imposition of external models has led to the subsequent abandonment of certain traditional and cultural values in many regions of the world.
The concentration of the population in cities has increased while areas in the interior have lost their value, especially their economic worth. IRT can be realized through an active participation of all the key players of local development such as government offices, businesses and local communities.
The Conference by a multy-disciplinary approach to tourism, aims to give prominence to the awakened territory, whose three main challenges are a territorial re-alignment of the economies, a re-assessment of the cultural identity and a recomposition of social group. Tourism in the Geopolitics of the Mediterranean. Barcelona: Alba Sud, Rethinking society: Individuals, Culture and Migration, Vol. Log in with Facebook Log in with Google.
Remember me on this computer. Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. Need an account? Click here to sign up. Integrated relational tourism Giovanni Ruggieri. Conference Proceedings visibility β¦. The loss of values, practices and customs has led to the abandonment of buildings, scattered here and there or concentrated in one place, under-used or unused, some of which are of undeniable historical and architectural value.
