Tourism

`Argued with a real verve it makes a plea to rethink the role of tourism in modernity seeing it not as a fleeting and marginal element but as something enduring emblematic and constitutive of contemporary society. Tourism is seen as a key element of modern life not an escape from it' - Mike Crang Department of Geography University of DurhamTourism: equips students with a critical perspective of the central processes of tourism and the relationship between tourism and culture; places tourism at the heart of modern life rather than as a peripheral feature added on after work; illuminates the relationship between tourism and nation formation citizenship consumerism and globalization; and reveals the ritual performative and embodied dimensions of the tourist experience.