Endogener Tourismus als Gradmesser des Industrialisierungsprozesses in Industrie- und Entwicklungsländern

Abstract

The paper deals with endogenous tourism, that is tourism evolving and developing together with the evolution of industrial society in industrializing countries. It is also made plausible that the process of industrialization is effective in both industrialized and developing countries, their distinctions being not a matter of principle, but of grade. Endogenous tourism, with its qualities changing in the course of industrialization, is a qualitative measure of the stage of evolution in both industrialized and developing countries and as such permits comparisons. Endogenous tourism is conceived neither as an indicator nor as an index, but as a miniature model of the formation of industrial society: it reflects this society's system character. Several countries at different stages of development (England, Afghanistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ireland) are picked out to illustrate the position of endogenous tourism as a reflection of these societies' social structure. Table 5 enlarges this point on a number of other countries.