Triple T: Tourism, transmodernity and transformative learning

Abstract

This paper brings together 'triple T' of tourism, transmodernity and transforma-tive learning by exposing critical questions of (tourism) futures and the sense of direction where are we going as a single humanity. In the current context of overwhelming crisis at all levels-environmentally, socially, economically, politically and culturally, there is an increasing evidence that we cannot continue with 'busi-ness as usual'. Hence, natural and social science, economists, political activists, writers, spiritual leaders and successful social entrepreneurs argue that humanity needs (and is actually going through) a major global mind change and a paradigm shift in the 21 st century which is often described as the shift towards transmodernity. In exposing so, the paper then connects tourism and transformative learning asa potential catalyst to change the world for the better. Acknowledgment: This paper is based on the project 'Trans-Tourism: An integrated approach for the study of transformative role of tourism in the 21 st century', that has been fully supported by the Croatian Science Foundation, under the project no. 6164.