Abstract
In this paper I will discuss a study I have done on the effects of tourism on the local inhabitants of host communities. I introduce this study with a discussion of previous research that is related to the topic under study, the effects of tourism. There are four aspects of the host community, on which, I am focusing: (1) personal relations between the people in the host community and the tourists, (2) the economy of the host town, (3) crimes in the host town, (4) and the environment of the area in which the tourist industry has developed and grown. I am looking at the way these four aspects and the native inhabitants of the host community are influenced by the growth of a tourist industry. To better understand this phenomenon I use Redfield's concept of the ideal "folk society", aspects of conflict theory, and the function and dysfunction concepts of Merton's theory to show how the host community is influenced by tourism. I will study and observe a community that has been affected by the tourist industry by doing interviews and participant observation.
Advisor
Hurst, Charles
Department
Sociology and Anthropology
Recommended Citation
Mortensen, Peter W., "Summertime Blues: The Effects of Tourism on Small Host Communities" (1993). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 5570.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/5570
Publication Date
1993
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
© Copyright 1993 Peter W. Mortensen