The organization of the practice of tourist itineraries in receptive tourism

Abstract

This research aimed to understand the organization of the practice of tourist itineraries based on Theodore Schatzki’s epistemology of practice. For data collection, this qualitative research used documentary research, informal interviews, and participant observations. Data treatment occurred from themes defined a posteriori through spiral analysis. The findings indicate that the dynamics of the tourist itineraries should be considered throughout its practice. This dynamic is a result of interactions between humans and materials that, from organizational elements, can be transformed from non-tourist to tourist and promote changes throughout the configuration of the tourism network of practices. Tourist itineraries involve humans and materials organizing themselves and becoming tourist elements, creating a relationship that only exists while going through the itinerary. In addition, the tourist route presents sharing that addresses non-sharing, while allowing it to occur.

Keywords:
Practice theory; Epistemology of Schatzki; Tourism as practice; Tourist itineraries