Political positions on the right to tourism

Abstract

The objective of this work is to study the relationships between tourism, ideology and power. We want to deepen the understanding of the arguments that legitimize or question the consideration of tourism as a social right. The explanation is based on the review of documents published by organizations that have a significant role in the tourism system. Finally, three ideological blocks are featured and compared: neoliberal, welfare capitalism and altermondialist, which struggle to impose their definition of tourist reality and their assessment of what it should be.